Tag: Nevada Public Radio

Desert Companion’s Restaurant Awards Announced

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to Andrew Kiraly, Sabin Orr and Christopher Smith for making our prose look so delicious. (Click on the link below to read all of this lip smacking news amongst some of the most luscious photographs imaginable…)




The BEEG WEINERS:

Restaurant of the Year: SAGE

Chef of the Year: Pascal Sanchez (Twist by Pierre Gagnaire)

Pastry Chef of the Year: Kamel Guechida (Joel Robuchon and L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon)

Sommelier of the Year: Willi Sherer (Aureole)

Excellence in Management and Service: SPAGO

Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year: ROSEMARY’S

Ethnic Restaurant of the Year: RAKU

Cocktail Bar of the Year: AMERICAN FISH

“Dealicious” Meal of the Year: BOSA 1


In Case You Missed It – Food Talk on Nevada Public Radio

We at ELV know that most of you don’t sit around your radios at 10:40 am on Friday mornings wishing, hoping and praying that the programmers at Nevada Public Radio will give you another taste of Max Jacobson and John Curtas’ captivating, contumacious and condescending commentary about the Vegas food and restaurant scene.

Therefore, as a public service, we hereby offer you this link to last Friday’s program. Scroll down on the page to get to the “listen link” so that you can actually enjoy the audio.

Featured:

Our Top 5 coffee shops in town, and

EAT IT OR BEAT IT, where we review:

Naked City Sandwich Shop

Hue Thai’s Famous French Sandwiches, and

American Fish.

In Case You Missed It – Max & John on KNPR’s State Of Nevada

We at ELV know most of you have better things to do on a Friday morning (play video poker, nurse a hangover, contemplate great architecture, etc…) than to sit glued to a radio listening to intellectual-and-digestively-stimulating banter about food and restaurants. Therefore, as a public service, we provide this link to yesterday’s State Of Nevada program on KNPR.

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