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Food
With the concept of dinner and a show, Contursi’s business, Lip Smacking Foodie Tours, introduces both tourist and locals to up to five high-end restaurants in Las Vegas.
Sweating? Well, check the date. You’re in luck — it’s 7-Eleven Day — meaning free Slurpees are available almost all day to celebrate the convenience store’s birthday.
In celebration of the resort’s 50th anniversary, Caesars Palace restaurants are offering a variety of dining specials, most of which are available through the end of August.
The Chihuahua and the Coney Island are couple of the dogs on the menu this month.
In this week’s Vegas Voices Q&A, Nicole Brisson discusses her new role as culinary director at B&B Hospitality Group, which takes her out of the day-to-day work of the kitchen in favor of a broader view of how the restaurants approach food.
Our dining picks this week include seasonal Mason jar cocktails at the Hard Rock Cafe and half-price pizzas at Dom DeMarco’s.
Harvest, Bellagio’s relatively new farm-to-table restaurant from longtime resort chef Roy Ellamar, has snack and dessert wagons, or carts, that travel from table to table, sort of like those in a dim sum place.
In the last year, an Ethiopian-owned restaurant, coffee shop, and driving school have taken root in the Flamingo Business Centre, joining a hub of Ethiopian businesses across the street.
Guy Savoy, whose eponymous restaurant at Caesars Palace is considered one of the best in Las Vegas, is well-known for his artichoke and black-truffle soup, which is served with toasted mushroom brioche and black truffle butter. At $75 on the a la carte menu, it’s a little pricey. So they opened Brioche, a moderately priced restaurant to appeal to more people.
Time was when little old ladies in Eastern European-expatriate strongholds across the country would make and sell pierogies for church fundraisers, and when I moved to the valley in the late ’90s, we even had a church here that did. Those days are gone, but her fellow Taste of the Town readers did find Mrs. T’s Pierogies for Cindi Maciolek.
The Taiwanese dessert consists of thin, creamy, frozen ribbons shaved off a round block, then drizzled with sweetened condensed milk or chocolate sauce and topped with options such as mochi, red bean, fresh fruit or cereal.
If you’re a Cracker Barrel fan, you probably know that the location at the Silverton is scheduled to open at 6 a.m. sharp on July 25.
Our dining picks this week include the new Noli’s Flip cocktail at B&B Ristorante, and free dessert at Bravo! Cucina Italiana.
If you want to choose the right steak this holiday — and for the right price — you have to know what to look for and what to avoid. Here are seven tips on choosing the perfect cut of steak while also getting the most for your money.
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