Our dining picks this week include summer cocktails at Cantina Laredo and specials for “Pokemon Go” players.
Food
Garlic shrimp at Cleo and pork in garlic sauce at Dragon Noodle Co. & Sushi Bar are a couple of the items On the Menu this weekend.
Just a month ago, we successfully baked cookies on a 115-degree day on an employee’s car dashboard. This time, we tried breakfast.
The restaurant’s sixth annual Gringo Bandito Chronic Tacos Eating Contest will take place at this week’s Ditch Fridays at the Palms Pool & Dayclub.
As though Hexx’s bean-to-bar chocolates weren’t tempting enough, the restaurant, bar and chocolate shop at Paris Las Vegas has introduced a line of boozy milkshakes.
What a racket. It actually was a racket — properly called a rachetta — that drew me into La Bella Napoli Pizzeria at Town Square.
Chipotle is branching out from burritos and plans to open its first burger restaurant.
Henderson residents Brian and Jenny Bland created Goodness Gracious Ministries to feed the body as well as the soul of the Las Vegas Valley’s homeless population.
The little spheres of Cocktail Caviar are flavored vodka, each encased in a thin film of kelp. It’s kind of a grown-up version of Pop Rocks, only more gentle on the explosion end and much more tasty. They’re available in raspberry, strawberry, lychee, blueberry-and-wildflower and autumn apple flavors, and they’re showing up in bars and restaurants around the valley.
Our dining picks this week include some seasonal specialties at Nove Italiano at the Palms.
Similar to a wine-pairing dinner, about 60 guests were treated to a menu with courses featuring a variety of rare teas carefully chosen to enhance each dish. The hope was to bring new appreciation to one of the world’s oldest beverages.
The Makers & Finders menu incorporates a mix of traditional cafe fare and Latin American comfort food. It also has become a popular spot for creative folks to gather downtown.
The blood orange margarita and the jalapeno margarita are two of the drinks on the menu for tequila’s big day.
The four-course menu features dishes such as blue cheese and nectarine flatbread and pork blade with grilled peaches.
The beauty of the mash-up of Carlito’s Burritos and Live-Fire-Q is that you can order from both menus.