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Restaurant Report

Best Western McCarran Inn continental breakfast, 4970 Paradise Road, received 16 demerits Jan. 4. Violations included ice machine had moldlike growth in chute area. GRADE: B.

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Restaurant inspections protect the public

If you’ve ever wondered how restaurants earn those B’s, C’s and closures that land them in the Restaurant Report in each Wednesday’s Taste section — and, more to the point, how other restaurants earn the A’s that keep them out of the newspaper — here’s a primer, courtesy of Gregg Wears and Carol Culbert.

Restaurant Report

Aloha Kitchen, 2605 S. Decatur Blvd., received 20 demerits Dec. 29. Violations included several pans stored on top of uncovered foods in storage. GRADE: B.

Spiral Wines Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

In the glass: Spiral Wines Cabernet Sauvignon is a deeply opaque blood-ruby red color with a blackish core going out into a fine purplish-crimson red to light fuchsia rim definition with medium viscosity.

Restaurant Report

Bombay Indian Cuisine, 3049 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received 28 demerits Dec. 21. Violations included storing open bags of food in dry storage area. GRADE: C.

Underused slow cooker turns tough meat into dinner delight

If ever there was a time to get out that underused slow cooker you’ve packed away, it’s now. It’s a particularly effective and convenient way to prepare soups, stews and braised meats.

Appetizers: Shakespeare’s Pub aims to fill void in Henderson

Welcome to Jolly Olde Henderson, love! You know the place before setting your trainers inside: fish and chips in the fryer, lager signs on the walls, football on the telly with no one calling it soccer.

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