DINING: ‘Top Chef’ viewing party tonight
August 24, 2011 - 3:55 pm
Holstein’s, which employs two of the three local contestants in Bravo’s current edition of “Top Chef: Just Desserts,” is planning a viewing party at 9:30 this evening (Aug. 24; the show starts at 10) at the restaurant at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Food and drink specials are planned. …
Joe’s Stone Crab at the Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, will serve its signature Skinny Cosmo ($11) from 6 to 11 p.m. Sept. 8, with a portion of the proceeds going to Three Square food bank. It will be part of the “Fashion’s Night Out” event, where the next Las Vegas’ Best New Designer will be announced. …
And if you’re looking for a little something special in back-to-school stuff for the kid who has everything, here’s something to consider: a pencil case from Max Brenner: Chocolate by the Bald Man, also at the Forum Shops. Priced at $12.90, the case contains a hazelnut praline milk-chocolate finger filled with crepe bits, a chocolate-scented pencil and an assortment of erasers. …