The high-end restaurant in the California Hotel Casino is the Redwood Bar & Grill, which is a basic steakhouse, but nice enough. The basic hotel cafe is the Market Street Cafe. In between the two is Pasta Pirate, which is oddly named for an Italian/Steak/Seafood restaurant in a hotel that tilts decidedly to an Island theme. It's dark, small, and has a very visible chef's station, which is neat, though you can't see too much of what they're doing from the tables.
It turns out that they make a pretty decent pasta. Umami really was trying not to go berserk with the red meats, cream sauces, and excessive carbs, so this is the Herb Chicken ($14), an 8 oz. nicely grilled chicken breast (had a little bit of char on it . . . nice!) on a bed of linguine tossed with garlic and oil, sun-dried tomatoes and mushrooms. Perfectly adequate, but Umami's thinking he should have gone for steak instead.
Pasta Pirate
California Hotel Casino
12 East Ogden Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89101
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