A La Carte

Restaurants at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 Boulder Highway, are offering dining specials in April.

Snaps is serving a Blue Plate Breakfast Special with choice of French toast, pancakes or waffles, one egg and bacon or sausage for $5.99; meatball sub with fries for $6.99; an 8-ounce prime rib special with mashed potatoes and vegetables for $8.99; a shrimp, chicken or steak po’boy with fries for $.7.99; a sliders lunch special for $5.99 and an 8-ounce New York steak and egg special for $7.99.

The All American Tax Free Breakfast is apple pie French toast, one egg, bacon and a cup of coffee for $6. Root beer floats are $1 with the purchase of an entree. Surf & Turf is $9.99 with choice of soup or salad, an 8-ounce New York steak, four breaded shrimp, vegetables and mashed potatoes.

All specials are valid with a beverage purchase.

Snaps also is offering a three-course Easter dinner for $9.99 with the purchase of a beverage. It features soup or salad, country baked ham with mashed potatoes with honey glaze sauce, vegetables and a dinner roll with choice of dessert.

For more information about Snaps, call 856-5429.

Carve is serving a three-course dining special with choice of soup or salad, New Zealand rack of lamb provençal, dessert and a glass of red or white wine.

For more information about Carve, call 856-5425.

The Cannery Row Buffet is serving a $7 buffet on Tuesdays and Sundays. The Easter brunch will be $7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Easter dinner will be $11.99, with prime rib and shrimp from 4 to 9 p.m.

For more information about the buffet, call 856-5427.

The Deli is offering a Slugger Special with brautwurst, sauerkraut, fries and a drink for $4.99. Casa Cocina is serving carnitas and Corona for $9.99.

Sam’s Town plans Easter specials

Billy Bob’s Steak House and Saloon inside Sam’s Town, 5111 Boulder Highway, plans to serve Easter dinner for $25 from 3 p.m. to closing Sunday.

The meal has house soup or salad, baked potato or rice and Billy’s bread basket. Entree choices are braised lamb shank, petite filet and grilled salmon filet. Dessert choices are chocolate mousse torte, raspberry cheesecake or Mississippi mud pie.

Willy and Jose’s Cantina plans to serve specials from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, including Tex-Mex shrimp cocktail for $9, chicken mole enchiladas for $13 and asada con camaron (steak and shrimp) for $18.

For more information, call 456-7777 or visit samstownlv.com.

dine for Easter at Hash House A Go Go

Hash House A Go Go inside Imperial Palace, 3535 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and the M Resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to serve Easter specials priced from $8.95 to $16.95 on Sunday. Brunch is planned from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and dinner from 5 to 11 p.m.

Specials include drinks such as Gin Marys, blueberry limeade margaritas, Strawberry Quik lattes, Cinnamon Roll A Go Go and Bailey’s Choco Mint Mocha. Food specials include lamb chop hash, roasted chicken Benedict, Twisted ham chop and eggs and Easter M&M pancake. The dinner special is grilled mahi mahi stuffed with crab cake.

For reservations at Imperial Palace, call 254-4646. For the M Resort, call 797-1500.

Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab to serve Passover dinner

Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab at Caesars Palace, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to serve Passover dinner from 4 to 10 p.m. today.

The four-course prix fixe Seder dinner will be $48.95 per person, excluding tax and gratuity.

The menu is set to feature homemade gefilte fish and red beet horseradish, chopped liver with bibb lettuce and chive, matzoh ball soup, a choice of broiled lemon-herb chicken breast, braised brisket of beef with sweet onion gravy or wild Alaskan halibut en papilote. Dessert will be a slice of flourless chocolate cake.

To make a reservation, call 792-9222.

Mon Ami Gabi plans Easter Brunch

Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Las Vegas, 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to host an Easter brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

The menu is set to feature a strawberry waffle with fresh whipped cream for $10.95, eggs Benedict for $14.95 and corned beef hash and poached eggs for $10.95. An Easter egg giveaway also is planned.

To make a reservation, call 944-4224.

Origin India raises $4,748
for Japanese tsunami victims

Origin India, 4480 Paradise Road, raised $4,748 during a benefit for victims of the earthquake and tsnuami in Japan during a benefit on April 7.

All donations collected will go to the Japanese Red Cross Society.

Gordon Biersch serving
Asian-influenced menu

Gordon Biersch Brewery restaurants plan to serve a Maibock menu, complementing Maibock beer and the Mai Tai cocktail, for a limited time.

Maibock is a classic German handcrafted lager and is Gordon Biersch’s traditional celebration of the arrival of spring.

The menu is inspired by Asia and Hawaii and features appetizers of teriyaki Kobe slilders, garlic edamame and the Pacific Rim combo, which allows guests to try the sliders, shrimp and chicken potstickers, edamame and breaded shrimp with sweet chili sauce. Entrees include Asian chicken salad, Hawaiian Kobe burger, Asian orange chicken, ponzu salmon, udon noodle bowl and Hawaiian rib-eye, which is accompanied by mashed potatoes, grilled pineapple and vegetables. Desserts include banana spring rolls with vanilla ice cream, drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauces.

The menu is available through May 15.

Gordon Biersch in the Las Vegas Valley is at 750 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 16, and 3987 Paradise Road.

Hostile Grape to house Rock ‘n Roll Wine Tasting Room & Sound Bar

The Hostile Grape inside the M Resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, has partnered with Rock ‘n Roll Wine to open the Rock ‘n Roll Wine Tasting Room & Sound Bar.

A traditional wine tasting will be paired with live entertainment at 9:30 p.m. Fridays. In addition to the tastings/concerts, Rock ‘n Roll Wine also will take a section of the wine-dispensing Enomatic machines and custom match selected wines to a musical genre based on each wine’s unique characteristics.

To add an interactive component, Rock ‘n Roll Wine will invite guests to participate in its Weekly Wine Showdown. Each week two wine flights will be offered for guests to purchase and vote on via text message. Participating guests will receive bounce-back drink and dining specials. Votes will be displayed on televisions positioned around the venue that also will stream a real-time Twitter feed of favorite wines and social conversation.

The tastings/concerts are for guests 21 or older. There is no cover charge.

For more information, visit rocknrollwine.com.

Cooking fiesta class set for April 30 at El Segundo Sol

El Segundo Sol at Fashion Show mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plan to host a Cooking Fiesta class from 10 a.m. to noon April 30.

Chef Terry Lynch will show guests how to prepare nachos with crab and polano, shrimp and carne fajitas with Oaxacan black beans, Prickly Pear margarita and coconut and mango paletas.

The cost is $25 per person. To RSVP, call 258-1211.

Border Grill announces weekend brunch, Cinco de Mayo margaritas

Border Grill at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering a weekend brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays now through October.

The all-you-can-eat menu includes Yucatan eggs Benedict, breakfast enchilada, coconut French toast, green corn tamale, guava empanada, huevo ranchero, machaca chilaquiles, chipotle shrimp BLT, mini breakfast burrito and steak and eggs.

The cost is $24.99 per person, plus tax and gratuity, or $29.99 with free-flowing mimosas. For a reservation, call 632-7403.

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Border Grill is offering a $5 Margarita Countdown now through May 4.

Mention the secret password “Cinco de Drinko,” and the featured margarita for that week will be $5 any time of day or night. There is a limit of one per person. The offer expires May 4.

Cabo Wabo Cantina to celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Cabo Wabo Cantina inside Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with drink specials, a raffle for an autographed Sammy Hagar guitar and a Mariachi band performance.

Festivities are scheduled to begin with the band’s performance at 11 a.m. May 5. Another live band is scheduled to begin playing at 9 p.m. Drink specials will include Cabo Wabo tequila and Tecaté pitchers.

For more information, call 385-2226 or visit cabowabo.com.

Rick Moonen’s rm Seafood plans Surf & Turf The Sequel

Rick Moonen’s rm Seafood in Mandalay Bay, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is collaborating with chef Ralph Pagano of STK Miami to create round two of the ultimate surf and turf dinner.

The event is planned for 7 p.m. May 5 and will feature a cocktail reception with three hand-crafted specialty cocktails and a four-course dinner with wine pairings. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Three Square food bank.

The cost is $150 per person. For reservations, call 632-9300.

Vegan cooking event set at Wynn Las Vegas

Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to host a vegan cooking and tasting event as part of Vegas Uncork’d by Bon Appétit magazine at noon May 7 in the Beethoven Suite at Encore.

It will be co-hosted by Tal Ronnen, a vegan culinary pioneer and New York Times best-selling author, and chefs from Wynn Las Vegas and Encore. Guests can sample a selection of vegan creations, with each participating chef demonstrating how to prepare their vegan dish. Step-by-step preparations will be projected onto a large screen so guests can follow along using ingredients provided at their stations.

Tickets are $125 per person. For tickets, visit vegasuncorked.com.

Sammy’s woodfired pizza announces monday wine promotion

Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza is offering the Made it Through Monday wine promotion. Patrons can get half off any bottle of wine on Mondays beginning at 5 p.m.

Happiest hour specials also are available from 4 to 6 p.m. daily, with half-priced tapas and beer and wine specials.

Sammy’s locations in the Las Vegas Valley are at 6500 W. Sahara Ave., 9615 W. Flamingo Road, 7160 N. Durango Drive, 4300 E. Sunset Road and 7345 Arroyo Crossing Parkway.

For more information, visit sammyspizza.com.

Tropical Smoothie cafÉ announces summertime somewhere promotion

Through May 1, Las Vegas Valley locations of Tropical Smoothie Café plan to offer patrons the chance to win a vacation to a Club Med resort in the Caribbean, Mexico or Florida.

With each purchase, customers will receive a scratch-off card. Every card is a winner, offering free menu items, menu discounts and a code to win flip flops, Hawaiian shirts or the grand prize trip.

For store locations and more information, visit summertimesomewhere.com.

Blue Martini features free sushi for women on wednesdays

Blue Martini at Town Square Las Vegas, 6593 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is hosting Sushi & Sake Wednesdays, with women receiving complimentary sushi from Island Sushi from 6 to 8 p.m.

Live entertainment also is planned, along with drink specials such as $6 sake-tinis and $7.75 sake-bombs.

For more information about Blue Martini, call 949-2583 or visit bluemartinilounge.com.

The M Resort announces new happy hour options

The M Resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, has introduced a new happy hour guarantee to its guests by offering $5 premium drinks, $3 domestic and imported bottled beers and one-third off all bottles of wine every day, all day.

The offer includes top-shelf brands such as Belvedere Vodka, Jose Cuervo and Captain Morgan, and domestic and imported beers such as Guinness and Stella Artois, and is available in any of the resort’s nine bars, including those in its fine dining restaurants.

For more information, visit themresort.com.

M Resort announces dining deals for seniors

The M Resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering discounts for guests 50 or older who are members of the iMagine Rewards Club.

Benefits include 50 cash and dining prize winners selected at 4 p.m. every Wednesday. Senior club members also receive a buy-one-get-one-free deal at the Studio B Buffet on Wednesdays, with a 50 percent discount available for single diners; buy-one-get-one-free lunch entree (of equal or lesser value) at Hash House A Go Go from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays; and a free pastry with the purchase of a medium coffee at Baby Cakes on Wednesdays.

For more information about the iMagine Rewards Club, call 797-1000 or visit themresort.com.

I Love Happy Hour specials available on Wednesdays

I Love Happy Hour specials are available from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays at locations across the valley.

Specials include half-price appetizers and drinks.

Participating locations are Match at 8380 W. Sahara Ave., 804-0293; Ricardo’s at 4930 W. Flamingo Road, 227-9100; Steiner’s at 8410 W. Cheyenne Ave., 395-8777, 8168 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 214-6700, and 1750 N. Buffalo Drive, 304-8084; Super Mex at 3460 E. Sunset Road, 436-5200; and 6450 S. Durango Drive, 312-8000; Paymon’s, 8380 W. Sahara Ave., 804-0293; Nu Sanctuary Lounge at Town Square Las Vegas, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 527-7851; and Paymon’s Hookah Lounge, 4147 S Maryland Parkway, 731-6030.

For more information, visit ilovehappy-hour.com.