Max Jacobson
Revisiting the Lotus
Ten years after making a national splash, this Thai restaurant is still the best Read More »
A Mall of Riches
Our food critic digs up a treasure of ethnic restaurants—in a little suburban shopping plaza, of all places Nothing shouts “foodie” like a place where you can have Lebanese, Cuban, Korean, Filipino and Vietnamese eats and not have to leave the parking lot. This place is Colonnade Square, at Eastern Avenue and Pebble Road. It’s anchored by a cinema and has a few other restaurants, too, including the very good Roadrunner and the not-so-good Round Table Pizza. But it’s the ethnic collection that’s the real treasure here. Read More »
Diner's Notebook: A towering breakthrough, Naked City sandwiches and lunching in Greenland
But now you should come with an appetite, too. The food is a revelation: crab cakes with green papaya salad, a deconstructed shrimp cocktail, foie gras tater tots (no kidding) with a piquant homemade ketchup, and amazing Wagyu beef with a horseradish crust.
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A Grape Escape
On the occasional day off, the city’s top sommeliers go underground to cook up a passionate little competition The idea was simple at first: Gather a bunch of wine geeks at one of their homes to do a cook-off; a winner is declared, a great deal of wine consumed and the good times roll. Read More »
Hooking Up for Lunch
Always looking for the right spot for a midday business meal? Here are seven sure things It’s an old problem in Las Vegas—where to meet for lunch? One person works in Summerlin, the other in Green Valley, and you’re both tired of the same old spots. This is one problem Google can’t fix. Well, I’m here to tell you that the prospects are on the rise for the business lunch. Read More »
Puck’s revelatory cookie, a beautiful new brasserie and high marks for Mundo
There are days when I wouldn’t trade my job for the Megabucks jackpot, and there are others when I’d rather stay home and open a packet of instant oatmeal. Starbucks now serves hot breakfasts, such as the panino (the much underused singular form of panini) I ate with egg, Gouda cheese and turkey bacon. Is it just me, or are pre-cooked eggs slightly less tasty than bubble wrap? Bring on the Quaker’s.
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The Fat Greek Gets Bigger
And better, thanks to an ‘embarrassment of riches’ in the kitchen, which was already tops in town The Fat Greek, a cozy blue and white room in Renaissance Center West, recently acquired an adjacent space and has more than doubled in size. That’s good news for lovers of Greek cuisine, and bad news for the competition. Read More »
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