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The List
It is done. Not the writing, but the eating. The writing and researching are in their final stages. Sometime in the next 10 days all of the reviews will be completed. Sometime in September, all the...
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LE CIRQUE: Then and Now
If two restaurants can be said to have jump-started our food revolution, Spago and Le Cirque must be given the credit. Spago got the ball rolling in December, 1992, but it was Le Cirque’s arrival on...
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ELV at the Crossroads
What’s that old joke? If you see the fork in the road, take it. Well, loyal readers, Eating Las Vegas is at a crossroad. Writing about restaurants seems more than a bit trivial in these troubled...
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EATING LAS VEGAS 2018 Hits the Shelves
It’s here; it’s all mine; and it’s much more than just a restaurant guide. Twenty-five years of my life have gone into this book, as have over twelve thousand restaurant meals in Las Vegas alone. Add...
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The Final Countdown
We’re in the home stretch food fans. The final innings. The last quarter. Time is running out. Minutes are slipping away. And the end is almost in sight. Our loyal readers know what we’re talking...
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The (Final) List
(Spago boyz: Matthew Hurley, David Robins, and Eric Klein) A friend of mine recently accused me of going easy on a chef because I was “friends” with him. (The friendly argument concerned a social...
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PIZZERIA MONZU
Las Vegas upped its pizza game considerably over the past decade, but it wasn’t until Pizzeria Monzú opened this year that it had a true, Sicilian superstar. It’s something of an insult that food this...
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ESTHER’S KITCHEN
Ground Zero for downtown’s dining renaissance. So crowded, as Yogi Berra said, no one goes there anymore. So popular, a seat at the bar (any night of the week) is harder to find than a Mario Batali...
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PARTAGE
(The Three Musketeers) A Francophile’s dream come true. The chefs are French, the decor is French, the bartenders are French and the food is as French as Bastille Day. And the whole enchilada is in...
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MICHAEL MINA Returns to the Sea
I almost sued Michael Mina once. More accurately, Michael Mina’s partners tried to hire me to sue him. My law firm wanted me to take the case, but I demurred because….well….simply because I liked his...
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