Exploring Nevada Cuisine

Shrimp Cocktail

In 1959 Italo Ghelfi introduced the 50-cent shrimp cocktail in Las Vegas as a promotion. Rumor has it, Italo Ghelfi brought the seafood dish to Las Vegas because he was homesick for the fresh seafood he left behind in California



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