Category: Zines

Chinatown for Beginners in Las Vegas Weekly

The flavors of the far East await on Las Vegas’ West side. Sure, Chinatown can be an intimidating place. But with John Curtas (aka ELV) as your guide, it’s time to dive in.

John Curtas

Thu, Nov 11, 2010 (midnight)

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Delicious Connection: Ichiza’s fried squid cartilage, listed as “soft bone squid fritter,” is a satisfying option for adventurous eaters.

Photo: Beverly Poppe

Leave it to Las Vegas to build a strip mall, call it “Chinatown” and wait for the community to catch up. But catch up it has. There are now approximately 60 restaurants along this three-mile stretch of West Spring Mountain Road, and even if no distinctly Chinese neighborhood has sprung up around it, Asians of all kinds flock here to sample the foods of their homelands.

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Desert Companion’s Restaurant Awards Announced

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to Andrew Kiraly, Sabin Orr and Christopher Smith for making our prose look so delicious. (Click on the link below to read all of this lip smacking news amongst some of the most luscious photographs imaginable…)




The BEEG WEINERS:

Restaurant of the Year: SAGE

Chef of the Year: Pascal Sanchez (Twist by Pierre Gagnaire)

Pastry Chef of the Year: Kamel Guechida (Joel Robuchon and L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon)

Sommelier of the Year: Willi Sherer (Aureole)

Excellence in Management and Service: SPAGO

Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year: ROSEMARY’S

Ethnic Restaurant of the Year: RAKU

Cocktail Bar of the Year: AMERICAN FISH

“Dealicious” Meal of the Year: BOSA 1


ESQUIRE’S Best New Restaurants of 2010

BEST NEW RESTAURANTS OF 2010

By John Mariani




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. Continue reading “ESQUIRE’S Best New Restaurants of 2010”