Several Las Vegas restaurants will offer special dishes for Passover from Friday through April 7.
Heidi Knapp Rinella
Food, Restaurant critic
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Heidi Knapp Rinella is an award-winning journalist with more than 35 years of experience as a writer and editor at newspapers in Ohio, Florida and Nevada, and is the author of seven books. She’s been with the Review-Journal as a feature writer and food critic since October 1999.
Here are your five best bets for food and drinks in Las Vegas this week.
Stephen Sullivan, executive pastry chef at the Westgate, didn’t venture out much while he was on staycation last March.
Metro Pizza manager and partner Chris Decker will compete in the Pizza World Championship in Parma, Italy
Carlos Buscaglia was born in Canada and grew up in Argentina, but his background is purely Italian.
Lots of local businesses have food and drinks named in honor of the new hometown favorites — and now playoff bound — Vegas Golden Knights hockey team, but the pizza being served at Wolfgang Puck Bar Grill at Downtown Summerlin actually was created with the help of one of the players.
Denise Robison grew up in Clark County far from the lights of the Las Vegas Strip.
Ken Torres had gone to a clinic with flu symptoms on a Monday in January 2016.
Leticia’s Cocina has been eschewing dumbed-down, “Americanized” south-of-the-border food in favor of the deep, earthy and sometimes fiery spirit of authentic Mexican cuisine since 2009 at its original location in the northern valley near Highway 95 and Durango Drive, and that tradition continues at its new spot in Tivoli Village.
The International Pizza Expo, billed as the largest pizza industry show in the world (and which is not open to the public), isin its 34th year and this year had more than 500 exhibitors and more than 1,400 booths.
Cleo at SLS Las Vegas has added new entrees with twists on two American classics, fried chicken and beef rib-eye.
The Bagel Cafe is as real as it gets; if you don’t believe us, check out the bakery case near the entrance.
Thursday is World Water Day, dedicated to focusing attention on the importance of water with a goal of ensuring everyone has safe access to it by 2030.
Fresh off his win this weekend at the Back of the House Brawl, Justin Kingsley Hall has announced a weekend brunch menu at The Kitchen at Atomic.
Sparkling or still? If you’re asked that in a Las Vegas restaurant and expect to answer with a request for your favorite brand of bottled water, you may be disappointed.
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