At Least Someone Has a Sense of Humor

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The picture above is of the recently-opened Park on Fremont:

Here is the menu from Park on Fremont that we perused last weekend — thinking at the time we might want to try it:

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Here is what we posted on Facebook:

It (the menu at “Park on Fremont”) couldn’t be less imaginative if it was thought up by a 10 year old.

We also noted at the time:

Park on Fremont had the velvet ropes out, and was hand-stamping people at 6:00pm — even though the place was empty.

#includemeout

Not ones to take such things lying down, the management of Park on Fremont decided to fight back(?) by putting this on the sidewalk:

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Bully for them, we say; instead of acting like crybabies and spoiled children,* they responded with a sense of humor.

Unfortunately, the menu still doesn’t give any foodie any cause to want to eat there.

But maybe they’re serving the best farking “chicken bar bites” and “veggie wrap” on the whole friggin’ planet?

But we doubt it.

But in the spirit of fairness, we’ll give it a try….soon….and with an open mind.

As long as no one tries to stamp our fucking hand.

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* cf. Andre Rochat and Paymon Raouf.

Just Thought You’d Like to Know…the State of the Vegas Dining Scene

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As the first quarter careens towards its close, our staff thought it was time to take stock of Las Vegas’s dining scene and share a summary of our recent experiences.

And by “recent experiences” we mean the scenes of the crimes at some recent restaurants….along with the usual gossip, gall and gallivanting for which we are known.

Let’s start with the bad news first, shall we? Continue reading “Just Thought You’d Like to Know…the State of the Vegas Dining Scene”

PINOT Envy Times Deux 2: a Good Day to DEUX

An interesting idea, credited to the Keeper of the Keys to this blog – Mr. John Curtas- is two critics taking in the same meal, writing a couple articles blind of each other’s impressions, and seeing where that leaves them.  This was doubly fortuitous, as in the making I learned of a crazy-good restaurant, easily overlooked for lack of PR, Pinot Brasserie.  Judging by our overlapping cares and qualms with the Franco-foods, it makes for an interesting look at things.

Pinot Brasserie, perhaps the most overlooked restaurant on the strip, has been punching out what can only be called “some seriously good food”.  Now I am generally loath to talk about food in the way people usually describe a burger stuffed bacon and hair gel, but the dishes coming from the hands of Chefs Eric Lhuiller and John Courtney are definitely -seriously- serious.  The menu has a ton of old-school French staples, from escargot to lobster bisque, precicely what you’d expect from a Brasserie but missing the specter of pomp and pernicious hoity-toity-isms so often looming in even the most traditionally casual French concepts.  A “bouchon” is no longer synonymous with friendly home-spun Lyonnaise sausage-huts, and a “bistro” is anything but modest or moderate, but a brasserie still clings to it’s roots as relaxed.

Chefs Eric and John. Dang, them CHOPS!

Continue reading “PINOT Envy Times Deux 2: a Good Day to DEUX”