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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.

HERBS & RYE – reviewed in Las Vegas Weekly

(ELV note: what follows is our review of Herbs & Rye — published yesterday in the Las Vegas Weekly. Last night we received a call from owner Nectaly Mendoza informing us that the he and his chef had parted company a few days earlier, and that he was eager to find a new direction for his kitchen. We are going to meet him tomorrow to discuss the review and ideas for improving the menu. Would that all restaurateurs were so mature and level-headed… In any event, despite the negativity of the review, we are rooting for Mendoza, and intend to give H & R a second chance, once his new kitchen crew gets squared away.)

When Nectaly Mendoza opened Herbs & Rye late last year—on a forlorn stretch of west Sahara near Valley View—I was a bit put off by its name, which tells you nothing; my hopes took another small plunge when I first entered the place, redone with an on-the-cheap speakeasy look.

Herbs and Rye's rendition of the classic Moscow Mule made with vodka, lime juice and ginger beer.

Photo: Beverly Poppe

Herbs and Rye’s rendition of the classic Moscow Mule made with vodka, lime juice and ginger beer.

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