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It’s good to be ELV. Because sometimes, when you least expect it (okay, we often expect it, or at least aren’t very surprised) great food shows up out of at of nowhere. And by “nowhere” we mean unordered from a good restaurant’s kitchen.
Congratulations to Saipin Chutima and Picasso, and its Master Sommelier Robert Smith, for being nominated as finalists for the 2011 James Beard Awards.
Chutima is nominated for the third year in a row (if memory serves) in the Best Chef Southwest category, while this is at least the third time Smith and Picasso have reached the final round. (Continue after the jump for the complete list of finalists in all categories.)
ELV note: In anticipation of our review of Bratalian, coming up Thursday in the Las Vegas Weekly (www.lasvegasweekly.com), we thought some of our (slightly amateurish) tasty snaps would whet your appetite for the much better ones (and ELV’s lip smacking prose) that will appear in the ‘zine.
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BRATALIAN NEAPOLITAN CANTINA
10740 S. Eastern Ave. #155
Henderson, NV 89052
702.454.0104