While summer days in Las Vegas require indoor air-conditioned comfort, pleasant evening temperatures make it the perfect time for a little al fresco dining. Quite a few valley restaurants offer outdoor dining areas, but many of them face parking lots or busy roadways. The following are just some of the local restaurants that offer expansive patio or terrace views:
When Embarq, the wireless and Internet telecommunications firm, spun off from Sprint in 2006, it inherited 13 call centers with 1,500 phone-based customer service and sales representatives — centers which had been staffed using 13 different hiring processes.
Has hell frozen over in Carson City? On Monday, lawmakers finally voted to get rid of one of the state’s many worthless boards, putting an end to the Nevada Advisory Council on the Metric System.
To the editor: The mayoral election is coming up, and I have two choices: I can vote for Chris Giunchigliani, an avowed pro-unionist who will back all unions as they continue — with their wage and benefit demands — to drag our economy into the toilet. Besides having that pro-union baggage hanging over her head, she has pundit Jon Ralston saying that she is a “cutthroat, often polarizing pol whose career has been characterized by hard work and extensive knowledge undermined by unnecessary nastiness and consensus un-building.”
An original play about our mayor produced just prior to an election in which his wife is a prime candidate to replace him is bound to raise some eyebrows.
Aloha Specialties Restaurant, California Hotel, 12 E. Ogden Ave., received 18 demerits May 9. Violations included cooked pasta improperly cooled. GRADE: B.
Across the country, the Memorial Day weekend traditionally kicks off the summer barbecue season. Normally, that doesn’t mean much in hot-and-sunny Southern Nevada, but a cool spring has us thinking about our grills, too.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Kevin Bieksa was screaming at the top of his lungs and confetti already falling was from the ceiling by the time anyone else realized the defenseman had scored to send the Vancouver Canucks to the Stanley Cup Finals.
Scott Norton didn’t get much attention during the past pro bowling season despite the fact he might be the first attorney to win a PBA Tour title and his peers picked him as their top rookie.
Those hoping to promote Las Vegas as a destination for medical tourism should temper their expectations in light of stiff competition and the style of Sin City, participants at a conference in Las Vegas said Tuesday.
