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swankiest Club on the planet!” We have almost 700
members, mostly professionals and business owners, and most are Italian.
The Club was recognized
as having the Best Italian
Restaurant by the city’s
newspaper (The Review
Journal) critics. Though
the food is great, it is the
entertainment and the atmosphere that earned the
Club the award.
were in the entertainment
and/or dining business):
the almost 42 million tourists (people who come
here planning to spend
money), enable Las Vegas to offer the finest ingredients produced, the
finest chefs, the finest waiters and staff, the finest
entertainment, etc. Many
of the Club’s members are
entertainers or restaurant
owners; as such, we have
access to things that other
Because the average clubs simply don’t have.
member of the Club is close to 70 years old, almost You also are the publisher
all are truly Italian Ameri- of Ciao Tutti, a wonderful
cans (i.e. they had a pa- monthly magazine that is
rent or grandparent who quickly growing in terms
came from Italy); as such, of contents, followers and
they have almost first distribution…
hand experience to Italian culture 100 years ago, Ciao Tutti’s mission is to
when their relatives came help Italian American
to America. These people clubs and Italian organilove those customs and zations remain relevant in
want to do what they can today’s social climate. Toto secure their future exi- day people have so many
stence.
choices as to how to spend
their free time, it is difficult
Though there are hun- for most Italian American
dreds of Italian American Clubs to compete; and
Clubs in the USA, ours is because most clubs rely
unique because it is loca- on volunteer labor, survited in the dining and en- val is even more difficult if
tertainment capital of the there isn’t something else.
world (and a large percentage of our members Ciao Tutti helps spre-
ad the word about local
clubs throughout their local community. Business
owners give the magazine
away for free. Our experience is that there are Italian Americans searching
for connectedness to their
Italian roots. The more we
learn of our Italian roots
and culture, the more we
appreciate them. Our goal
is to focus on the best of
the best people, places
and events in the Italian
American
communities
we serve; to acknowledge
the accomplishments of
those who make our community better; and to understand what makes those of Italian genetics so
special. Our motto is, “It’s
what’s on the inside…”
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