It all started innocently enough with ELV and his staff:

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ELV went scotch drinking the other night. Which is pretty extraordinary since he’s a bourbon drinker.

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This Singapore Sling was so good, one sip took us back to days of yore, when were but a young buck, full of testosterone, and eager to tackle the challenges of getting freshman college girls drunk so they would have some kind of sex with us.

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When we heard Nectaly Mendoza had opened a restaurant and mixology mecca in our neck of the woods, we got so excited you would’ve thought A Flock Of Seagulls was coming to town.

Besides having the coolest name in all of mixology, Mendoza knows his booze. When last we saw him, he was directing the invention of The Light Group’s luscious libations at Yellowtail. A month ago, he opened this speakeasy-cum-restaurant a mere two miles from our humble abode, and if the food is half as good as the drinks we had here the other night, we plan on becoming a regular.

And after a couple of Mendoza’s Milk Punches, Mexicanos or Monkey Glands, there’s no doubt we’ll be humming Men Without Hats all the way home.

HERBS & RYE

3713 West Sahara Ave.

Las Vegas, NV 89102

702.982.8036

www.herbsandrye.com

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Shawn McClain’s Sage may be the most significant restaurant to open in Las Vegas in the past three years. As good as Twist by Pierre Gagnaire is, it is, in the end, a restaurant that challenges the diner. Sage serves up cuisine that is every bit as hyper-delicious and creative, but with a Midwestern sensibility that makes it more approachable for non-foodies as well as curious and demanding gourmands.

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There’s no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty, and then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t. – William Faulkner

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Do you like to drink alcoholic beverages?

I do.

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Here is the on-line link to Desert Companion magazine: http://issuu.com/philatknpr/docs/desert_companion_2009nov;

Where you can read all about our fifth annual restaurant awards for News 88.9 FM KNPR-Nevada Public Radio.

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When ELV was but a mere sprout, his father would take his family (four siblings plus Marcella Ruth Schroader Curtas — D.O.B. 8.10.24 — The Official Mother Of ELV) to a restaurant in Orlando, Florida (as opposed to Orlando, New Hampshire) called Ronnie’s.

Ronnie’s represented a genre of restaurant that has gone the way of the Greek diner and the mom and pop soda fountain — the huge, Florida Jewish deli.

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Last night, at the Stirling Club, to thunderous applause and world-wide acclaim, ELV beat Clark Country Commissioner Lawrence Weekly and The Morning Zoo’s Chet Buchanan in a cooking contest. Some may argue that his victory was the cooking equivalent of this guy beating us in a footrace, but victory was hard-earned and sweet nonetheless.

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Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

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June 19th marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of Rosemary’s. Geez Louise time flies! Can it be a decade since Michael and Wendy Jordan broke free of their Emeril bonds and struck out on their own?

Does anyone remember that the odds of them succeeding were like 100 to 1 to against?

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