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Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 and $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
Its grays-from-the-neighborhood afternoon clientele notwithstanding, The Palms definitely is a hipster kind of place. How else would you characterize a resort that has an area called the Fantasy Tower, complete with massive Playboy Bunny head winking over the city?
Oh, how I wish I lived in Spanish Trail. And probably not for the reason you’re thinking. My main motivation would be that it’s just across the street from Elements Kitchen & Martini Bar.
This is the weekend of the Big Game. Unless you’re oblivious to the place of football in American life, you know exactly which game I’m talking about.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
Today’s bit of trivia: In case you didn’t know, the HP in HP Sauce stands for Britain’s Houses of Parliament (which explains the illustration on the bottle’s label). More to the point: In response to a query from Terri Hohl, readers say it’s readily available in Las Vegas.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
There’s no disputing that Simon Restaurant & Lounge at Palms Place is gorgeous. There’s no disputing that its target market skews young and hip; the energetic soundtrack, pool right beyond the windows (and I mean right beyond) and Palms-compound location are about as obvious as it gets. And we know executive chef Kerry Simon likes to play with his food; witness the cotton candy and Rice Krispie treats on his menu.
It seems like restaurant staffs are getting younger all the time, but this was the most extreme example yet.
Since Commander’s Palace closed, Tiffany Jones has been looking for another restaurant that serves turtle soup, and it turns out that Taste of the Town readers know of one. Jeanne Ekhaml and Chris Phillips both recommended Del Frisco’s, 3925 Paradise Road. …
Here’s the thing that surprises me most about Brio Tuscan Grille: People are so impressed by the scale of the building, the very grandeur of the place — soaring ceilings and vaults, cozy passages — that they tend to assume it’s a one-off, a stand-alone restaurant raised in Town Square by the scion of a Tuscan winemaking family.
