Hangin’ with hot, tall, willowy blondes (or hot magazine editors for that matter) is something ELV only does with his doctor’s permission these days. But when Jamie Nielsen-Langdon invited us to the Flamingo for a tasting of Sin City Brewing Company’s new brews, we were in faster than you can say Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.
Continue reading “Poundin’ (more like tastin’) brewskis at the Sin City Brewing Company”
Click here if you’d like to hear ELV extol the virtues of Rino Armeni’s Pip’s Cucina and Wine Bar in Aliante Station, in the alliterative, alimentary, illustrious and illustrative tones for which he is known.
PIP’S CUCINA AND WINE BAR
In the Aliante Hotel and Casino
7300 Aliante Pkwy.
North Las Vegas, NV 89084
702.692.7777
Bento boxes, Cornish pasties and Picon punch? Who says there’s no good eatin’ in Northern Nevada? Actually, we have. But that’s only because we didn’t know what we were talking about. Below, food friend, former Las Vegan and now Salt Lake City writer-in-residence Greg Thilmont explores the best eats in some out-of-the-way (and not so out-of-the-way) spots way up north:
While Las Vegas is the undisputed epicenter of cuisine in Nevada,
there’s plenty noteworthy eating and drinking to be done up north in
the Silver State—some for historical reasons, some for surprising
novelty. I took a gustatory drive through the Great Basin last week,
and here are some highlights of my picturesque trip.
A Picon punch in the sweetbreads
Northern Nevada (along with southwestern Idaho and northeastern
California) is the heartland of North American Basque culture. In
Basque-style restaurants, dinners are served family style, meaning
many sides and multiple courses. Stopping in Winnemuccca, I chose to
dine at the the Martin Hotel, a bar/eatery/meeting place located in a
historic building right against the railroad tracks—the location
seemed fitting for a food-oriented journey.
Continue reading “Eating (and Drinking) Northern Nevada – by Greg Thilmont”