By Aly Wagonseller
In recent years, Las Vegas has become a culinary Mecca for the discriminating food enthusiast. Some of the most talented chefs from all over the world have set up shop in…
By Aly Wagonseller
Sometimes a restaurant, especially one that’s only been open a little over a month, isn’t quite sure what it wants to be when it grows up. On one hand, a name and concept has…
By Aly Wagonseller
I’m a West Coast girl, born and raised right here in Las Vegas. Food, and what it means to us, is different on this side of the country. Vegas…
By Aly Wagonseller
It’s strangely exciting finding a neighborhood restaurant like Forte European Tapas Bar, located at 4180 So. Rainbow Blvd.; a place where the food is as eclectic as the décor. It’s funky…charming…reminiscent of…
By Aly Wagonseller
Maybe because of the economy, or perhaps because our culture is one that’s constantly on the run, the fast food industry has thrived while fine dining has…well…unfortunately seen better days. …
By Aly Wagonseller
In general, when you think of most neighborhood Thai restaurants, heaping plates of spicy Pad Thai, a variety of curry dishes, papaya salad and fried rice comes to mind. The food is served family style or in…
By Aly Wagonseller
There’s something about the sound of a rockin’ accordion pumping out some serious Louisiana Zydeco that just says party. Add to that a dose of ragin’ Cajun cuisine, a sprinkling of purple, green and gold plastic beads…
I miss the tradition of old school sushi. Fresh fish, artfully and artistically prepared by artisans as serious about serving the very best seafood money can buy as they are about perfecting the knife skills to give…
By Aly Wagonseller
It’s hard to keep up with what’s hot and what’s not on the Las Vegas dining scene. Small plates, molecular gastronomy, ChinaMex fusion and other chic eats can all be more than intoxicating to the star struck…
By Aly Wagonseller
Most every restaurant has a story. Many are proudly shared with loyal patrons, lovingly displayed on menus, cocktail napkins, Facebook pages and the like. Whether these legends are factually correct, slightly embellished or a flat out fib…
By Lisha Ross
Given the sheer number of Chinese take-out kitchens in Vegas, one needn’t travel far, if at all, for a helping of Mongolian Beef over steamed rice. Unfortunately, Chinese choices are more often based on convenience rather than…
By Aly Wagonseller
This has been a tremendously tough year for restaurants, with no one feeling it more than the local mom and pop establishments off the Strip. Having been a local foodie for more years than I’d like to…
By Aly Wagonseller
It’s hard to miss the building. An unabashedly schizophrenic structure where lime green siding and colorful neon fish collide with a brick, brownstone pub you’d be more apt to see adjacent to Wrigley Field than on the…
By Aly Wagonseller
As a general rule, I like to wait until a restaurant has had a chance to “settle in” before dining there. I guess in part because of the impending crowd factor, especially if it’s the newest, grooviest…
By Aly Wagonseller
The old saying “absence makes the heart grow fonder” doesn’t always apply to matters of romantic encounter. Anyone that’s recently frequented a favorite restaurant in anticipation of imbibing that one dish that floats your culinary boat, only…
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