A restaurant that’s now open in Las Vegas will taste familiar to New Orleans diners who are acquainted with Saba, Miss River or Chandelier Bar at the Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans.
Restaurateur Emily Shaya and partner Alon Shaya, the James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef, have begun a restaurant residency at the Wynn Las Vegas called Safta 1964.
Safta translates to grandmother, and the residency of Safta 1964 is meant to be a nod to the heyday of Alon Shaya’s own grandma, or “safta,” spotlighting 1960s-era Las Vegas with retro colors, floral touches and glitzy details.
“Vegas is the city where I got my start as a young chef, and my own safta helped me fall in love with cooking from a young age…” Shaya said.
