DINING: Irish and Mexican celebrations, wine and more

Ricardo’s Mexican Restaurant, 4930 W. Flamingo Road, and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas will host a happy-hour celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 16) to benefit the organization and in honor of Mexican Independence Day. Wristbands, at $20, will include all-you-can-drink house margaritas and signature appetizers, with 50 percent of proceeds donated to the charity. Happy-hour specials also will be available from 5 to 6 p.m. ...

Nine Fine Irishmen at MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, will host a Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day party from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday (Sept. 17), with drink specials and live entertainment. ...

A wine walk for the benefit of New Vista Community is scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 18) at MonteLago Village at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson. Admission is $25 per person or $60 per couple; for details visit wwwMonteLagoVillage.com, or call 564-4700. The next wine walk at the village is scheduled for Oct. 23. ...

The 12th annual Southern Wine and Spirits CasaVino wine tasting is scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 18) in the grand ballroom of the CasaBlanca Resort in Mesquite. Tickets are $24 and include a sampling of more than 50 wines, plus an etched CasaVino glass. Proceeds will benefit several Mesquite charities. For details, call (702) 346-7091. ...

The bottlings of Broman Cellars Wines will be featured in a dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 21) at Garfield’s Restaurant, 2620 Regatta Drive. With an entree of braised short rib, the four-course dinner is $55 per person, plus tax and tip. For reservations, call 925-8333. ...

Valley locations of Jamba Juice are inviting customers to buy one drink and get one of equal or lesser value free, through Sept. 22. For a coupon, go to www.JambaJuice.com and click on the box. ...

Emeril Lagasse’s Las Vegas’s restaurants — Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House at MGM Grand, Delmonico Steakhouse at the Venetian and Table 10 at the Palazzo — will feature dishes created by students at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts high school Oct. 1-31. For each dish sold, the restaurants will donate $10 to the Emeril Lagasse Foundation for the construction of a teaching kitchen at the school.