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India Masala Bar & Grill advertises that its lunch buffet ($10.99) is the largest in Las Vegas. I haven’t yet experienced it but I have no doubt that if nothing else it’s a big hit, considering the restaurant’s location just west of Flamingo Road and Maryland Parkway in the university district and not far from the tourism corridor. But here’s the thing: I couldn’t help feeling that vestiges of the lunch buffet bled over into the dinner hour.
It’s not unusual for Taste of the Town readers to search for foods they’ve tasted in local restaurants, and that was the case with a recent request from Cheri Carr. Carr is looking for a cranberry-walnut bread that she said used to be served at The Flame Steakhouse at the El Cortez.
The St. Patrick’s Day celebration at J.C. Wooloughan’s at the J.W. Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., starts early — on Thursday, with live music daily through March 17. Festivities include a happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday through March 16, with $5 Irish appetizers and 50 percent off Irish draft beer, and continue March 17 when the party starts at noon ($20 cover after 3 p.m.) …
I should have known that something as ostensibly simple as garlic knots wouldn’t be so simple if it came out of Giovanni Mauro’s kitchen.
Donald Pallack is looking for marble rye in a restaurant-style loaf with slices that are all the same size — understandable to anyone who, like me, gets frustrated trying to make sandwiches with really huge pieces and really tiny pieces from the same loaf.
Cafe Latte has opened two locations in downtown Las Vegas, inside the Plaza at 1 S. Main St. and on the first floor of the Molasky Corporate Center at 100 N. City Parkway. They serve Illy coffee, plus smoothies, shakes, to-go lunch items and bakery items. Hours are from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily at the Plaza (call 386-2232) and 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at the Molasky center (call 629-3400). Visit www.CafeLatteLasVegas.com. …
Somewhere, I am confident, it’s written that every Las Vegas casino of any size has to have a steakhouse, an Italian restaurant and a Mexican restaurant. Slots? Certainly. Table games? Probably. Keno? Maybe not. Those three restaurants, though? They’re a lock, because they represent the most popular restaurant genres in the country.
Bell’s Poultry Seasoning is one of those old-fashioned things that’s difficult to find anymore — especially in this part of the country — but readers have spotted it for Joyce Hambacher.
Knights of Columbus Council 8282 is offering a fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. every Friday during Lent (through March 29) in the Parish Center at St. Viator Catholic Community, 2461 E. Flamingo Road.
The chicken brought to our table was a culinary work of art, so uniformly golden as to reflect the proverbial Midas touch.
As I recently announced, we’ve added a lost-recipe component to Taste of the Town (so keep those requests coming). That includes found recipes, too, which is the category for this one from reader Ilene Farr. Many Detroit-area refugees have fond memories of Sanders Hot Fudge, which is available locally at Detroit Motor City Coney Island at 19 Water St. in Henderson and at www.sanderscandy.com (800-651-7263).
Sansone Park Place, a strip center on South Eastern Avenue, is quite the mecca for foodies these days.
Today we have two reader finds, both Progresso products and both involving clams. Clearly, Taste of the Town readers like their Progresso clams.
A Lenten fish fry will be offered from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 15 and every Friday throughout Lent at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Newman Center, 4765 Brussels St. It’s $7, and all proceeds will go to the St. Therese Center, which serves people affected by HIV/AIDS. Call 736-0887. …
Among the things you really don’t want to hear after putting your name on a restaurant waiting list and killing time for 45 minutes: “I can’t find it. Go ahead and seat them.”
