The first Mexican restaurant since Wynn Las Vegas opened in 2005 is due early next year to replace Andrea’s, and the new Smith & Wollensky has opened at The Venetian.
Heidi Knapp Rinella
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Heidi Knapp Rinella is an award-winning journalist with more than 35 years of experience as a writer and editor at newspapers in Ohio, Florida and Nevada, and is the author of seven books. She’s been with the Review-Journal as a feature writer and food critic since October 1999.
Beauty & Essex at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas loaded its Wonder Wheel dessert vehicle with sweet treats themed to the Electric Daisy Carnival.
All of these are fried, but not all are in sandwiches.
The Pecan Pie Pancakes at The Stove in Henderson will give you a hankerin’ for the Old South.
Mom’s Sushi & Sake 101 at Ra Sushi at the Fashion Show mall leads this week’s food roundup.
Gilcrease Orchard north of Las Vegas is reaping a bumper crop of asparagus. Meanwhile, Las Vegas Strip chefs are using green and white in innovative creations.
Henderson also has a new sports bar, and a Strip steakhouse expands with a tasting menu.
Recently, Susan Cook wrote in search of a 7-bone roast, a once commonly found cut that has indeed just about disappeared from local markets. But her fellow Food Finders readers have some ideas.
If you’re taking Mom out for Mother’s Day on Sunday, specials galore include a free Dole Whip (without or without rum) or a $3 mimosa, or a special brunch dish.
In honor of Military Appreciation Month, a number of Southern Nevada restaurants are offering discounts to active-duty and retired members of the military, through the end of May.
Any day is a good day for a margarita, but on Cinco de Mayo, which is Sunday, it seems particularly appropriate.
Burgers, which used to be simple and kind of boring, have taken off in recent years with even top-rated chefs nationwide tinkering with them.
Tacho Kneeland, executive chef of Cabo Wabo Cantina in the Miracle Mile Shops, has created a fiesta in a glass to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Sunday.
Tickets are on sale for the next Project Dinner Table event, set for June 1 at Park MGM and The Park and hosted by NoMad.