TV food personality Giada De Laurentiis’ first restaurant will be on the Las Vegas Strip. The still-unnamed restaurant, expected to open early next year, will be on the second floor of the Gansevoort (formerly Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall, formerly the Barbary Coast), in a space that had been a parking garage.
Pretzel bread went national this summer — and mass-market — when Wendy’s introduced its Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger, following a trend that local bakers have seen building for years.
Braddah”;s opened late last month, offering a new type of fusion — Hawaiian island-style foods served as burritos, bowls or a trio of tacos.
Wine: Cecilia Beretta Brognoligo Soave Classico DOCG
DINING OUT
Hot dogs of one brand or another are without doubt one of the most popular items sought by Taste of the Town readers over the years. It’s either a case of the things we eat during the early part of our lives influencing our tastes, a yearning for the tastes of happier times or a combination of both. (Although I have to say I never get a craving for Kahn’s, “the wiener the world awaited.” The company, now owned by Sara Lee Corp., uses “The taste you’ve always loved,” and I think they’re on to something.)
The lottery is a pilot program that will be re-evaluated after six months, said city spokesman Jace Radke. The food-truck owners who participated in it were eligible for one of three spaces in downtown Las Vegas.
As a native of Argentina, Jose Luis Pawelek grew up eating chimichurri, a condiment/sauce found on just about every table in the country. So maybe it’s understandable that he’s a little bemused by its recent flash of widespread popularity in the United States, and sees a parallel to another familiar food.
Taste of the Town readers have come to the rescue of Leslie Hall, who is looking for a North Carolina-style vinegar-based barbecue sauce, despairing of the sweet ketchupy sauces she’s been finding.
Mingo — from George Harris, Mingo Collaso and chef Robert Solano, the team behind Mundo in the World Market Center — opened May 27 in downtown Las Vegas’ Arts District.
Football players? Sonny, the football players we knew could run circles around those wimps who play today and then chew ’em up and spit ’em out before they even crossed the finish line.
Alex Cabanero was there to learn, Rodrigo Aguirre and Vicki Wawerchak were there to teach and Joseph Biskie was there to show what he could do.
