When Guy Fieri’s American Kitchen & Bar opened in Times Square a couple of years ago, The New York Times ran a review that became famous for its snark. Yeah, we’re not going to do that.
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There are, it appears, a lot of fans of hearty, old-fashioned B&M Baked Beans out there. When Roberta Shulman contacted Taste of the Town in search of the beans in 16-ounce cans, which she used to get at Albertsons, several of her fellow readers replied almost immediately.
Clearly, Fremont East isn’t having all the fun in downtown Las Vegas.
Buckwheat pancakes, Bubbies sauerkraut and frozen clams casino make the list of cravings that have readers hunting this week.
Johnny Mac’s is an old-fashioned bar and grill, much as you’d find in metropolitan areas in the North. And yes, that’s a good thing.
OK, we get it: Taste of the Town readers love Village Meat & Wine. We already knew that; over the years, the independently owned shop at 5025 S. Eastern Ave. has frequently been recommended by readers to their cohorts searching for fairly obscure items.
Pasties in Las Vegas? Nothing new there. Cornish pasties, the meat-and-vegetable-filled pastries? Those would seem to be less suited to our city in the 21st century than the tassel-and-sequin-adorned accessory worn by “dancers.” And yet here we are with the Cornish Pasty Co.
Minnie Mistretta agrees with fellow Taste of the Town reader Mary Gabriel’s preference for water in 8-ounce bottles.