ELV note: Scroll to the 16:13 mark to watch ELV’s meltdown over the perplexing popularity of (yet another) vapid, franchised Italian restaurant, and please bear with our scratchy voice that keeps threatening to heal, but which has plagued us for the past two weeks.
And while we’re at it, we’d love for someone to explain to us why Brio is turning away customers every night…
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Chef of the Century to Host Eating Las Vegas Book Launch Party
Las Vegas—Master chef Joël Robuchon will personally host the launch party and unveiling of the eateries selected and reviewed in the hotly anticipated book Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants. |
Last week, Mad Man Mancini (aka Al Mancini) — Official Friend Of ELV and restaurant critic for Las Vegas CityLife magazine — sat down with us (accompanied by a tape recorder) by the Mandalay Bay pool to discuss the impact Top Chef (currently filming in Las Vegas), has had on the quality of restaurants and cooking in America (and whether its show will be good for Las Vegas). Short answer: Yes indeedy
Click here to read a couple of critics talk about this (and other weighty matters affecting the televised culinary world) in the erudite, learned, incisive and philosophical tones for which they are known.
