After more than 30 years in business, Paymon’s Mediterranean Cafe Lounge is closing its restaurant near UNLV.
Heidi Knapp Rinella
Food, Restaurant critic
Email: hrinella@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0474
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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.
Tony Abou-Ganim, known nationally and internationally as the Modern Mixologist, was born in Port Huron, Michigan, andas a child would sometimes visit The Brass Rail bar, owned by his cousin Helen David since 1937, for a Shirley Temple and abag of chips.
No need to wait until Feb. 14: Romantic couples can turn up the heat Feb. 7 with Roll of Attraction: An Aphrodisiac Sushi Rolling Class for Couples at Ra Sushi at the Fashion Show mall.
Some of the best things to eat during Super Bowl Sunday in Las Vegas.
Through a partnership with DoorDash delivery service, the burger behemoth is offering the Super Jack’d Monday Box.
Masaharu Morimoto gave Las Vegas a taste of his ramen last week with a four-day pop-up of his New York and Hawaii restaurant Momosan in the lounge of his eponymous MGM Grand restaurant.
Our friends at Able Baker Brewing report that Training Day Golden Ale, their beer developed in partnership with Vegas Golden Knights right winger Ryan Reaves’ 7Five Brewing, is finally available at T-Mobile Arena during Knights games.
Burgers are in the restaurant’s name but the new Smoked Burgers BBQ serves lots of other dishes, including Buttermilk Fried Chicken Blueberry Sliders.
The cities represented by Sunday’s Super Bowl contenders have cuisines that are far more complex and interesting than clam chowder, baked beans, French dip sandwiches and Dodger dogs.
If you’re looking to impress your significant other, Las Vegas restaurants are standing by to help with special menus for Valentine’s Day.
There’s not much worse at a convention or conference than having to endure a poorly reheated frozen pizza for lunch. Luckily, those attending Winter Las Vegas Market aren’t relegated to such a fate, because downtown Las Vegas has a rich variety of restaurants, many of which serve boffo mid-day meals. Here are a few favorites:
A round-up of the best food and drinks in Las Vegas this week.
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the United States is the only Western country to consistently grow in tea imports and consumption.
Villa Italian Kitchen is offering a catering package with gender-reveal lasagna, made with imported Italian pasta layered with cheese dyed either pink or blue.
Why chocolate cake would need its own day of commemoration seems like one of life’s enduring mysteries but it has one, and National Chocolate Cake Day is Sunday.