RJ food critic Heidi Rinella takes you inside your favorite Vegas eateries and let's you know what's worth the bite. Hungry for more? Head to bestoflasvegas.com for all of your foodie needs
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 and $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
Various clues identify Piero’s as a conventionaire/tourist-centric restaurant.
A lot of people are looking for products that don’t contain high-fructose corn syrup, and finding them difficult to locate. In response to Anna Carlton, who’s looking for soft drinks with regular sugar, Dean B. Pomerantz and C. John Stark suggested she check Mexican markets. I’ve noticed that not all soft drinks sold in Mexican markets are made without the corn syrup, but Pomerantz recommended looking for small bottles of Coke and Pepsi in six-packs. “You can tell which ones they are because they have a nutrition/ingredient sticker on the bottles,” Stark noted.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
True confession: I’m married to a meatball snob.
Popcorn’s a great treat, but those nasty little hulls can be problematic. But readers have come to the rescue with sources for hull-less popcorn for Dee Wade.
Las Vegas residents tend to have a few "tours" for their visiting friends and relatives, taking in the high spots that tourists frequently overlook.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees between $10 and $20; $$$ = entrees between $20 and $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
The bad news: Canada Dry Diet Ginger Ale remains an elusive commodity in Las Vegas. The good news: Readers have some suggestions for Susan Abraham, who’s looking for good-quality brands.
A half-pound cheeseburger and fries for $2.95? We can’t even get that at a fast-food place these days, and here it is at a white-tablecloth restaurant.
I don’t know if the appeal is the Vidalia onions or the Ken’s seasoning blend, but plenty of readers are aware of Ken’s Sweet Vidalia Onion salad dressing, which should be good news for Suzie McKay.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.
Macayo’s Mexican Restaurant opened in Las Vegas 50 years ago, in 1959. Let’s pause for a minute to think about that.
What’s the difference between sweetbreads and sweet bread? Eons, if you’re unaware and mistake one for the other. The latter is suitable for breakfast and usually contains nuts. The former is the thymus gland (and sometimes pancreas) of a lamb, calf or pig, and when properly prepared, they’re a whole lot better than they sound.
Before I get started, I’ve got info for those who ask me about (increasingly rare) places that have live music during dinner: Ibo does, Tuesdays through Saturdays (which are the nights it serves dinner).
