When you’re planning a huge dinner with 14 people, and the only porn star in the group cancels, it’s amazing how many others suddenly cancel. That’s OK, there was more food for the rest of us at Culinary Dropout.
August 2012
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Pierre Gagnaire is inarguably one of the most creative, brilliant and enigmatic chefs on the planet. His food defies description – works of art that offer flavor combinations few other chefs would dare attempt. While he has a dozen restaurants in ten countries, Las Vegas is home to his only …
Just a quick reminder that Restaurant Week kicked off yesterday, and will run through Sunday. For those who have been living under a rock, Restaurant Week is an annual event to benefit Three Square, which offers some of the best food deals around. Nore than 100 of the town’s best …
Between the year I was born and the day, 23 years later, when I left New Jersey, the Garden State was hardly a bastion of fine dining. My grandmother made great meatballs, and growing up in South Jersey, I had great cheese steaks. But overall, it wasn’t a state known …
As I reported several weeks ago, Josh Crain has replaced Sven Meade as Executive Chef of American Fish. I was a huge fan of Meade, who helped land the Michael Mina restaurant a spot in the first two editions of Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants. But I’m also …
Strip House at Planet Hollywood is preparing to celebrate its fifth anniversary next month, and I’m a little embarrassed to admit I never had a meal there until last week. (There are a lot of steakhouses in this town, and I’m not a huge steak fan.) So thanks to the …
Another week, another food festival – or so it seems sometimes. This Saturday, it’s the Carnival of Cuisine in the Venetian Ballroom. The party runs from noon to 4:00 and includes cooking demonstrations and tastings from more than 15 restaurants, as well as specialty drinks. Participating restaurants include B&B Ristorante, …
Fans of Jolene Maninia, the woman behind the incredibly popular Saturday Night Truck Stop/Back Of The House Brawls and Chowdowntown pop-up series will be excited to hear she’s bringing back her retired food truck Sloppi Jo’s Roving Eatery. Sadly it’s only for a day. Jo and her partner Josh Clark will …
With so many great restaurants in town, it’s always tough to decide where to dine with out-of-town friends when they only have a few days in Las Vegas. What do they like? And just how far out of their comfort zone will I be able to persuade them to go? …
Before meeting my friend Vinny for an amazing feast at Comma Ca on Saturday (pictures of that dinner will be posted soon), Sue and I dropped by China Poblano for a drink at the new bar surrounding the noodle station. As I recently mentioned on Facebook, the restaurant just added “outdoor” seating …