On a whim…or maybe it was a dare?….we drove to Phoenix recently to check out what all the shoutin’s about. (Turn’s out, there ain’t much shoutin’ at all.)
Las Vegas, long known as a city of excess, might be getting a little less flush.
According to a Zagat survey released earlier this month, even though Vegas is still the nation’s most expensive dining city – the average bill is approximately $47.53 – Las Vegas diners are eating out less. The average number of meals eaten out dropped from 3.8 per week in 2005 to 3.3 in 2010.
Combine those figures with a few notable restaurant closings, and it makes you wonder – are the city’s restaurateurs starting to hedge their bets? (more…)
A decade ago it was easy enough to contend that if you wanted the best French food you’d go to France, the best Italian food you’d go to Italy, and the best Japanese food you’d go to Japan. But if the last ten years have shown gastronomes anything, it’s that food the equal of any in the world is now to be found in the USA. And not just in New York or San Francisco. Cities like Chicago, Houston, Washington, and Boston have enormous breadth and depth in many ethnic categories.
Congratulations to All-American Chris Myers for his heady victory in the Stella Artois World Draughtmasters Competition held last week in London (England, not Mpumalanga).
ELV gets in a froth just thinkin’ about it.
It’s nuthin’ to worty about, but he hopes this foments some sort of beer pouring rebellion in these here parts.
When a chef as acclaimed as Jean Joho comes to town to visit his restaurants, ELV is there faster than you can say crèpes fourrées aux oeufs brouillés au Parmesan.
It’s no secret ELV loathes Henderson and Green Valley. From the confusing streets (“it’s at the corner of Sunset and Sunset”) to the boring houses, to the mind-numbing shopping centers to the utter lack of anything good to eat for twenty square miles, we avoid the Southeast side of town like we do monster truck rallies.
For the 26th year, I’ve been compiling Esquire’s “Best New Restaurants of the Year,” and the competition only gets better, my narrowing down of choices tougher and tougher. Here are this year’s picks, which appear in the November issue, followed by a “Man About Town” report on the gala awards party in NYC. (more…)
The eagerly awaited and highly anticipated book Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants has been completed, and the prized selections are now wrapped in total secrecy. Vegas DeLuxe has learned that the manuscript is on its way to the printers and should be on bookshelves in time for a planned mid-November release party.
ELV note: The following article, written by Sarah LeTrent appeared on the CNN.com website today.
Restaurant reviews, quips, picks and pans-with some seriously salivating history-from the man who eats his way through Sin City every day.
