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Unique Las Vegas German club offers jazz nights by seasoned performers

You don’t have to be German American to come to Jazz Night Tuesdays at the German-American Social Club of Nevada, 1110 E. Lake Mead Blvd., but it does raise the price of admission from the $2 members pay to a whopping $7, which really isn’t much for three hours of jazz by seasoned performers.

Old school-style comedian Vinnie Favorito finds a permanent Las Vegas home at Westgate

Most people imagine the life of a stand-up comic as a long series of anonymous hotel rooms and performing endless one-night gigs in dingy clubs with brick walls. Vinnie Favorito has been performing almost exclusively in Las Vegas since 2003. “It’s awesome,” Favorito said. “I have a great family and a great support system. Now I have a new family, (Red Mercury Entertainment). I’ve never been with such a professional crew as I am now. I’ve never been with a group that really cares the way this one does.”

Las Vegas Restaurant Week raising funds for hungry individuals

Some 315,000 hungry individuals live in Clark, Esmeralda, Nye and Lincoln counties, according to Three Square, the only food bank that serves Southern Nevada. Las Vegas Restaurant Week helps raise funds to feed those individuals.

Omelet House has earned place as hometown favorite

Regular readers know I value restaurants with menus that change — but not too much. Seeing the same menu all the time gets boring, but we all hate to see a favorite dish vanish. Restaurants with staying power usually know how to walk that fine line.