Claudia Hillmeier’s life has been full of twists.
Heidi Knapp Rinella
Food, Restaurant critic
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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.
The Double Down Saloon, a Paradise Road dive bar that has attracted a worldwide cult following, was closed down Monday by the Southern Nevada Health District because of a roach infestation.
A clean, healthy diet comes with inherent limitations, but Flower Child celebrates the eat-the-rainbow philosophy with a deep dive into nature’s bounty
The newest restaurant at Palace Station, Boathouse Asian Eatery, is scheduled to open at 11 a.m. Monday.
Summer is prime time for burgers, but this one has a sweet twist: Freed’s Bakery, 9815 S. Eastern Ave., is offering classes in creating hamburger and ice cream cupcakes Thursday through Aug. 10.
After Carnevino, B&B Ristorante and Otto Enoteca e Pizzeria served their final meals Sunday — five days earlier than expected — the staffs said farewell with a party at Carnevino on Monday. Nicole Brisson, the company’s former director of Las Vegas operations who will head the new Eataly project at Park MGM, surprised some longtime friends of Carnevino by selling some of its exquisitely aged beef in cryovac packages ready for freezing. We’re told Carnevino continues to look for a new Las Vegas home now that Mario Batali no longer is associated with the company.
It’s the 30th anniversary edition of Shark Week, which brings lots of shark-centric programming to the Discovery Channel, and Las Vegas businesses are jumping in with both feet.
We’re in that long stretch between Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day, but it doesn’t have to be a dry one. Tuesday is National Tequila Day.
More seafood will be coming to the desert next year, with the opening of the fourth Red Lobster in Southern Nevada, the company announced Monday.
Canter’s Deli has closed its location at Tivoli Village, which opened last fall after months of delays.
Extreme — maybe even obsessive — attention to detail is a requirement for success in the restaurant business, and it’s certainly worked for Gordon Ramsay.
Naked City Pizza is branching out — and so is PT’s Entertainment.
For National Tequila Day July 24, head to Camden Cocktail Lounge at the Palms for a Jeanie in a Barrel.
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