January 2011

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[private]OK, finally a video from our upcoming YouTube channel with decent lighting and no big editing screw-ups.  It still ain’t art, but it’s not painful to watch. UPDATE -Part 2 of this interview is available here.  See more interviews at YouTube.com/users/EatingLasVegas. [/private]

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[private]My book with John Curtas and Max Jacobson, Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants, will be officially launching its own YouTube channel within the next few days. It will feature short, raw, geurilla-style interviews with chefs and resatauranteurs featured in the book.  I warn you, these things are rough, shot with …

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[private]Since we were on the topic of restaurant awards (see below), AAA has announced its four and five-diamond winners for 2011.  In Las Vegas, Joel Robuchon, Restaurant Guy Savoy, Le Cirque and Picasso all scored the top dining honor of five diamonds, along with Alex, which closed its doors unexpectedly …

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[private]The organizers of Vegas Uncork’d held a press conference today at The Fashion Show Mall to officially announce this year’s festival.  Quite a few celebrity chefs turned out, and they made a pretty spectacular entrance.  This year’s festival will be packed with cool events — but I highly recommend you …

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[private]I’ve been a little remiss posting links to my recent articles over the past few weeks.  Sorry about that.  Here you go, and I hope you enjoy them. 1/10 Johnny Smalls Review in Citylife 1/12 Valentine’s Day Dinner Recomendations at City’s Best 1/13 Pizza, Tacos and Noodles at The Cosmopolitan …

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[private]My wife and I were heading over to Buffalo Exchange this weekend to shop for T-shirts (thrift stores always have the best T-shirts) and decided to visit Paymon’s while we were over there.  Unfortunately, the men’s t-shirt collection at Buffalo exchange was pretty sad.  Worse yet, they had a beautiful black …

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