RESTAURANT NEWS
More evidence of tiki bar return
A further sign of the return of the tiki bar, Trader Vic’s has opened at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, 3663 Las Vegas Blvd. South. It includes a ground-level restaurant, Strip-side patio and second-floor Tiki Club ultra lounge. Call 405-4700 or visit www.tradervicslv.com. …
This year’s Odyssey Las Vegas, a four-day celebration of food, wine and art, is scheduled for Nov. 8-11. Events include the Masters Dinner, a sustainable-seafood dinner, an Italian wine tasting, a blues gourmet barbecue, golf tournament and more. Proceeds from ticket sales and live and silent auctions will benefit the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the foundation’s scholarship program for aspiring chefs. For a complete schedule, tickets and more information, visit www.odysseylifestyle.com or call 257-2345 or (877) 370-9182. …
A Celebrity Chef Tour dinner benefiting the James Beard Foundation is scheduled for 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at Ceres Restaurant at the JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd. With an entree of New England Beef Wellington, the six-course dinner is $150 per person, plus tax. To reserve, call 869-7381. …
Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza is hosting a Halloween-themed Sundae School for children. To participate, download the virtual Messy Sundae from www.sammyspizza.com and construct the image. Families can bring the image to Sammy’s at 4300 E. Sunset Road in Henderson, 6500 W. Sahara Ave. or 7160 N. Durango Drive on Oct. 28, when the interactive Sundae School (and eating of the creations) is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. Children also are invited to wear their Halloween costumes, which will be judged according to most creative, scariest, cutest and funniest. …
Boa Steakhouse at the Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is featuring its Harvest Moon Cocktail, which includes rum, cinnamon, vanilla syrup, half and half, pumpkin puree and drawn butter. It’s $14.
Send information to Heidi Knapp Rinella, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070. You also can send faxes to 383-4676 or e-mail her at hrinella@reviewjournal.com.
