Food
Bear’s Best restaurant, 11111 W. Flamingo Road, received 20 demerits Jan. 10. Violations included food handler not using proper hair restraint. GRADE: B
Aloha Specialties Restaurant, California Hotel, 12 E. Ogden Ave., received 18 demerits May 9. Violations included cooked pasta improperly cooled. GRADE: B.
Across the country, the Memorial Day weekend traditionally kicks off the summer barbecue season. Normally, that doesn’t mean much in hot-and-sunny Southern Nevada, but a cool spring has us thinking about our grills, too.
In the glass: Spanish Sons wine is a very deep garnet-red color with a dense core going out into a fine light garnet-red rim definition with high viscosity.
Applebee’s Restaurant, 2070 N. Rainbow Blvd., received 14 demerits May 11. Violations included food not cooled by approved methods. GRADE: B
Hamburgers, hot dogs and steaks will be sizzling on charcoal and gas grills across the Las Vegas Valley this holiday weekend, but fruits and vegetables tend to be relegated to the status of coleslaw and strawberry shortcake. So we’re offering you something a little less traditional for this Memorial Day: encouragement to break out of the mold and try cooking some of those side dishes on your grill.
We used to think of it as cheap junk food, the burgers and corn dogs and chicken wings and the like, but such American standards have gone decidedly upscale, and local chefs say it’s because of the boomers and Gen X’ers.
It’s definitely soup weather, although somehow lobster bisque doesn’t seem like soup but like something more — more luxurious, more satisfying. And available, for requesting reader David Ewart, who’s looking for it frozen or canned.
When Joe and Rhonda Pierro opened their original Market Grille Cafe about three years ago, they figured they’d start — and then build — slowly.
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