Category: Travel

HEART ATTACK GRILL – Chandler, AZ

To lengthen life, lessen thy meals. – Benjamin Franklin

Although Eating Las Vegas usually eschews barbaric chewing on masses of meat, certain friends of ELV have been known to indulge in such overblown ingestion; so we thought this (very funny) video was a must see for them: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4632991n

And even though we can’t vouch for the food, any place that’s had to weather a defamation lawsuit from a bunch of thin-skinned nurses is A-OK in our book.

HEART ATTACK GRILL

6185 W. Chandler Blvd.

Chandler, AZ 85226

www.heartattackgrill.com

And The Correct Answer Is….

WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE, a savory and sweet whodunnit celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. This Ted Kotcheff film is a must see for anyone who fashions themselves a connoisseur of food movies.

ELV puts it right up there with Juzo Itami’s Tampopo (1985) and Ang Lee’s Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (1994) as one of the great gastronomic films of all time. (click here for one of our favorite scenes from Tampopo)

And if those scenes don’t get you hungry and slightly steamy, try this one.

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NOVE – Cicchetti, Chicks & More…

NOVE is such a great restaurant, it’s a shame no one is paying attention to it — even the people who eat there. That’s because usually they’re too busy looking at themselves and each other — before they hit the Playboy Club, Ghost Bar, or Simon Poolside — places whose raison d’etre has more to do with hot chicks than “cicchetti.”

The precision of Chef de Cucina Geno Bernardo’s cooking, and the Palm’s crowds that ignore it, also remind us that the restaurants of Las Vegas are so much better than they have to be.

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