Comments on: One Weekend – Three Meals

By: atdleft

atdleft — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:42:36 +0000

dcdubbs-

Oh yes, and thanks for your defense of vegan food! One thing I HATE is when critics trash vegetarian/vegan cuisine just for the sake of mocking us herbivores. But as I said above, I do think Mr. ELV does have good reason to object to Go Raw. I can confirm that some of my grub there was tasteless. And since I have experience going to vegan restaurants like Native Foods in Southern California with excellent and VERY tasty offerings, there’s no excuse in my book for stereotypical boring, tasteless vegan food.

By: atdleft

atdleft — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:39:24 +0000

Go Raw’s pretty sad. It makes me wish Native Foods would open a Vegas location… And better yet, one in Henderson near me! Go Raw’s actually just down Windmill from my house, but after trying it once I’m not that excited about trying it again. Still, I may decide one day to give Go Raw another chance just because I can be kind and forgiving. ;-)

By: dcdubbs

dcdubbs — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:47:07 +0000

I understand this site is written from a foodies perspective and not that of a dietitian. John isn’t here to count calories and seek out atkins friendly resturants. He is here to tell us what tastes great in town and what doesn’t. I would much rather have a pizza from Setebello or some Ramen from Ichiza- but there is nothing in town that will have you feeling more energized and vibrant post workday lunch than Go Raw Cafe.

The raw food overload can be a bit much at first, but the more you eat there the more you’ll start enjoying the food. While the 30 minutes spent consuming your food won’t provide the same sensory pleasures of Burger Bar, the following 5 or so hrs will have to buzzing. A fair trade off in my mind.

By: Troy Polee

Troy Polee — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:36:06 +0000

Went to CIAO CIAO twice. First time it was ok (didn’t like the 5 cheese pie that much). Second time it was very good (just a traditional margarita with pepperoni). For me, salad is salad …. so whatever floats your boat or finds your lost remote (ie, let the wify eat the thing and give me the pie!)

I agree that Setebello is better, and so is Grimaldi’s on Eastern, but for a guy who lives in the far west of town, who wants to fight traffic on the 215 and eastern just for a slice all the time?? I like CIAO CIAO’s pizza. I also like sports (a lot), so having a sh*t load of TVs in HD is just up my ally for the NBA season too (GO SUNS!!)

By: William

William — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:25:43 +0000

My wife and I went to the Go Raw Cafe the first month we moved to Vegas in 2004, figuring that we were in a new place, in the west (as opposed to TX), so we’d try something never tried. I don’t remember the three or four things we ordered, but I do remember the gag reflex from all but one of them. Needless to say, our next stop was somewhere we could have mass quantities of charred animal flesh – and it was gooooood.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:38:12 +0000

I worked in an upscale pizza joint for a while that has a gorgeous display of gelato out front, which they advertise is made in-house. Although it is frozen in-house in a great looking PacoJet ice cream maker, and they add their own flavorings, the base is bought. The dead giveaway is that it doesn’t melt very well due to the stabilizers (which also keep it from getting icy and allow it to look nice in the display case for several days).