dinner deluxe - View this location on map 'catch a cab to the hard rock hotel & casino, the favorite destination of the high-profile, hard-partying crowd, and dine at simon kitchen and bar ( 702-693-4440). the food is comfort food tender meat loaf ($22), tandoori wild salmon with mango ($28), meltingly warm chocolate-chip cookies with cold milk ($8) but the decor is a sort of contemporary african, with enormous calderesque mobile lamps and zebra-striped walls.'' New York Times 4455 paradise road, Las Vegas, NV Restaurant

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