We figured Shawn McClain’s Southern Italian concept at the re-stylized Sahara would be a banger, and we were right. It’s time to go back and go beyond pasta for homemade focaccia, steamed mussels and the perfect Negroni. Sahara, saharalasvegas.com/restaurants-bars/balla.

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