Small Bites
Wine and dine away the hours
Our cups will soon runneth over! Much ado has been made—mostly by us—about the upcoming windfall of gourmet and cork-popping opps. But it bears repeating: Clear your schedule. Tickets are now on sale and they are going fast! Read more »
Get Fresh
I’m a farmers market kind of gal. Salad just tastes better from bushel baskets attractively displayed and presided over by a farmer. I can only imagine the taste of tender leaves from my own backyard, but alas, I live in a desert and must garden accordingly. Read more »
Hit the downtown StrEATS for Food Truck Heaven
The Vegas StrEATS food festival hits the streets of downtown for a second time following the success of its March debut. StrEATS kicks off before sunset and features local food trucks, DJs, live bands, artists and street-wear companies. Best of all, admission to this all-night event is free. The second StrEATS event will kick off 6 p.m. April 9 at 600 E. Fremont St., and will feature local DJs, two additional food trucks, local artists and street-wear brands such as Civilian Clothing. Read more »
It Takes a Village
Two stars of the worldwide cooking community will lend a hand in raising up the next generation of restaurateurs and culinarians when they host the eighth Chef Artist Series at UNLV’s William F. Harrah’s College of Hotel Administration. Read more »
New Cosmo events highlight chefs, music, wine
No need to beware the Ides of March—the 15th brings with it a great new monthly event at the Cosmopolitan. The Fifteenth is a monthly dining series highlighting the Cosmo’s resident culinarians as well as guest chefs. As the name implies, the dinners take place on the 15th of each month. The series launched in February with the Cosmo’s own chef and restaurateur Costas Spiliadis from Estiatorio Milos. Read more »
In ChefDancing Shoes
Vegas chefs put on a tasty show at Sundance 2011
What do you get when you put three outstanding Las Vegas chefs in a Utah nightclub basement with guitarist Slash? We’re still not quite sure, but it was both tasty and entertaining. Vegas Seven was front and center as guest chef Kerry Simon served up a four-course dinner plus amuse bouche to the star-studded assembly at Sundance’s eighth annual ChefDance dinner series. Read more »
Menu Envy
A seat at Light Group’s dinner series is covetable; collect them all!
Not that anyone in Vegas ever really needs a reason to drop a few hundred on a killer meal and a standout bottle, but that elusive sense of occasion can be the difference between taking on the town and getting takeout. Read more »
Here’s the Beef
Thinking inside the bun with Fine Concepts’ latest: i❤burgers
All apologies to Huckabees fans, but i❤burgers—the Palazzo’s new high-end burger joint’s name—is articulated as “I Love Burgers.” Fine Concepts’ CEO Jeffrey Fine (brother Jonathan Fine of Rockhouse and PBR Rock Bar is also a partner) says he’ll open an “approachable” gourmet burger concept “by the end of the year” in the former Mainland Asian Noodles space. With seating for 200, i❤burgers will serve lunch and dinner with an eye toward capturing late-night business via a walk-up counter, which will double as a daiquiri/milkshake bar. Read more »
