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Dining Pick of the Week: Viet Bistro

If you crave traditional Vietnamese cuisine in a no-frills, intimate setting, Viet Bistro should be on your list of destinations for lunch or dinner, particularly if you’re in the mood for pho.

Dining Pick of the Week: Bronze Cafe

Tucked just inside the entrance of the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, the Bronze Cafe combines a community center meets coffee shop feel.

On the Menu: Cinco de Mayo fare

Tequila and lime? You don’t need no stinkin’ tequila and lime. Instead, celebrate Cinco de Mayo with one of these treats.

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Restaurants saying thanks to veterans, active-duty military

Some local restaurants are offering discounts to veterans and active-duty members of the military during May, National Military Appreciation Month. Among them: Bistro 57 at Aliante, Cabo Wabo Cantina at the Miracle Mile Shops, and PBR Rock Bar & Grill, also at the Miracle Mile Shops.

Taco Bell reveals ingredients in mystery beef

Ever since Taco Bell released a statement in 2011 to say its beef is 88 percent beef, not 36 percent, as a lawsuit accused, the public has been left wondering: What’s in the other 12 percent? Wonder no longer.

Green Valley Ranch Resort getting $20 million in upgrades

Station Casinos announced plans Wednesday to spend $20 million on improvements to Green Valley Ranch Resort by adding four restaurant and bar concepts and other amenities to the hotel-casino in Henderson.

Taste of the Town: Polish sausage options dot the valley

While a lot of Taste of the Town readers are in search of restaurants that serve their favorite foods, Henry Arambula is looking for something he wants to cook at home — specifically, Polish sausage. And his fellow Taste of the Town readers have a few suggestions.

Small Plates: Bier Garten and ‘The Nolan Ryan Beef & Barbecue Cookbook’

The Bier Garten, which opened in early spring, is outdoors on the Plaza’s frontage on Main Street. Its site includes almost 3,000 square feet of grass, trellises with vines and a wall of more than 900 plants, which help create an atmosphere reminiscent of the leafy beer gardens of Bavaria.

Al’s does sandwiches the Chicago way, and that’s a good thing

Al’s is in a former 5 & Diner — one of those big silver classic-diner things — and wears it well. And yes, this is the Al’s from Chicago, founded in 1938. It’s a franchise, but the Al’s folks take the reputation of their restaurants very seriously.

A La Carte, May 1-7, 2014

Dining events and news from across the valley.

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