Located within Crystals, CityCenter's high-end retail and entertainment complex, which houses over 500,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, is the latest gem in Wolfgang Puck's crown: Wolfang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina. Crystals is the perfect setting for the revolutionary chef's newest creation, as his luxurious creations are in good company alongside high-end retailers like Tiffany, Guccci, Prada, H. Stern and Porsche Design. With an exterior by Studio Daniel Libeskind and an interior by David Rockwell and Rockwell Group Crystals is a dynamic work of art in itself. One of its most spectacular design aspects is a multi-faceted glass canopy that's evocative of a quartz crystal -- hence the name "Crystals" -- and lets in loads of natural light throughout the three-level complex. Crystals' interior is fashioned after an abstract 21st century park, with hanging gardens, moving water sculptures and an abstract 70-foot tree house that stretches from the ground to an oculus in the roof. While the ground floor is home to The Pods by Wolfgang Puck, a casual full-service coffee bar, café and bar, it is the second level that's home to Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina.

Accessible by elevator, escalator or stairs, Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina is a prominent tenant on Crystals' second level. Dark wood stairs with a pink and white mosaic underneath them begin on the ground level near The Pods by Wolfgang Puck and end upstairs at the front of the restaurant. As you are ascending the stairs you'll see "Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina" illuminated above the bar. Alternately, if you're already on the second floor and just stepping out of Cartier, you'll pass glass panels with photographs of an olive orchard alternating with clear glass panels, framed in light-colored wood. In either case, when you get to the restaurant you will be greeted by a golden backlit sign with the words "Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina" on the front of it. Next to that is a passage from Homer's Odyssey (XXIII, 153 – 160), from when Odysseus arrives home. Here he makes his famous analogy of how olive oil is liquid gold, and goes on to discuss how he's bathed in it. The passage is laser cut into a panel of blackened steel. The hostess station is dramatic, made of highly polished black wood with several luminescent candles on it. The Homer quotation is just your first taste of olives and olive oil, which are a major theme throughout this restaurant, which was designed by EDG Interior Architecture + Design. In fact, there's even a vintage grinding stone at the hostess station that's used for making olive oil.