Click here to listen to State Of Nevada host Dave Berns introduce (and punctuate) my latest commentary on KNPR by calling me a curmudgeon, a kvetch and a whiner….who doesn’t usually like the house wine (true). That Dave…he’s so full of compliments, I almost forget not to listen to his show every day.
Author: John Curtas
Larry Forgione Makes Vegas An American Place
He calls himself one of the Dirty Dozen — along with Jimmy Schmidt, Jeremiah Tower, Jonathan Waxman, Alice Waters, Wolfgang Puck, Paul Prudhomme, Mark Miller, Bradley Ogden, Charley Trotter, Michel Richard, and last but not least Jean-Louis Palladin — chefs who forever changed America’s eating habits. In no small way, every time you pick up some fresh ginger root or raddichio at the supermarket, you owe a quiet ‘thank you’ to this group.
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GYRO TIME
For reasons that remain a mystery to ELV, Gyro Time on West Charleston Ave. has remained open for 30 years. This makes it, according to our calculations, the seventh oldest continuing service restaurant in Las Vegas.*