Here’s a sampling of what restaurants and bars across Las Vegas are offering to celebrate Independence Day. Fireworks sometimes included.
Johnathan L. Wright
Johnathan L. Wright joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a restaurant reporter in March 2022. Before that, he covered the emerging food and drink scene in Northern Nevada, with frequent trips west to write about the California wine country. Johnathan is a native of Honolulu, where he attended the Punahou School. Johnathan has a B.A. in art history from Yale University and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Nevada.
Sixty days after the Palms reopened, what might easily strike a visitor about the food and drink here is its … potential.
Tasting Collective, a dining club that hosts dinners at local restaurants for its members, serves as a counterpoint to Yelp.
Las Vegas might be charbroiling now, but at Ski Lodge in The Cosmopolitan, every day is a snow day.
Some folks, wherever they go, hunt the pleasurable gnaw of chicken wings. Others search the smothered bliss of biscuits and gravy. But I always scout for a Chinese restaurant serving xiao long bao.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas restaurant builds this dessert from banana gelato, crystallized walnuts, singed meringue and miso caramel.
The downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino is getting a new face; food and drink are helping create the look.
Chef Nicole Brisson’s menu at Amari will include antipasti, pizzas and housemade pastas.
A coffee bar, a wings spot, a tavern, and a breakfast and lunch place will debut in The Watermark mixed-use complex.
The restaurant, created by women for women, is opening another location this summer.
A tasting menu at the Cosmopolitan restaurant showcases executive chef Yip “Sam” Cheung’s expansive view of Chinese food.
No reason was given for the closings, which leave Chang with two Vegas restaurants.
Wakuda will offer a blend of traditional and modern Japanese cooking.
The milk and honey soft-serve brand with locations in over 15 countries is set to debut in the valley this month.
The fundraiser’s 200 participants range from coffee houses to independent restaurants to famous places on the Strip.