Dining pick of the week: A Cut Above

PICK OF THE WEEK:

A CUT ABOVE

The Resort on Mount Charleston, 2275 Kyle Canyon Road, 872-5500

The weather is perfect for dining outside, and it's even better up on Mount Charleston, where A Cut Above is a world away in the mountains of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Featured breakfasts are eggs Benedict, Fitness Breakfast (egg whites, sliced tomatoes, cottage cheese), skillets and omelets, blueberry pancakes, cinnamon French toast and croissant or English muffin breakfast sandwich. Lunch specialties are pastrami Rueben, Mountain Meat Stew, Kyle Canyon New York steak sandwich with onion rings, grilled chicken, California turkey wrap, Mountain Club, chili, Philly cheese and Siegel's half-pound Kobe Mountain Burger on a pretzel bun. Among the dinner entrees are chicken Parmesan, 6- or 10-ounce filet mignon, pulled pork platter, spaghetti and meatballs, pizza, shrimp scampi, almond-crusted trout and the Chef's Chicken Pot Pie. Popular appetizers include shrimp cocktail, nachos, warm goat cheese with pita bread, spinach and artichoke dip, and the Cut Above Signature Chopped Salad. And since you're enjoying the mountain air, enjoy dessert, including Chef Joel's Signature Bread Pudding or Bananas Foster. Breakfast begins at $5.95 and dinners at $13.95. A Cut Above is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

-- Jack Bulavsky