DINING: Local chef on ‘Kimmel,’ free coffee and cupcakes

  Paul Bartolotta, executive chef of Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at Wynn Las Vegas, will be on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Friday night (actually Saturday morning, Jan. 16). The show airs at 12:06 a.m. on KTNV-TV, Channel 13. ...
  The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is offering free “heritage drinks” from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 14). Anyone stopping in at one of the 14 local outlets can get a free 12-ounce Cafe Mocha, Sunrise Ice Blended or Berry’d Treasure Ice Blended drink. ...
  The Cupcakery is celebrating the fourth anniversary of its location at 9680 S. Eastern Ave. and the third anniversary of its location at 7175 W. Lake Mead Blvd. with a free Southern Belle cupcake for anyone who stops in between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 19). ...
  Sushisamba plans its first national Meet & Tweet event in Las Vegas, New York, Chicago and Miami on Wednesday (Jan. 20). The event enables people who normally only communicate on Twitter to meet in person and gives the restaurant’s Twitter followers in each city the ability to dine together and discuss common interests. The local event at Sushisamba at The Shoppes at the Palazzo, 3327 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will feature a specially priced menu including signature Aperitivos, a TwitterRoll and $5 Caipirinhas and Mojitos. RSVP via Twitter @SUSHISAMBA or e-mail rsvp@sushisamba.com.