![]() ![]() ![]() “With Tao, it’s the lights, the music, the art, the energy of the room,” Hamilton said. He defined an “immersive” restaurant experience as one that features entertainment and ambience in addition to top-notch food. It’s a reason people come here ― and then, maybe, they gamble.” Tao is a one-of-a-kind experience for this area. “Over the last year, we’ve tried to focus on food-and-beverage options that would be reasons for people to come here. “How do you drive people to the property?” Hamilton said. He said Tao has quickly become Mohegan Sun’s top-grossing restaurant. ![]() Jeff Hamilton, Mohegan Sun’s president and general manager, said in a phone interview that the success of Tao convinced Mohegan Sun to pursue another “immersive dining experience” that would draw customers to southeastern Connecticut from as far away as New York City, as Tao has done. Other versions of the brand have since opened in Los Angeles and at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, a resort casino. Renowned chef Chris Santos, who grew up in Rhode Island, graduated from Johnson & Wales University in Providence and appears as a judge on the Food Network’s “Chopped,” opened the first Beauty & Essex on New York City’s Lower East Side in 2010. The new restaurant will open next fall in space now occupied by a food court in the Casino of the Sky, the casino said in a news release. Mohegan ― In the latest addition to its dining options, Mohegan Sun announced Thursday it plans to open Beauty & Essex, another restaurant from Tao Group Hospitality, the global entertainment brand that introduced the Asian-themed Tao to the casino in 2021. ![]()
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