Category: KNPR

BORDER GRILL

It may seem incongruous to some, but it’s pretty much a given that the two best Mexican restaurants In America are Topolobampo in Chicago (founded by chef/owner Rick Bayless — a guy from Oklahoma) and the Border Grill in Santa Monica (owned by a couple of gringo-white, California gals named Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken). Why more chefs/restaurateurs don’t try to duplicate the passion for authenticity found in these two places is a puzzlement to ELV, but we’re just glad someone in America has brought faithful renditions of this marvelous cuisine north of the border.

Added non-food-related bonus: Thanks to a groovy re-design by assemblageStudio, you can now enjoy all this organic, true-to-its-roots food amongst rammed earth subsoil paneling (whatever the hell that is.) ELV is no arch-i-teck, but assemblageStudio’s Eric Strain (an Official Friend of ELV) is, and if he tells us this textured decor method (?) dates to the days of the Anasazi, we believe him and assume this must be a good thing.

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Sushi, We Hardly Knew Yee – on News 88.9 FM KNPR – Nevada Public Radio

Click here to hear the first of our three-part series on KNPR on the sushi phenomenon in Las Vegas. We recently counted 10 sushi bars on a two mile stretch of West Sahara, and there seems to be no end to the proliferation of cheap, raw seafood being thrown on gummy rice. What has caused this race to the bottom of the ocean is for minds greater than ours…but an examination of two new, big, fancy, expensive and hyper-designed sushi restaurants in two of our biggest hotels might give a clue. We’ll be reviewing those venues next week (and the following week) on Nevada Public Radio and on this site.

LOS MOLCAJETES on News 88.9 FM KNPR – Nevada Public Radio

KNPR’s Food For Thought features our new favorite Mexican restaurant this week. Click here to hear us butcher the Spanish language whilst we praise Los Molcajetes for its authentic and incendiary cuisine. Because of ELV’s love of Univision and Telemundo (especially their soap operas….and especially the women on those soap operas), the staff at ELV tends to excuse his fractured accents and inartful attempts at their language.