Your 5 best bets for dining in the week ahead
Something new
Libre will open Friday at Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd. From Clique Hospitality, it'll serve Mexican-style food and specialty cocktails, such as Carne Asada Skirt Steak and Bubbling Queso Fundido. Hours will be 4 to 10 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays, 4 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays. Call 702-478-5118 or visit redrock.sclv.com.
Family fun
The whole family can let the good times roll at Mardi Gras Vegas from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd. The celebration will include Southern-style food, a beer garden for grown-ups, crafts for kids and live music. Admission is $6, free for kids 2 and younger.
Solo trip
Treat yourself to a doughnut and coffee at the aptly named Pawn Donut & Coffee in the Pawn Plaza at 725 Las Vegas Blvd. South. February specials are the I Love You So Matcha green-tea doughnut and the Honey & Oats doughnuts; they're $2.50 each, and you can add a caramel hot chocolate for $3.50.
Date night
Slip away with your honey for a cocktail at the Art Bar in the lobby of the Downtown Grand, 206 N. Third St. Its current menu includes The Green Muse, which is Skyy Strawberry Vodka and Mother's sour apple, briefly smoked with applewood and served over a sour-apple ice sphere, and Absinthe on Fire, absinthe prepared in the traditional style, lightly chilled and sweetened, using a drip canister and a flat pierced spoon. Hours are 3 to 11 p.m. daily.
For friends
Who wants just one or two happy hours when you can have them all day? Crave at Downtown Summerlin now offers happy-hour specials all day on Sundays, as well as from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to closing on all the other days of the week in the bar area, at the sushi bar and on the patio. Food specials start at $3, drink specials at $4.
