Dining
Right-on ’Cue
Memphis regains its crown as the best barbecue in town, with T.C.’s and B.B.’s both worthy contenders
Fourth of July is around the corner, and that means barbecue. I prefer the classic definition: slow cooking foods over a hot, smoky fire. (Grilling, done quickly, is the opposite.) By that standard, Vegas is not quite a great ’cue town.
Read More »A hot food truck and a smart do-over for Puck
There was a time when a hot food trend took up to a year to cross the United States. Today, thanks to Twitter and other online tools, that journey can happen in a matter of weeks.
Read More »Let’s be Frank
The Sinatra Family Estates wines celebrate Sinatra in every sip
Encore’s Sinatra dining room rang with praise for Frank Sinatra’s daughter Tina and granddaughter Amanda at the Sinatra Family Estates dinner on June 18, where the evening’s guests of honor—two limited-edition Sinatra family wines—were thoughtfully paired with complementary dishes by chef Theo Schoenegger.
Read More »POTUS-Pleasing Chef
Presidents among the celebrities who seek Barry Dakake’s creations
It all started with a phone call.
“George [Maloof] called me and said, ‘Barry, sounds like the big dog is coming in tonight.’ I thought he was talking in third person,” chef Barry Dakake recalls. “I said, ‘What time are you coming in?’”
Read More »King Crab at Hot and Juicy Crawfish
This restaurant, featuring Cajun-style seafood, is worth getting your hands dirty. There are no utensils, no plates and no fancy napkins—only a bib.
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Sweet Corn Tamales at Border Grill
A true tamale is masa rolled up in a corn husk. Fillings are optional. At Border Grill, Too Hot Tamales’ Vegas outpost, the tamales are served three to an order with tomatillo salsa, steaming hot.
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Sausage and Peppers at Chef Marc’s Pastavina
Marc Ritz makes almost everything from scratch. His grainy sausage, spiced with fennel he crushes in a coffee grinder, is a religious experience when accompanied by the red and green peppers stewed with them.
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Mini Kobe Sliders at Cut
Part of the Summer Stimulus happy-hour menu, from 5-7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, special cocktails and appetizers are just $7. A stick is needed to hold all of the ingredients in these mini hamburgers.
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Rock Solid
Rare 120 is well-done, but not necessarily because of the steak
The maxim “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” evidently didn’t apply to AJ’s, the Hard Rock Hotel’s original steak house. Management felt it was time for change, and the space is now home to a new concept called Rare 120, a name referring to the temperature when steak is cooked rare.
The original venue was sedate, cast in the classic Vegas mold. This place fairly throbs with ’80s bands such as U2 and Depeche Mode blasting away over the sound system, and soundless ’80s movies such as Top Gun, screened on clever plasma TVs mounted on the wall. I have to wonder if this crowd, mostly Gen X and Yers, is old enough to remember them.
Gallery: Rare 120
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Atomic is the bomb, and Smashburger adds a location
Two entrepreneurs, Rachelle Fournier and Ginger Corbett, have collaborated on Atomic #7, and after sampling their wares next to the Galleria at Sunset mall in Henderson (605 Mall Ring Circle, 458-4777), I am huge fan.
This is unlike anything you’ve tried before, and I’m predicting that the concept will turn into a franchise. First you order an ice cream from a list of bases, such as cream, almond milk or coconut milk. The next step is to choose flavors and add-ins. Then the real fun begins.
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