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The Dish: Emeril’s, Spiedini among dining events

Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House at the MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering the Last Hour Happy Hour from 9:30 p.m. to closing daily. Bar bites include oysters on the half shell for $1.50, Louisiana crawfish boil for $12 and $5 gumbo and chowder, and drink specials including French 75 and Pimm’s Cup for $7. …

French wines will be featured in a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Spiedini at the JW Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd. With an entree of veal roulade Normandie, the four-course dinner is $69. Call 702-869-8500. …

A steak and fries combo will be the entree of a four-course dinner, featuring the bottlings of Simi Winery, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Sammy’s Restaurant &Bar, 1501 N. Green Valley Parkway in Henderson. It’s $60; call 702-567-4000. …

“What to Eat First: The Chicken or the Egg?” is the topic of the next in the An Executive Chef’s Culinary Classroom series at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Tuscany Kitchen at Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The class will cover the creation of a three-course meal highlighting ingredients including chickens and eggs. It’s $125 inclusive; call the Bellagio concierge at 866-406-7117. …

The Epicurean Charitable Foundation’s 13th annual MENUS gala will be Sept. 27 at the MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The evening will include a poolside dine-around with food and drink from more than 30 local restaurants. Tickets begin at $600; proceeds will go to scholarship awards for local high school students entering the hospitality industry. Call 702-932-5098 or email Melissa@ECFLV.org. …

PT’s Ranch, 2430 E. Pebble Road, is celebrating summer with 50 percent off all drinks and pizzas from 5 to 7 p.m. and midnight to 2 a.m. daily, through Aug. 31, and an outdoor wood-fire barbecue dinner for $9.99 from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Send information to Heidi Knapp Rinella, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. You also can send faxes to 702-383-4676 or email her at Hrinella@reviewjournal.com. Follow @HKRinella on Twitter.

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