EDG Interior Architecture + Design has been working with Wolfgang Puck for quite some time. They designed the original Postrio at the Venetian, for instance, as well as its recent redesign, not to mention Spago in Maui. They have truly outdone themselves, however, with Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina. Every aspect of the restaurant's olive and olive oil theme is tied together in perfect harmony, from the entryway with Homer's quote about olive oil being "liquid gold," to the yellows and greens of the glass screens, to the laminated olive orchard photograph on the glass-paneled wall, down to the 400-year-old olive tree table in front of the open kitchen. In fact, tabletops throughout the restaurant are made of olive trees, although not from 400-year-old Italian ones. Even the green water glasses on the table are evocative of olives. Additionally the amber seeded glass featured in a number of the restaurant's lighting fixtures has pinhead bubbles that soften the light to a glow, providing a subliminal nod to golden olive oil. The rest of the lighting fixtures are equally spectacular, from the clear glass shades with squiggles in the bar area to chandelier made of multiple cylinders in the private dining room. Last but not least: Even the menu features olives in dishes such as Caramelized Onion Pizza and Shaved Italian Cured Meats 'Antipasto.'

Wolfgang Puck has always been a fan of the exhibition kitchen. Take Spago Beverly Hills, for instance. At Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina, the intent is to keep the action alive and visible to diners, but to close the kitchen off so you can see the activity without hearing the pots and pans. Thus a seeded-glass window that allows guests to see the kitchen but not hear it. A textured limestone wall surrounds the windows and encloses the kitchen. Prior to the seeded-glass window is what looks like a fire box but actuality is the backside of the pizza oven. When you walk by you can see the pizzas cooking; and if none are in the oven, it serves double duty as a fireplace.