The downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino is getting a new face; food and drink are helping create the look.
Johnathan L. Wright

Johnathan L. Wright joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a restaurant reporter in March 2022. Before that, he covered the emerging food and drink scene in Northern Nevada, with frequent trips west to write about the California wine country. Johnathan is a native of Honolulu, where he attended the Punahou School. Johnathan has a B.A. in art history from Yale University and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Nevada.
Chef Nicole Brisson’s menu at Amari will include antipasti, pizzas and housemade pastas.
A coffee bar, a wings spot, a tavern, and a breakfast and lunch place will debut in The Watermark mixed-use complex.
The restaurant, created by women for women, is opening another location this summer.
A tasting menu at the Cosmopolitan restaurant showcases executive chef Yip “Sam” Cheung’s expansive view of Chinese food.
No reason was given for the closings, which leave Chang with two Vegas restaurants.
Wakuda will offer a blend of traditional and modern Japanese cooking.
The milk and honey soft-serve brand with locations in over 15 countries is set to debut in the valley this month.
The fundraiser’s 200 participants range from coffee houses to independent restaurants to famous places on the Strip.
The colorful colossus unites a vanilla milkshake, a thicket of Nerds candies, a Donut Bar donut, a rainbow Unicorn Pop, a rainbow gummy rope and a cap of whipped cream.
The prix fixe menus will feature rustic Italian, Pinoy, and modern Chinese-Polynesian cooking.
The Chancellor features internationally inspired dishes and a name that alludes to the first Bitcoin block.
The restaurant, with some of the best views in the Las Vegas Valley, will be replaced by an operator to be revealed
Cat Cafe and Lounge houses kittens and cats until they find their forever family.
The restaurant emerged from the pandemic with talented new executive chef Dameon Evers, who brings a modern approach to French classics.