Things have been fairly slow around the ELV manse of late, what with us putting the finishing touches on the EATING LAS VEGAS book, and having cut back on our restaurant schedule because of it.
Accordingly, we thought a quick tour of where we have eaten recently is in order, in order to point out some of the tastier bites we’ve encountered at some old friends and new acquaintances.
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I am a lover of beef, but I believe it does great harm to my wit. – William Shakespeare
(SW’s dry-aged strip sirloin)
How do you judge a steakhouse?
Is it the quality of the beef? How well they age it? Cook it?
The variety of the side dishes?
(Tortilla Sacramonte at Bazaar Meat)
Or is it all about the wine list to you?
(ELV’s usual wine choice with prime meat)
Continue reading “High Steaks – The Top 10 Steakhouses in Las Vegas”
When ELV — the man, the myth, the inveterate, insatiable, fastidious fresser — announced (on Facebook) he was about to do a dinner crawl through the SLS Hotel and Casino last month (to see how its eateries have held up after a year in operation), the comments he received both shocked and disappointed him.
“It used to be good, but isn’t anymore.”
“That place is always empty.”
“It’s about to go out of business.”
“You’ll find that most of the restaurants have either closed or have changed hands.”
Yep, that was the tenor of the comments he received….even as his staff was plowing through dish after tasty dish at the hotel….and he was live-tweeting about how extraordinary each mouthful was.
Well, nothing could be further from the truth.
Continue reading “SLS Turns 1 as its Suppers Continue to Shine”