Food

Homestyle proposal: Cracker Barrel has prizes for ‘popping the question’

By Lukas Eggen / Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 6, 2023 - 9:41 am

The exterior of Cracker Barrel is shown at 8350 Dean Martin Drive in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Can you feel the love tonight? If you pop the question at Cracker Barrel you just might — and win a year’s worth of food while you’re at it.

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The popular restaurant chain will give five couples who “pop the question” at any Cracker Barrel location free food for a year. Couples must upload an original in-feed, publicly viewable video to Instagram between Feb. 10 and 16 depicting the proposal, tag Cracker Barrel’s official Instagram account and include the hashtags #ISaidYesAtCrackerBarrel and #Contest.

The Las Vegas Valley is home to two Cracker Barrel locations at 2815 E. Craig Road and 8350 Dean Martin Drive.

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Mark Wahlberg celebrates new Strip restaurant with party — PHOTOS

By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

March 27, 2023 - 8:28 pm

The new Las Vegas resident marked the latest addition to his local portfolio Monday with a launch party for the latest Wahlburgers.

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NFL legend Emmitt Smith’s Strip restaurant moves a step closer

By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

March 27, 2023 - 11:37 am

The two-story Emmitt’s, first announced in December 2021, features a dining space, lounge, nightclub and terrace.

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Top 10 things to do in Las Vegas this week

March 23, 2023 - 10:52 am

Concerts by Taylor Swift, Adele and Maroon 5, plus the Las Vegas Sneaker Convention, lead this week’s lineup of things to do in Las Vegas.

Pasta, power dining and gorgeous views: Panevino looks back on 20 years

By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

March 24, 2023 - 11:52 am

When Panevino opened, it was a restaurant pioneer in the area developing south of the airport. Today, as it celebrates passing the 20-year mark, Panevino has become a Vegas institution.

Mark Wahlberg opens 2nd Wahlburgers restaurant on Las Vegas Strip

By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

March 21, 2023 - 10:38 am

The new Las Vegas resident’s restaurant, with more than 90 locations across the U.S. and three other countries, features signature burgers, plus salads, sandwiches, shakes and floats.

Famed chef splits from partner to focus on Strip restaurants

By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

March 21, 2023 - 11:39 am

Chef Nicole Brisson and a new operations director lead changes at Brezza and Bar Zazu in Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip.

A new pub, famous pizza makers and a $25K wine weekend

By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

March 22, 2023 - 7:33 pm

Here are the latest tidbits from our Las Vegas restaurant reconnaissance.

Global restaurant with rooftop nightclub to open in downtown Vegas

By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

March 21, 2023 - 7:51 pm

Zai on East Fremont Street is a project of longtime Vegas chef Noé Alcalá, who opened the original in Mexico.

The best sandwiches in the world are coming to Las Vegas

By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

March 17, 2023 - 7:34 pm

All’Antico Vinaio, the globally famous sandwich shop from Florence, Italy, is planned for the UnCommons development.

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Seeking strawberries: California floods may limit summer supply

By Amy Taxin The Associated Press

March 17, 2023 - 5:00 am

Another potential casualty of the rainstorms that drenched California: hundreds of acres of fresh strawberries slated for America’s supermarket shelves this summer.