Spago
{{for|the Belgian footballer|Elias Spago}}
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| established = 1982
| current-owner = Wolfgang Puck
| chef = Wolfgang Puck
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| food-type = California
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| street-address = 176 N Canon Dr
| city = Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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| other-locations = Las Vegas, Maui, Istanbul, Singapore
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| website = {{URL| https://wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants/spago-beverly-hills/}}
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Spago is Wolfgang Puck's flagship restaurant worldwide, known for serving California cuisine. Spago is Puck's first restaurant venture.
Name and history
The word "spago" is Italian for "string" or "twine". The plural would be "spaghi," which is the beginning of "spaghetti", and suggests that pasta is on the menu.{{Cite web|title=Flashback Friday: A New Little Spot Called Spago Los Angeles Magazine|url=https://www.lamag.com/digestblog/flashback-friday-a-new-little-spot-called-spago/|date=July 11, 2014|website=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=May 16, 2020}}
The first Spago location opened in 1982, on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, with Mark Peel as chef de cuisine under Puck. The second Spago restaurant opened at The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, on the Las Vegas Strip in 1992. It was closed in 2017 and relocated to Bellagio Las Vegas in spring 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/food/wolfgang-pucks-spago-moving-to-bellagio/|title=Wolfgang Puck's Spago moving to Bellagio|date=August 21, 2017|access-date=November 1, 2018}} In 1997, Wolfgang Puck opened a third location on Canon Drive in Beverly Hills.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hauteliving.com/2013/04/zagat-names-spago-l.a%E2%80%99s-most-iconic-restaurant/349683/|title=Zagat Names Spago L.A's Most Iconic Restaurant|last=Cavatore|first=Alison|date=April 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415002526/http://www.hauteliving.com/2013/04/zagat-names-spago-l.a%E2%80%99s-most-iconic-restaurant/349683/|archive-date=April 15, 2013|access-date=August 24, 2015|website=Haute Living}} In 1998, a Spago location opened in Palo Alto{{cite web|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/restaurants/1998_Jan_16.EATOUT16.html |title=Restaurant Review: Spago: Exploring Puck's place |website=paloaltoonline.com |date=January 16, 1998 |access-date=November 22, 2022}} which was closed in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/food/insidescoop/article/Palo-Alto-s-Spago-to-call-it-quits-New-hotel-2596544.php |title=Palo Alto's Spago to call it quits |website=sfgate.com |date=May 9, 2007|access-date=November 22, 2022}}
The original Spago Hollywood remained open until 2001 when Wolfgang Puck and his partners determined renovating the original 1920s-era house would be too costly. They let their lease on the location expire.{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/restaurants/article/Puck-Closing-Original-Spago-s-Hollywood-Hot-Spot-2958861.php|title=Puck Closing Original Spago's, Hollywood Hot Spot for 19 Years|date=January 28, 2001|access-date=November 1, 2018}}
In 2001, a location was opened at the Four Seasons Resort Maui, in Hawaii. In 2007, a location opened at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch, in Avon, Colorado (which closed in 2016).{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Colleen |date=April 12, 2016 |title=Wolfgang Puck's Spago closes in the Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2016/04/12/wolfgang-pucks-spago-closes-in-the-ritz-carlton-bachelor-gulch/ |access-date=June 30, 2016 |work=The Denver Post}}https://denver.eater.com/2016/4/11/11410748/wolfgang-pucks-spago-beaver-creek-closed
File:Shaved black truffles with pasta - Spago Las Vegas - March 2022 - Sarah Stierch.jpg
Spago opened its first location outside of the United States in Mexico City in the mid-1990s, which closed a few years later. It later opened a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey, at the St. Regis Hotel in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://wolfgangpuck.com/dining/spago-istanbul/|title=Spago, Istanbul - Wolfgang Puck|access-date=December 17, 2017|website=wolfgangpuck.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://ehotelier.com/properties/2015/04/09/st-regis-istanbul-opens-marking-debut-of-brand-in-turkey/|title=St Regis Istanbul opens, marking debut of brand in Turkey|date=April 9, 2015|access-date=December 17, 2017|website=ehotelier.com}} Other international locations include one in Singapore at the rooftop complex of Marina Bay Sands.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
Awards and honorable recognitions
- In 2008 and 2009, Spago was awarded two Michelin stars{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-10-et-michelin10-story.html |title=Michelin ratings have L.A. chefs starry-eyed |first=Betty |last=Hallock |date=November 10, 2007 |work=Los Angeles Times }}
- Since 2010, Spago has received the Wine Spectator Grand Award{{cite news |title=Spago Beverly Hills |url=http://www.winespectator.com/restaurants/show/source/search/id/1868 |work=Wine Spectator |date=January 1, 2015 |access-date=August 19, 2015}}
- In 2013, Zagat named Spago the most iconic restaurant in the city of Los Angeles
References
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External links
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- [http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants/fine-dining/3635 Spago Beverly Hills website]
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Category:Restaurants in Greater Los Angeles
Category:Restaurant chains in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Beverly Hills, California
Category:Companies based in Beverly Hills, California
Category:Restaurants established in 1982
Category:1982 establishments in California
Category:Restaurants in California