COCOS

A look inside Mr. Coco’s Food and Drinks Menu | Eater Vegas

"This new third-floor lounge at The Palms' Fantasy Tower, named for his dog, opens Jan. 25 and continues to redefine the resort's cocktails. It brings live piano music and small plates from Francesco Lafranconi, the former executive director of mixology and spirits education at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, and the experience starts with a cocktail amuse bouche handed to customers before they even step foot in the elevator. While the cocktail menu is still in the works, potential drinks include the eponymous (Cîroc coconut vodka, Plantation XO rum, O.M. organic coconut lychee liqueur, Funkin coconut puree, lemon juice, Gomme syrup, Australian bitters, and a Luxardo amaretto mix); All About the Benjam’n (Ford’s gin, Fever Tree elderflower tonic, BitterCube grapefruit and cucumber bitters, and Montanaro Bianco vermouth); and Truffles and Bubbles (H by Hine cognac, Pineau de Charente, St-Germain liqueur, Verjous Blanc Lanson, topped with Black Label champagne). Special concoctions range from margaritas, pisco sours, daiquiris, and caipirinhas to Moscow mules, Singapore Slings, and mojitos. Chef Steve Benjamin created the menu, which includes caviar served table-side; bites such as Gruyère cheese puffs, hamachi and salmon with crispy rice, and smoked salmon with a baguette and dill; and savory dishes like an eggplant caviar confit with pita, cumin seeds, raz el hanout and tomato coulis, a charcuterie and cheese platter, one ounce of Osetra caviar for $145, foie gras torchon, and the signature chilled capellini pasta." - Susan Stapleton