Category: Reviews

THE FAT GREEK

Eating Las Vegas hesitates to review any Greek restaurants because they never pass his “YiaYia/Popou” test. As in: would the dearly departed John and Pauline Cutsumpas of Danbury, Connecticut (The Official Paternal YiaYia (pronounced: yi-ya, i.e. grandmother) and Popou (pronounced: popou, i.e. grandfather) of ELV) have approved of them?

ELV also has his “thia” (aunt) test, as in: is any of the food at least as good as the food my Greek aunts have fed me in Dunedin, Florida, Tarpon Springs, Florida, Tampa, Florida, Stamford, Connecticut, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Danbury, Connecticut, and Las Vegas, Nevada….for the past fifty years?

Usually, the answer is a resounding “no!” (it’s not even close), but The Fat Greek is better than most.

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Ackee & Salt Fish, Curried Goat, And A Pain Au Chocolat

If you’ve ever had a hankerin’ for some curried goat, ackee & salt fish, and a perfect pain au chocolat — and let’s face it who hasn’t? — then we suggest a quick trip to the strangest gourmet corner in town. Because right on the northeast quadrant of Rainbow and Flamingo is a discount food store (Sunflower), a Jamaican restaurant (Tasty Island), and a bakery (Bonjour Euro Bakers) that push a lot of the right buttons on any gourmand’s palate profile….especially those on a budget.

All three have been open for a few years now, and ELV is frankly a little embarassed to admit that he’s just now getting to them — especially since Hugh Alexander Curtas (D.O.B. 10-15-84, The Official Number Two Son of ELV), told us many moons ago how good the pastries were at Bonjour.

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