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Mixology can’t touch the pleasure of a straight glass of whiskey
Crawl Comments Mar 13, 2013 6:58pmMixology has gone far beyond the simple spirit ’n’ soda or gin ’n’ juice. Drinks with liquors, liqueurs, bitters, essences, infusions, jellies, sugars, powders, foams … all of these things are well...
Review: Foodies have discovered a rare restaurant with Shaanxi cuisine
Dining Out Comments Mar 06, 2013 6:15pmLas Vegas’ so-called Chinatown has long been the town’s most interesting off-Strip dining destination for foodies in the know. In recent years, however, its Chinese offerings have been overshadowed...
More four-skull delights at Frankie’s Tiki Room
Crawl Comments Mar 06, 2013 5:00pmFrankie’s Tiki Room has revised its cocktail menu? If your first thought (like mine) was, “Jesus, will I still be able to get a Fink Bomb?!” allow me to put your mind at rest. All of the Frankie’s...
Review: Crepe Expectations in Henderson gets almost everything right
Dining Out Comments Feb 27, 2013 6:06pmOver the past year I’ve written about two restaurants specializing in Japanese dessert crepes. Those experiences got me thinking about how hard it is to find traditional French crepes in Las Vegas —...
Viva Las Arepas expands
Dining Out Comments Feb 27, 2013 5:14pmViva Las Arepas, which carved a late-night niche for itself from a tiny kiosk in the parking lot of Dino’s bar, has relocated — but fear not, hungry denizens of downtown, for the enterprise has...
Named after an olive, Zaytoon offers a taste of authentic Persian cuisine
Dining Out Comments Updated: Feb 27, 2013 4:27pmIn the final scene of the final episode of No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain espoused his belief that “the extent to which you can walk in someone else’s shoes, or at least eat their food, it’s a...
The local Japanese restaurant explosion continues with Yu-Yu and Yonaka
Dining Out Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2013 4:33pmUnless you’ve been living under a rock this month, you’ve undoubtedly noted the opening of the new Nobu Hotel Tower at Caesars Palace. It was a star-studded event, complete with celebrity investor...
The quotable Anthony Bourdain
Dining Out Comments Feb 13, 2013 3:05pmOn Feb. 9 at The Pearl, ribald TV foodie Anthony Bourdain and acclaimed French chef Eric Ripert cross-examined and conversed with each other for two never-dull hours about all things culinary. And...
Review: Lima Limon is not Peru’s best
Dining Out Comments Updated: Feb 07, 2013 11:48amAlmost exactly a year ago, I reviewed a Peruvian restaurant in this space. At the time, I found the food, service and atmosphere at Henderson’s Mi Peru to be mediocre but was still happy it was...
An aging locals’ casino proves a good fit for a funky, novel new restaurant
Dining Out Comments Updated: Feb 06, 2013 3:00pmIf you read CityLife’s dining coverage with any frequency, you’re familiar with Sheridan Su. After working at some top Strip restaurants, the chef ventured out on his own to open a food truck, which...
