... but, well, it's hard to. And it's not RBC's fault ( Read more... )

Somehow, it just didn't seem right. Kaiseki Yuzu doing take-out ( Read more... )

The coronavirus shutdown hit some places harder than others. While some managed to remain open doing take-out and delivery only, one of Downtown's most popular spots, Esther's Kitchen, was closed for two months until the governor okayed the first phase of reopening, where restaurants and other businesses could allow guests with limited occupancy. ( Read more... )

Intellectually, I have no problem with the term "Chinese Virus." Hey, that's where it's from, right? The problem with it is that some yahoos wanted to take it out on Chinese-Americans and their place of business. And I've never heard of anyone during the Spanish Influenza a century ago lashing out at Spanish-Americans or whatever tapas places we ( Read more... )

After two months of darkness, there's a flicker of light. Governor Sisolak has declared that restaurants and other small businesses can reopen to limited capacity. While the Strip remains closed, Las Vegans can finally get back to the business of business, and support those that have managed to not close altogether. This weekend, I had the chance ( Read more... )

It all started innocuously enough. The latest disease to come from the other side of the world. Hey, we've been through this before -- SARS, MERS, Avian flu, flesh-eating bacteria. Another case of cooties to scare us but will hardly reach us ( Read more... )

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Last night was my third trip to Hatsumi. First time was your typical check-it-out restaurant trip. Second was for a special menu. This time it was for how I view this eatery -- and I'm repeating myself on this -- the sort of place where a Japanese salaryman might go after work to eat, drink, unwind, and grumble about the bakashacho (I'll let you ( Read more... )

Two ways to get me to return to your restaurant: Announce your closure, and become my friend either in person or on social media. While I forget the details how it came about, I'm now following Elia Authentic Greek Taverna on Facebook. It's already a more than decent spot, and a good way to explore the culinary offerings of Greece ( Read more... )

Cipriani has been an acclaimed restaurant in Venice since 1948. And like so many other successful restaurant, its owners wanted to take its brand global. And like so many of those, they had to come to Las Vegas. And what better place to open a branch of the Venetian institution than the Venetian, with its faux Venetian canals, gondolas, ( Read more... )