Restaurants

Ferraro's offers 'mezzanotte,' or midnight dining menu

For those who can’t pull themselves away from the tables until midnight or who don’t have time to catch dinner before a show, Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar offers an option for late-night fine dining: the mezzanotte (midnight) experience. The restaurant, which presents an authentic Italian culinary experience in a family-run atmosphere, serves its full dinner menu every night until 2 a.m. From 11 p.m. until 2 a.m., guests receive 50 percent off the price of all food items and 25 percent off drinks.

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Piero's still serving movers and shakers after 30 years

Piero’s Italian Cuisine has been the meeting place for Las Vegas’ high-powered decision-makers for more than 30 years — historic by Vegas standards Since 1982, top casino executives, infamous mobsters, politicians, captains of industry, the city’s founding families and even the Rat Pack put Piero’s on the map as the city’s place to dine and drink.
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Downtown dining keeps getting better with new entries

Downtown is quickly becoming the city’s newest hot spot for a great meal as well as handcrafted one-of-a-kind drinks. Thanks to dozens of new restaurants and bars that have opened during the past few years — and many in just the past few months — the downtown dining scene is on the upswing. Many of the locations have outdoor dining options along with delicious menu selections.

Amigo's hosting beer-pairing dinner

A beer-pairing dinner featuring Shiner beers is scheduled for Tuesday (with seatings from 4 to 7 p.m.) at Amigo’s at the Fiesta Henderson, 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway in Henderson. With an entree of stuffed pork loin with spinach and mango chutney, the four-course dinner is $30. For reservations, call 567-7970. ...
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Dining Guide: New American restaurants

Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with New American restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees from $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees from $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
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Before you can taste it, you have to say it

It’s not exactly earth-shattering news that we tend to struggle with the pronunciation of words of the culinary persuasion. The tomato/tomahto debate, after all, became part of the lore in 1937, when the Gershwins’ “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” was introduced in the film “Shall We Dance.”

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Some restaurants seeing pop in wine prices

It’s not the wine talking. Those prices really might be creeping up on you. Wine prices in U.S. restaurants have been rising steadily since the last quarter of 2012, with family dining and white-tablecloth establishments seeing the biggest increases.

Champagne among offerings at Bubbles & Brunch

Bubbles & Brunch has returned to The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Served from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, it’s $40, which includes a glass of Champagne, mimosa or bloody mary, caramel-pecan monkey bread, two small plates, an entree and a dessert platter. Entrees include such choices as blue crab Benedict with Creole Hollandaise, chicken and waffles and stuffed french toast. ...
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Dining Guide: Casual American

Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with casual American restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 and $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
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Dining Guide: Ethnic restaurants

Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with ethnic restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.