Hello, folks. It's been a little while, hasn't it? Time and budget restrictions and all. Sometimes it's hard to find the room and motivation to even write about the local food scene, let alone support it. But there's one place I went to recently, so let's do it ( Read more... )

My mother died early Sunday morning ( Read more... )

In a tough time for restaurateurs, Chef James Trees is doing fairly well. In the face of 25% capacity limits, Trees added greenhouse-style tents to the back alley of Esther's Kitchen. And he has a new second restaurant. He had Ada's in Tivoli Village in Summerlin, but that was a COVID victim. So was a nearby restaurant, Brio Tuscan Grill, and Trees ( Read more... )

Welcome to 2021. And we're not off to a great start.

To much of Vegas remains hurting, if not closed. One of the latter places is the entire Palms resort, the one major hotel-casino yet to reopen. I've had some good times there -- meeting a few Playmates at a Playboy exhibit, a 6 a.m. screening of "Iron Man" at a discounted price, seeing Brian ( Read more... )

My apologies for my dearth of posts. My job keeps me busy, and yet, the money ain't what it once was. I actually made this sojourn a week ago, but 40+ hours coupled with the holiday made me put off posting. But I'm here again, trying to indulge my culinary interests while supporting the local restaurant community ( Read more... )

Bobby Flay brought his bold cooking and brash attitude to Las Vegas fifteen years ago when he opened the local version of the Mesa Grill to Caesar's Palace. And you know what they say about all good things ( Read more... )

Crappy Republican presidents, gun violence in Chicago, and white supremacists run amok. Not much has changed in the 87 years since Prohibition ended, except that the white supremacists back then were Democrats. Despite those troubled times, a strong nostalgia for the Roaring Twenties remains. And I visited two such throwbacks the other night ( Read more... )

Estiatorio Milos opened at the Cosmopolitan a decade ago, giving Las Vegas a high-quality Greek restaurant specializing in seafood. It also gave us a hell of a lunch special -- only $20.11 at the time (gone up a few bucks thanks to inflation, but still a steal). But its lease is up, and now its headed to the Venetian. The good news is that it ( Read more... )

A local food writer once noted that he could fly to Mexico City, eat the tasting menu at the acclaimed Pujol, and fly back to Vegas for less cost than the menu degustation at Joel Robuchon. That's the sort of thing that arouses my curiosity ( Read more... )

With so many restaurants I have yet to dine at, why would I want to revisit one? I mean, aside from it being good? To learn about any changes that have been made since my last visit -- a new concept, a new executive chef, or a new locations. That last one is why I had dinner at Spago, a restaurant that's not hurting for business, owned by a ( Read more... )