Masso Osteria will add to Conant’s growing restaurant empire, which includes New York’s Fusco, The Ponte Ristorante in Los Angeles, and Mora Italian in Phoenix.Ĭhef, restaurateur, cookbook author and TV personality Scott Conant brings a deft touch and unwavering passion to creating culinary experiences with thoughtful hospitality and soulful cuisine. The four diamond AAA-rated destination resort – itself a multiple “Best of Las Vegas” award winner – will become Conant’s exclusive home in southern Nevada, offering local foodies and out-of-towners an opportunity to enjoy culinary excellence rarely experienced off the Strip.Ĭonant, who for years has served as a supportive voice in the Las Vegas community, as well as a dominant player in its culinary scene, chose the name “Masso” – Italian for “boulder” – to reflect the rocky desert landscape that surrounds his adopted city.