A La Carte

El Cortez, 600 Fremont St., is scheduled to celebrate Cinco de Mayo Thursday with $3 Patron margaritas and complimentary chips and salas from noon to midnight.

El Cortez plans to host a Kentucky Derby viewing party in the Fiesta Room from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Guests can enjoy pre-race festivities and cheer for their favorite horses. Budweiser drafts will be $1 and brats $2. Additional $1 menu specials include fountain drinks and bags of chips. Bloody Marys will be $2.

For Mother’s Day, El Cortez’s Flame Steakhouse will let moms eat for free when dining with a paying adult on Sunday. Mothers must be 21 or older and a member of Club Cortez to take advantage of the offer.

Main Street Station Casino to feature Mother’s Day specials

The Garden Court Buffet at Main Street Station Casino, 200 N. Main St., plans to serve a Mother’s Day buffet from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.

The cost is $16.99 or $14.99 for B Connected cardholders. Items will include a carving station with oven-roasted prime rib and honey-glazed baked ham, entrees of turkey, rosemary-crusted pork loin, fried shrimp and grilled salmon and assorted salads and desserts.

For more information, call 387-1896.

Celebrate Mother’s Day at Fremont

The Fremont, 200 Fremont St., plans to serve a Mother’s Day champagne brunch from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday in the Paradise Buffet and Café.

The cost is $16.99 or $14.99 for B Connected cardholders. The menu will feature a carving station with prime rib, turkey and baked Virginia ham, an omelet and egg station and entrees of lamb chop Seville, Peking duck, eggs Benedict, lox and bagels, stuffed sole and crab legs.

Second Street Grill plans to serve a special for $35 from 5 to 10 p.m. It will feature Chilean seabass with stir-fry soba noodles, a glass of house wine and Banana Foster cheesecake for dessert. Mothers will receive a rose.

For reservations, call 385-3232.

Springs Cafe plans Mother’s Day brunch

The Springs Cafe at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., plans to host a Mother’s Day brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

The cost is $29.95 for adults, $12.50 for children ages 4 to 12 and free for children 3 or younger.

An a la carte brunch is hosted every Sunday through June from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $21 for adults, $12.50 for children ages 4 to 12 and free for children 3 or younger. Coffee and soda are included.

Springs Preserve members receive 10 percent off both the Mother’s Day brunch and Sunday a la carte brunches.

Reservations are required for both brunches. For reservations, call 822-8716.

Cannery to offer Mother’s Day specials

Waverly’s Steakhouse in the Cannery, 2121 E. Craig Road, plans to serve a Mother’s Day special of butter-poached lobster and truffle cream orzo on Sunday.

The special will have a 12-ounce lobster tail slow poached in herb butter, set atop lobster cream orzo and braised leeks and topped with pomme fritter.

The cost is $35. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Vino’s Ristorante plans to serve a Mother’s Day special of Rocky Mountain trout for $27.99. It will feature pan-seared Rocky Mountain trout stuffed with bay shrimp, mushrooms and artichokes and finished with a dill beurre blanc sauce and served with risotto.

Hours are from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The Cannery Row Buffet plans to serve a Mother’s Day menu from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., featuring breakfast specialties such as omelets made to order, apple crepes, waffles, French toast and cheese blintz.

The cost is $15.99 for adults with a CAN Club card and $10.99 for children ages 3 to 7. For reservations, call 507-5700.

Wine Walks to raise funds
for New Vista Community

The Village Lake Las Vegas plans to host a Wine Walk from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday to raise funds for New Vista Community, a nonprofit group that provides equal opportunities and support for the intellectually challenged people of all ages.

The Wine Walk will feature a variety of wines at 20 different tasting stations and live entertainment.

Another Wine Walk to benefit New Vista Community is scheduled from 7 to 10 p.m. May 21 at Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South.

The cost for either event is $25 in advance or $30 for one or two for $50 at the door. For tickets, visit winewalklv.com. Guests must be 21 or older.

Les Kincaid to debut new radio show

Les Kincaid plans to broadcast his new radio show “Les Kincaid’s Lifestyles Las Vegas” from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Each week guests will include celebrity chefs, cookbook authors, restaurateurs, food professionals, vintners, winemakers, wine professionals and Las Vegas entertainers. There will be three guests featured each week, with the live broadcast coming from P.J. Clarke’s in The Forum Shops at Caesars.

Listeners can tune in to KLAV 1230 AM or sorealradio.com (click “Station: Les Kincaid.”) Broadcasts will replay the following Mondays at noon on sorealradio.com.

Panera Bread donates funds to Children’s Miracle Network

Panera Bread recently donated $18,704.70 to the Children’s’ Miracle Network through Panera Bread’s Operation Dough-Nation. The funds will be used to further the network’s mission of caring for children and families stricken by illness. The check was presented to the network at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson.

Operation Dough-Nation donates a portion of customers donations made in the Community Breadbox containers near the registers, which it matches with cash for distribution to local charities. At the end of the day, local cafes also donate unsold bread and baked goods to local hunger relief agencies through the company’s Day-End Dough-Nation program.

Carl’s Jr. partners with March of Dimes, Las Vegas 51s for fundraisers

Carl’s Jr. locations across the Las Vegas Valley are collecting donations for the March of Dimes through May 23.

Any customer who donates $1 will receive a special cutout to sign and display, along with food coupons. Last year Carl’s Jr. raised $40,000 for the organization, which supports research, awareness programs, local hospitals and families affected by the outcomes of premature births.

Carl’s Jr. also is partnering with the Las Vegas 51s baseball team. While supplies last, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson locations are giving one ticket to a 51s game to customers for free, upon request, with the purchase of any large combo. The 51s also are selling a Family Four Pack with four game tickets, four Carl’s Jr. $4 food coupons and four 51s hats for $36.

To purchase a Family Four Pack, visit lv51.com or call 798-7825.

To find a Carl’s Jr. location near you, visit carlsjr.com.