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Annual Lutefisk Dinner among restaurant news

Tickets are on sale for the 17th annual Lutefisk Dinner hosted by Vegas Viking Lodge of the Sons of Norway. The dinner is Jan. 31 at the Boulder City Elks Lodge at 1217 Nevada Highway, but tickets must be purchased by Jan. 22. Besides lutefisk (with melted butter or white sauce), the dinner will include roasted pork, boiled potatoes, peas and carrots, lefse, coffee and iced tea and Norwegian cookies. (Aquavit also will be available, as will packages of lefse.) Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for children 10 and younger. Send checks made out to Sons of Norway to Gwen Knighton, 2156 Marstons Mills Court, Henderson 89044, including a self-addressed, stamped envelope and a note listing how many dinners are being purchased, whether the 3 p.m. or 6 p.m. seating is desired and a telephone number. For more information, call 702-869-5775. Tickets will not be sold at the door. …

Whist Stove and Spirits, 2235 Village Walk Drive in The District at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, has introduced a “contemporary” weekend brunch with such dishes as Fresh Toastowitz made with challah, $11, and duck hash and eggs, $11. …

Winter menus have been introduced at several local restaurants, including:

Carson Kitchen, in the John E. Carson Building at 124 S. Sixth St., with such dishes as jalapeno poppers made with andouille sausage and cream cheese, $8, and chili cheese dog flatbread, $14. …

Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria &Cucina in Crystals at CityCenter, 3720 Las Vegas Blvd. South: Tuscan bread ribollita soup and salt-roasted baby beets with goat cheese. …

And Trevi at The Forum Shops at Caesars: a sausage and peppers appetizer, $9.95, and fig jam crostini wrapped in prosciutto topped with pumpkin dressing, $15.95. Trevi also is offering, during December, holiday specials such as eggnog gelato, $4.50, and the Happy Hollytini, $9. …

Sean Patrick’s Pub &Grill at 11930 Southern Highlands Parkway now has a cigar lounge. It’s open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.

Send information to Heidi Knapp Rinella, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. You also can send faxes to 702-383-4676 or email her at Hrinella@reviewjournal.com. Follow @HKRinella on Twitter.

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