RESTAURANT NEWS
Taste of the Nation benefit set for June 14
Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. June 14 in the South Hall lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road. Tickets, $60 in advance or $70 at the door (with VIP reception $75 in advance, $85 at the door), are available at www.tasteof thenation.org; Lee’s Discount Liquor; Prestige Travel at 6175 Spring Mountain Road and the Fashion Show mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South; or by calling 943-6868. The event will benefit Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada; University of Nevada, Reno Foundation/Chefs for Kids; Project M.A.N.A./Reno and Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc. …
Fresh walleye pike is being flown in every Friday from the Great Lakes for the dinner special at Roberta’s Steakhouse at the El Cortez, 600 Fremont St. It’s served on Fridays and Saturdays for $11.95. …
The June theme of the Farmer’s Market Tasting Menu at the Medici Cafe at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas, is basil. The five-course menu with amuse-bouche is $110 per person with wine, $80 per person without, plus tax and tip. Call 567-4700. …
Sonoma Cutrer Winery is being featured at a wine-tasting dinner at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Ceres Restaurant at the JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd. With an entree of medallions of veal with vanilla plum tart, the four-course dinner with reception is $100 per person, plus tax and tip. Call 869-7383. …
Chef Gustav Mauler has announced his winemaker dinners for June. The bottlings of Blackstone Winery will be featured during a dinner at 6:30 p.m. June 19 at Sazio at The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave. With an entree of center-cut pork chop with wild mushrooms and soft polenta, the four-course dinner is $39 per person. Call 948-9500.
And Trimbach wines will be featured during a dinner at 6:30 p.m. June 26 at Spiedini at the JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd. With an entree of baby lobster tails au curry with coconut basmati rice, the four-course dinner is $63. Call 869-8500.
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.
