The Urban Vibe Panel Discussion (and Wine Bar!) next Wednesday

ELV note: In the interest of public health, safety and the future of downtown Las Vegas (something we’ve been bemoaning for twenty years), we intend to run this invitation several times between now and next Wednesday. ELV is still waiting for the “…converging of downtown artists, proprietors and restaurateurs,” so if you are expecting a love fest, know that we intend to ask some hard questions of these movers and shakers. Regardless of what we say, listening to Moderator Steve Sebelius, James Reza, Jennifer Cornthwaite, Andrew Kiraly (all Official Friends of ELV) et al will be, in and of itself, a treat.

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SAM WOO fails to do so…

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As long as we’re in a Chinese frame of mind, it’s time to relate one of the worst meals we’ve ever had on Spring Mountain Road. What made it all the more painful was it came from Sam Woo BBQ — one of the first SMR restaurants ever to woo us, way back in the Stone Age, i.e., circa 1994. For years we’ve relied on Sam Woo for basic, authentic, no frills Chinese food that appears from the kitchen almost preternaturally fast. This time, we fear, we’ve been cured of returning here forever.

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