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White Truffles at Valentino, The Venetian

A note of apology:  I was ill during the season and was unable to publish this in a timely fashion.  veal tartine Hear ye, hear ye! That most rare of gourmet comestibles, tuber magnatum, (aka the white...

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Gordon Ramsay’s Pub & Grill, Caesars Palace

Duck Confit Salad. All Photos by Anthony Mair Everybody who’s anybody in Las Vegas, to paraphrase the writer John Gregory Dunne, goes by one name. Cher does Vegas. Celine does Vegas. So does Gordon....

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Where I Would Stay in Vegas: The Nobu Hotel

I was fortunate enough to recently tour Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace, scheduled to open today, Monday February 4, 2013. Billed as another ‘boutique hotel’ amidst a national invasion of ‘boutique...

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The Eyes Have It: Andrea’s at Wynn

Andrea Wynn's Eyes Photo by Barbara Kraft The sensuous, color-shifting eyes flashing over the bar at Andrea’s, the new Asian fusion restaurant at Encore, belong to Steve Wynn’s wife, Andrea, taken from...

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Chef Marc’s Novecento 900: Best Pizza, Best Price

Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza Marc Sgrizzi, alternatively known as Marc Ritz, is a good ol’ boy Italian chef from upstate New York. He’s an ex-boxer, but today, burrata cheese, and one of the most...

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Spago Beverly Hills

Dining Room No one in the food game has reinvented himself more than Wolfgang Puck, and he’s not ready to pack it in yet. He recently completed a 4 mil redesign of his flagship, the restaurant Spago in...

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Eureka! Great Eats at Around $10- Fat Choy Restaurant

Roast Duck Rice Eureka. That’s what Archimedes said when he successfully calculated a theorem for determining the volume of an object by submerging it in water. It’s also the name of a rather...

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Tivoli’s Second Wave: Poppy Den springs up from Petra’s ashes

Reprinted with permission from Seven Weekly Las Vegas. Check out Seven Magazine by picking a copy up at Unicahome and other fine venues in our fair Village of Las Vegas. Find out what is new and...

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SHe by Morton’s— A Steakhouse for Young, Single Women

Reprinted with permission from Seven Weekly Las Vegas. Check out Seven Magazine by picking a copy up at Unicahome and other fine venues in our fair Village of Las Vegas. Find out what is new and...

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Universal Whiskey Experience at Wynn March 1-2, 2013

THE WORLD’S PREMIER LUXURY WHISKY SHOW RETURNS TO VEGAS Universal Whisky Experience to take place March 1-2, 2013   Founded by real estate developer and whisky enthusiast Mahesh Patel, the Universal...

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A Max Minute: Citizens Kitchen and Lounge at Mandalay Bay

The space that recently housed an absurd concept called Red White and Blue, which formerly had been a French brasserie, and before that, around five other ill-fated stops, might finally have struck...

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Venetian Cleaning House: Chef Sammy D Gets The Axe

The Venetian seems to be cleaning house with regard to its restaurants, and not in a good way. On the heels of the announcement of the intention to close Piero Selvaggio Valentino in June, a mistake I...

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Las Vegas’ New Ramen Empire

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Superstar Chef Nobu Matsuhisa Puts Teppan on the Table

Hamachi Collar (Hugh's Pick) Reprinted with permission from Seven Weekly Las Vegas. Check out Seven Magazine by picking a copy up at Unicahome and other fine venues in our fair Village of Las Vegas....

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Las Vegas Restaurant Week: March 8-15, 2013

  Since 2006, Three Square has served over 1.5 million meals to people in need. Restaurant week is back upon us. This is a great excuse to get out and enjoy a prix fixe meal at some of the area’s...

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Felix, the Viva Las Arepas Man

I visited Caracas in late fall, 1974, and it is a sobering thought that at that time, Hugo Chavez was only 20 years old. I don’t remember much. Slums, laundry hanging from crumbling balconies, and the...

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Rouladen and Haxen Dinner at German-American Social Club Sat March 23, 2013

The German-American Social Club of Las Vegas will be having a Rouladen and Haxen dinner this Saturday at 6 PM. Haxen is a Bavarian dish that uses the front pig leg, bone-in.  Rouladen is a mix of...

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Cognac Bar at Guy Savoy, Caesars Palace

When I was a young man, I was fond of a restaurant called Le Coupe-Chou in Paris. It was located at the foot of a blind alley, had an almost medieval ambiance, and served a spate of southwestern...

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Beer vs. Booze at Public House

Public House is our only true gastropub, a term that has been stillborn for most of the places that claim it. And so it seemed fitting that it was chosen as the venue for a pop-up dinner pitting a...

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OpenTable Top 100 Dining Hot Spots in the U.S.

  OK, I’m lazy. Here’s a press release. SAN FRANCISCO – March 27, 2013 – As we anticipate the warm days and cool spring nights,OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN), the world’s leading provider of online...

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