Tag: Nevada Public Radio

Tune In Tomorrow – John & Max Return to KNPR’s State Of Nevada

Tune in tomorrow morning food fans, at 9:00 am, on News 88.9 FM KNPR’s State Of Nevada (or listen in at www.knpr.org) for more delightful dish from the disputatious dining divas known John & Max, as we discuss, debate, and dissect (for your delectation) such diverse, delicious delectables as:

> Fine wine times and the changing Las Vegas culture in all things grapey with Master Sommelier/winemaker Kevin Vogt;

> The beginnings and growth of the Slow Food movement in Southern Nevada;

> Uber-media guy Steve Freiss on how Las Vegas hotels are blowing a big marketing opportunity surrounding this season of Top Chef Las Vegas;

> Our first Bottom Five: The Worst of the Worst Fast Food Entrees in America; followed by;

> Eat It Or Beat It: featuring formidable food fights over either fabulous favorites or flagrantly flaccid food flops.

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In Kase You Missed It…

Click here to hear me and Maxie pummel each other like bad bread dough on this morning’s State Of Nevada.

Also featured:

> S. Irene Virbila (restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times) on why Italian restaurants are so bad;

> Elizabeth Muto on the good works (and fundraiser tonight at M Resort) of the Epicurean Charitable Foundation;

> Our Top 5 Vegas burgers;

> Downtown throwdown, and;

> Eat It Or Beat It featuring: Crazy Pita, FIRST Food and Bar, and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza.

A Not-So-Happy New Year For Restaurants

ELV POSTS CORRECTION: We mistakenly reported that Woo in The Palazzo had closed. We discovered last night that reports of its death had been greatly exaggerated. All bets are off, however, on its chances for survival. ELV blames his staff and regrets the error.

Now, back to reality.

The headline in Nation’s Restaurant News in June said: “Vegas refuses to fold as economy craps out.” By late September that same banner read: “Hard luck befalls Las Vegas following U.S. housing bust.”

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