ART OF FLAVORS is Open!

Through these doors on Las Vegas Boulevard South:

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….standing  in the shadow of both the Olympic Garden strip club (literally) and the Luv-it-Custard ice cream stand (figuratively), lies the best goddamned gelato ever to melt on a Las Vegas sidewalk.

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The brainchild of pastry chef Desyreé G. Alberganti, these luscious concoctions are all made on premises, with all natural flavors, no additives, and a ton of passion — passion (and intensity) you can taste with every silky smooth spoonful.

It is gelato so good that we at ELV think it could soon challenge Luv-it for frozen dessert fabulousness on this little corner of our humble burg. (Truth be told, Luv-it-Custard hasn’t been the same ever since the original owner stopped manning the booth a few years ago. Now, it’s run by a bunch of teenagers and it tastes (and feels) generic.)

There’s nothing generic about AoFG, however, and after one bite of the cioccalato di pepperocino (chocolate spiced with the back-of-the-throat warming glow of peppers), you’ll be tempted to abandon that forlorn little shed around the corner forever.

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Yeah, it’s that good.

ART OF FLAVORS GELATO

1616 Las Vegas Blvd. South #130

Las Vegas, NV 89104

702.569.3636

ELV Gets Roasted Tonight

In just a few hours — tonight at 7:00 pm — ELV (aka John Anthony Curtas) will get roasted by a bevy of local chefs.

It is my understanding that two fellows named Max Jacobson and Al Mancini are also set to be skewered.

Whether the barbs are piquant and peckish, or limp and lame, remains to be seen, but the proceeds go to a great cause (www.ThreeSquare.org), where, as a matter of fact, the festivities will be held.

Roasting Las Vegas: The Critics can DISH it out, but can they take it?
When: September 3, 2013 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Three Square Food Bank; 4190 N. Pecos Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89115

Arrivederci Mario Maccioni

When I heard last week that Mario Maccioni was leaving Las Vegas, all I  could do was sigh, shake my head, and sink into my chair. The news felt inevitable, but nevertheless filled me with a sense of nostalgia and melancholy that can only be compared to the feeling you get when you know you are closing an important chapter in  life. We’ll get to that inevitability in a minute, but first a little history.

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