Category: Chefs

Charlie Trotter Wishes ELV a Happy Fifth Birthday!

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This being Eating Las Vegas’s fifth birthday* — hooray hooray! — our staff wanted to bask in some nostalgia and recount to you some of our trials and tribulations, victories and vanquishings over the past half decade, but instead we thought you should know that Charlie Trotter himself — that renowned chef, philathropist and humanitarian, went out of his way to e-mail us this morning congratulating us on being one of his favorite food/restaurant blogs and to tell us we are one of the reasons he misses being in Vegas.

Thanks, Charlie! It’s nice to be admired by such a famous, humble and fine man as yourself, and we long for the day when you will return to Las Vegas and grace us with your presence.

Happy Birthday….to us!

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* Coincidentally, we have done exactly 2,222 posts on this site since it began on April, 1, 2008. ELV doesn’t know what the fuck that means, but he thought you’d like to know.

Just Thought You’d Like to Know…the State of the Vegas Dining Scene

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As the first quarter careens towards its close, our staff thought it was time to take stock of Las Vegas’s dining scene and share a summary of our recent experiences.

And by “recent experiences” we mean the scenes of the crimes at some recent restaurants….along with the usual gossip, gall and gallivanting for which we are known.

Let’s start with the bad news first, shall we? Continue reading “Just Thought You’d Like to Know…the State of the Vegas Dining Scene”