The Las Vegas Foodie Fest returns this weekend to the Silverton, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, with more than 30 food trucks and other vendors. New this year will be a grill by the iconic White Castle. Hours are from 4 p.m. to midnight today, noon to midnight Saturday and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10 per person, which enables all three days of entry, or $8 if purchased in advance at the website, LasVegasFoodieFest.com; it’s free for kids less than 54 inches tall. …
Entertainment Columns
I’m frequently asked how I choose restaurants to be reviewed, the answer being that there are a number of methods. With Jammin’ Jerk Hut, I followed my nose.
The only muscles they never exercised were their brains.
Veronic DiCaire was coached on her Celine Dion impression by a true expert.
Reader Frank Gerencser wrote in search of an old-fashioned rice pudding recipe for his wife, Judith. I tried this one from Taste of Home, and it definitely seems to fill the bill.
Despite the ever-expanding urban development in the Las Vegas Valley, remnants of the area’s rural past live on in a few places such as the Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary, Gilcrease Orchard and the nearby city park at Tule Springs.
Kevin Burke has performed “Defending the Caveman” so many times, it was almost too easy to break a world’s record.
So the devil slides into the booth of an all-night diner on Sunset Boulevard near the Comedy Store circa 1984, and slaps a contract down on a coffee stain in front of an aspiring young comic.
You don’t go to Tom Cruise movies to think.
The Coronado Cafe at the South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering $7.95 daily specials from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. through the end of the month. The schedule: Monday, roast pork loin or chef’s salad; Tuesday, meatloaf or Greek chicken salad; Wednesday, Swiss steak or barbecued chicken salad; Thursday, chicken a la king or grilled steak salad; Friday, seafood creole or citrus-glazed chicken salad. …
I have the utmost respect for Chef Carla Pellegrino and the work she’s done locally, formerly at Rao’s at Caesars Palace and currently at Bratalian in Henderson. I thought the Meatball Spot at Town Square was a brilliant concept and have heard tons of good things about it.
It’s been 27 years since their last show and they’re already talking about hanging it up again?
This week’s lead item brought to mind a recent newsroom conversation about how many food companies have gone multinational, and how seemingly a handful own many old familiar brands.
Thousands of miles of track once connected Nevada towns with the transcontinental railroads. From territorial days to modern times, at least 70 railroads operated in the state, both standard and narrow gauge. Built to move ore from mines to mills, the lines also carried freight and passengers.
Anyone who knows certain blinged-out magicians in Las Vegas also knows their blinged-out manager.
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