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The Pinky Ring Bellagio Hotel & Casino LAS VEGAS
Words: Eleanor Howard Photography: Courtesy of Yabu Pushelberg
IN A BITE Operator: MGM Resorts International Interior Design: Yabu Pushelberg bellagio.mgmresorts.com
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rammy award-winning musician Bruno
a VIP champagne room lined with decadent
Mars has enlisted the talents of Yabu
panelling and banquette seating; plush
Pushelberg to bring his signature ‘24K
carpeting and circular tables with built-in ice
magic’ to The Pinky Ring, a new cocktail bar
buckets complete the space.
and jazz lounge at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino.
“In the pursuit of perpetual allure, where
Taking over a former lounge bar, the retro-
lighting not only transforms spaces, but
chic venue is a highly curated experience, with
perceptions, The Pinky Ring unveils a strategic
the entertainer putting his spin on everything
lighting innovation, schemed to make people
from the design to the live entertainment. “I’ve
look and feel their best,” explains Glenn
been performing in Vegas for years and have
Pushelberg. “Through a strategic interplay of
always wanted a place where I could throw
low-level, contrast and accent lighting, The
glamorous parties when I’m in town; a place
Pinky Ring lighting design unveils the unseen.”
that feels like my personal penthouse suite,
Of the extensive cocktail list, signature
with live music and sensational cocktails,” says
concoctions include The Hooligan, a spicy
Mars. “The Pinky Ring is that.”
margarita named after Mars’ accompanying
Upon arrival, a mirrored passageway
band, and The Mars Mocha, made with chocolate
adorned with Mars’ own Grammy awards
rum, cognac and espresso, topped with toasted
leads through to a 70s-inspired Conversation
sesame froth and a banana garnish.
Pit, where seating upholstered in olive green
The delecatable drinks and Instagrammable
leather snakes through space beneath a tiered
interiors are complemented by memorable
glass chandelier. At the rear, a marble counter
music performances – however no phones are
with mirrored barback spans the length of the
allowed inside. After all, ‘what happens in The
lounge, emanating a warm glow. There’s also
Pinky Ring, stays in The Pinky Ring’.