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Rescheduled ChowDownTown date announced
February 21st, 2012
Former Sloppi Jo’s truck owner Jolene Mannina recently announced that she is launching a pop up dinner series called ChowDownTown to road test the farm-to-table gastropub-inspired dishes she and her chef/partner Josh Clark will eventually serve in their brick-and-mortar downtown venture (as soon as they find the right space). Read more »
Forte Serves Up Bulgarian at Industry Appreciation
February 21st, 2012
Forte Las Vegas is one of our most exotic and unusual restaurants. I often bring out-of-town friends there, and boast on it, telling them that there isn’t even a place like it in New York. Read more »
Brunch with the Burning Angels at First
January 27th, 2012
Only my colleague Al Mancini, a co-author of Eating Las Vegas, could have arranged the porn star brunch we ate Sunday at First Food and Bar. Read more »
A Sneak Peak at Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ and Beer
November 29th, 2011
Yesterday, I got a sneak peak at the new Lynyrd Skynyrd BBQ and Beer, opening Thursday at the Excalibur. Read more »
A Georgian Feast at Tarkhoun, Saint Petersburg
October 6th, 2011
Many Georgian dishes have crept onto Russian menus, though, and the United States, fortunately, has no shortage of Russian restaurants. Read more »
Breakfast at Central Caesars Palace
September 20th, 2011
Las Vegas has never been a great breakfast town. People party hard. People sleep late. So far, quality breakfast options have been limited here. Read more »
Max Minute: Popped LV
August 19th, 2011
A clever idea always has legs, so I’m giving Popped a fighting chance of success in this difficult market. The concept belongs to a server at Eiffel Tower, Jean-Francois Chavanel, of Nice, France. Read more »
Bon Breads opens at Town Square
August 9th, 2011
It’s an open secret Carlos Pereira of Bon Breads makes the best breads in the city, but until recently, you had to depend on the good taste of chefs, or an occasional trip to a Farmer’s Market to procure one. Read more »
Recession can't keep a good cheese shop down
August 3rd, 2011
Bob Howald and his wife, Kristin Sande, opened their wonderful food and wine shop in 2006; to note their timing was less than impeccable would be classic understatement. Read more »
Rick Moonen champions ecologically important shrimp farm
July 14th, 2011
Chef Rick Moonen stepped up to the podium at the ceremony for the grand opening of the Blue Oasis Pure Shrimp Farm, to speak about his pet topic, sustainability. Read more »
