A little bit of Las Vegas irony: A business named in honor of epic explosions, in a city known for blowing up its old buildings, is instead preserving one. A second one, actually.
Food
It may not appear unique now, but when the alchemists at Morimoto pour spiced rum over this chocolate sphere and set it ablaze, it collapses into a melty melange of dark chocolate sorbet, marshmallow and salty caramel ganache.
MTO Cafe’s downtown Las Vegas restaurant is well-positioned to succeed, given its prime spot across the street from Las Vegas City Hall and the headquarters for several city departments.
Las Vegas’ biggest food trend is expanding yet again. Jaburritos, a sushi-burrito eatery, is opening a second location at the Linq Promenade tomorrow at 11 a.m.
Afternoon tea at Ri Ra and Pu-Erh Tea at China Poblano are a couple of the items On the Menu this week.
On Thursday, locals and visitors familiar with the Chick-fil-A brand of chicken fast-food restaurants, concentrated in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, lined up for the chain’s southern Nevada debut. Still, Las Vegas has room for new retail and restaurant brands.
Saturday marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, ushering in the year of the rooster. To celebrate, numerous Chinese restaurants in Las Vegas have planned special menus, some of them starting on the eve of the new year Friday.
Our dining picks this week include
Gaati Thai Kitchen finds a way to best other Thai restaurants with its fresh, lively dishes.
Real Donuts #1 is a mainstay of classic Las Vegas donut shops, but it took years and years of hard work to make it so. Tanya Solares works tirelessly to uphold her father’s legacy in order to repay him for the hard work he has done in devotion to his family.
To celebrate Plantone’s Italian Market’s recent opening, the western valley sandwich and pizza shop will reward the first 100 customers who buy an individual pizza, large salad or large sandwich on Friday with free pizza for a year.
The entrance of restaurant chain Chick-fil-A into the Las Vegas market sends a message about the valley — the outside world is viewing it differently.
Seated on Wednesday beside the tent he erected in the Chick-fil-A parking lot in Henderson, Donald Mendoza bit into a chicken and biscuit breakfast sandwich and became one of the first people to try a meal from the food chain in Nevada.
While Palace Station’s oyster devotees are among the most dedicated in town, our valley’s desert dining scene has more places to enjoy these briny delights than many beach towns.
Gerome Sapp is confident his Health Binge will succeed where other healthy-food concepts have failed — in large part because it’s been years in the making.