This Just In – HOLSTEIN (another burger bar) Coming to Cosmo

ELV has learned that local restaurateurs Block 16 — the folks behind LBS Burger Joint at the Red Rock Casino are bringing another ground beef concept to the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino, when it opens on December 15.

Called Holstein, Chef Anthony Meidenbauer promises us the concepts will be new, the ingredients all-natural, ultra-fresh and organic, and in his words, there will be an emphasis “…(on) better burgers and (bringing) a funky, homegrown attitude to The Strip.”

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BACHI BURGER Tasty and Not-So-Tasty Snaps

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Before we leave Bachi Burger for good…and we mean for good, we thought we’d share some tasty, and not-so-tasty snaps of our second meal there.

As we said in the review, the chili chicken and kalbi burger were great. (We forgot to mention how good our fries were as well.) But once you get into the other “Asian” sandwiches, you might as well bring a bucket of water and a cardiologist.

‘Nuff said. We’re going to go back to eating good (we hope), overpriced Strip food for a while…and concentrate on being the high-brow, elitist, condescending, imperious, omnipresent and omniscient food critic for which we are known.

BACHI BURGER Doesn’t Cut the Kim Chee

Despite the hype, and an Asian spin on an American classic, Bachi Burger falls short

John Curtas

Wed, Jun 30, 2010 (4:10 p.m.)

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Bachi Burger’s Kalbi Burger

Photo: Beverly Poppe

Semi-Asian food in burger form, made palatable for white people, was all I could think of during my two visits to the new Green Valley joint Bachi Burger. Continue reading “BACHI BURGER Doesn’t Cut the Kim Chee”