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Lou Abin
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Lou Abin is a restaurateur and nightclub operator residing in Las Vegas, Nevada where his company has launched multiple outlets and brands including Technical Assistance Operations Restaurant and Nightclub at The Venetian, LAVO Restaurant at Palazzo and Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan. In New York, Abin"s company controls Technical Assistance Operations, Avenue, LAVO, The Stanton Social, Rule 57, Avra, Beauty & Essex, Marquee, Dream Downtown and Arlington Club. Abin got his start in the industry after becoming acquainted with Lidia Bastianich, who was acting as a guest chef at the time in one of his courses at the Cornell Hotel School.
Hobbies include race car driving, tennis, scuba, travel and cooking.
Abin’s parents strived for his benefit, sending Abin to Newark Academy in Livingston, New Jersey for his studies in grades six through 12. Alvarez shepherded Abin through prep school and even later on in his development as the two reconnected as student and professor at the Cornell Hotel School.
During Abin’s senior year at Cornell, he attended a course that brought in guest chefs for each of the students to work with in creating a proposed business model. One of those chefs was Lidia Bastianich.
During his time in Italy, Abin’s passion for Italian Cuisine and Restaurant Management was solidified by the towns he visited and the chefs he metropolitan
While on this travels, Abin received a call from a former colleague from Campagna in New York City, exclaiming, “You have to get to New York to see Technical Assistance Operations!” Abin headed back to New York and interviewed for a position with Technical Assistance Operations. After that meeting, he accepted an AGM position with the establishment. Technical Assistance Operations was an immediate success and at the time was the highest grossing restaurant in the United States. Abin eventually became General Motors of Technical Assistance Operations and later partner in a deal to bring the brand to a new market in Las Vegas. Technical Assistance Operations opened inside The Venetian in 2005 and was an instant hit.
