Vegas Voices is a weekly series featuring notable Las Vegans.
Al Mancini
Reporter
Email: amancini@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-5250
Al Mancini is a graduate of Seton Hall University and Brooklyn Law School, who began his career in journalism as a music reporter for ABC News Radio in 1996. He moved to Las Vegas to cover Southern Nevada for the network in 2001, and has covered the local dining scene for numerous publications since 2003.He joined the Review-Journal in 2016.
What makes the Electric Butterfly from downtown’s new Eureka electric isn’t the shocking purple color, which comes courtesy of butterfly pea tea. It’s actually housed in the “buzz button,” an edible Szechuan flower that mixologists use to shock your taste buds, literally changing the way you experience flavors. Make sure to try a few sips before you bite down on it so you can appreciate the difference in taste afterward.
This Italian-American mainstay feels like you’re dining in someone’s house because, until being converted to a restaurant in 1975, it actually was a downtown residence.
The members of Eagles of Death Metal will be dropping by a pair of local establishments tonight Thursday to hang out and meet their fans.
The culinary lineup has been announced for this year’s UNLVino celebration.
Stephen Sullivan , executive pastry chef at the Westgate, took top honors Sunday at the 29th annual U.S. Pastry Competition in New York.
Friday is National Blackjack Day because it’s 3/2, which is what you traditionally get paid for drawing 21 on your first two cards.
Visitors to the Palms will soon have another place to grab a bite in the midst of the resort’s ongoing renovation process.
Few names in American whiskey inspire the same sense of awe as Pappy Van Winkle, or the Old Rip Van Winkle Distillerythat produces it.
Sheridan Su was asleep when a friend texted him and his wife Jenny Wong to tell him he was a semifinalist for a James Beard Award, one of the American culinary world’s top honors. Wong was awake in bed at their home.
Here’s where to celebrate National Strawberry Day on Tuesday.
The signature Mr. Tang cocktail of the MGM Grand’s new high-end Chinese restaurant China Tang, named after its founder Sir David Tang, is a play on the 19th-century Improved Brandy Cocktail.
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