There’s no doubt that this is a blow-the-rent occasion. But Mr. Chow is a unique experience, on a fine level of excellence.
Heidi Knapp Rinella
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In typical follow-the-zeitgeist style, Ikea’s restaurant offers espresso, and big plush couches and chairs provide a coffee-shop feel, just in case you want to hang out.
The Gold Spike has morphed into a sort of extension of the nearby Zappos headquarters, with “co-working” space during the day and plenty to do at night, including Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night and Down & Derby disco skating parties.
Crowded off the supermarket shelves by newer flavors and what seems like a million variations of Coke, those old-favorite soft drinks still strike a chord with many people, including Gerald Garnett, who’s looking for birch beer. And his fellow Taste of the Town readers have sources for him.
Overall, chef Beni Velazquez and Essence & Herbs have lots to offer, including the potential for better days for Montelago Village.
Linda and Joseph DiRosa happen to be looking for marble rye, and their fellow Taste of the Town readers found it in many places in the valley.
Eve Mikutowicz is searching for “chicken” lobsters, which run about 1½ pounds. Readers turn up a couple of places to find them.
How much you’ll enjoy Max’s Restaurant pretty much depends on how familiar you are with Filipino food. Unless, of course, you stick with their famous fried chicken.
Sometimes presentation is everything, and Salute at Red Rock Resort does a better job of presentation than most Italian restaurants that come readily to mind.
We’re receiving requests from readers looking for specific types of soups. Recently it was Gregory Admundson, looking for recommendations for places that serve or supermarkets that sell Manhattan clam chowder.
For reasons that have mostly to do with a flurry of restaurant openings when it made its debut last summer, it took me awhile to get toZydeco Po-Boys in downtown Las Vegas. Take my advice: Don’t make the same mistake.
Despite the restaurant’s retooling, the spirit of the Big Easy lives on in subtle culinary touches.
We’d heard that things were changing at the Boulevard Mall, but we didn’t know how much they were changing until we dined at Olivia’s Mexican Restaurant.
National Hot Dog Month may be over but summer will always be hot dog season, and this week we have both hot dogs and buns in the news.
What a racket. It actually was a racket — properly called a rachetta — that drew me into La Bella Napoli Pizzeria at Town Square.
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