Able Baker Bomb Shelter Craft Beer & Food Centennial Las Vegas NV – Newly Opened!

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In case you are interested – Able and Baker are code names of the first two atomic bombs that were dropped on the Nevada Test Site during WWII.

Well now we have a new Able Baker Bomb Shelter that offers craft beers and craft foods. They offer a good sized bar and bar area, a separate dining area, and two outdoor patios.

I got the impression that they are still working things out on the menu because the crispy cauliflower was changed since the menu was printed.

After trying it this is the one dish they might still have to work on. It’s too soft and too bland.But don’t worry all the other food we tried was great!

It’s a salad called strawberry fields with added salmon. The salmon is really good today. It’s a nice big piece that is seasoned well. it’s moist, it’s juicy, it has a medium center. The salad is soft greens with goat cheese, strawberries, and walnuts with a vinaigrette dressing. It’s good but a bit too heavy with the dressing.

My husband tried the pork belly dip sandwich with fries.

He said that it was delicious and very good. Only peeves – Most of the meat was only on 1/2 the sandwich and the other peeve is that they were a bit too light with the caramelized onions.

Below are all the caramelized onions he got.

I packed up 1/2 my salad so I would have room to try some dessert.

It’s called a brioche cinnamon roll and it’s topped with ube gelato. It’s very light and delicate except for the gelato that is very hard. It’s good but very delicate in texture and flavors.

Able Baker Bomb Shelter – Newly Opened!

6371 Centennial Center Blvd Las Vegas NV

www.AbleBakerBrewing.com

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The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week

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One of the Tastiest Bites was the new rosemary focaccia bread with heritage butters. The bread was delicious but it was the unique spectacular creamy butters that were extra special. They gave us Spanish butter, Italian butter, and Filipino butter. They were all good and interesting but the Spanish butter was CRAZY Great! My husband enjoyed the meltingly tender Bistek (Prime NY) in a soy citrus gravy. I enjoyed the fish Florentine (cod) below are pictures from several visits.

Fish Tacos from La Casa de Juliette were AMAZING and Delicious and really big too.

But on the other hand their wings and brisket enchiladas all do taste good but were all over cooked or re-heated and were dry and chewy.

My local Smith’s is still so filthy.

And they SUNK TO A NEW LOW>

They are trying to sell used food. LOOK at that box.

In other FOOD News – The coming soon

Newly Opened – Yogurtland – 1930 Village Center Circle

July 16 Meril (Emeril Lagassie Group) OPENS in M Resort Casino – Henderson

Summer? Noodle Harbor – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd

This Year? Five Guys – Showcase Mall

And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News –

My DOGS enjoying a Chicken Guy’s Chicken Sandwich

That was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week

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Recipe Idea – Mac-N-Cheese Egg Rolls

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I do not have a recipe published for macaroni and cheese because I always make it slightly different depending on what cheese I have around the house. But I usually try to make it with lots of aged cheddar, better American cheese, some parmesan. I also use non fat milk, some butter, corn starch, paprika, white pepper, black pepper and Frank’s Red Hot Sauce.

If I’m stuffing the macaroni and cheese into egg roll wrappers then I get a pot of oil getting hot on the stove. I start on high and eventually turn down to medium after it seems very hot.

Then I pull out an egg roll wrapper and brush the ends lightly with water and put a pile of macaroni and cheese in the middle.

Then roll it up.

Then I fry until they look done.

Everyone likes them.

Go make some.

ENJOY!!!!

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My Trip to Mountain Mike’s Pizza North Las Vegas NV – BLECH!

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Mountain Mikes is a national chain of casual pizza with salad bar restaurants. They’ve been in business for over forty years and have well over two hundred locations.

It’s casual. You order and pay at the counter. You grab your own drink and silverware and seat yourself.

We decided to try the lunch buffet.

Below is the salad bar.

Below are the pizzas

I start with a salad.

Some things don’t seem that fresh and the beets do taste like a can.

These were the only meatless selections.

Ick

The crust is dense and heavy. The cheese is like rubber mixed with saw dust in your mouth and there is no sauce.

Later I found out that they only put out garlic bread. Some with very HOT jalapeños (YUK!) and some without jalapeños.

My husband got dried up sausage on his pizza.

A Horror Movie was playing in the dining room that mirrored the food.

This food is so horrible that it can make you scream!

Then when we left I noticed how filthy it was by the front door.

That was our trip to Mountain Mike’s Pizza.

785 E Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV

702-988-3200

www.MountainMikesPizza.com

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My Trip to Hummus Club – North Las Vegas NV

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Hummus Club is a fast food build it yourself Mediterranean type bowl place that until recently was known as the popular chain called Hummus Republic. The only differences that I noticed is that the atmosphere is filled with Indian Music and they do happen to offer a few Indian Specials in addition to the Mediterranean build your own bowls with a variety of hummus.

Here are the Indian Fusion Dishes

We try the Pani Puri.

They have vegetables inside dressed with tamarind sauce. No potatoes or chickpeas like what you normally get. Also the chutney water is very weak.

Here’s a build your own bowl with harissa honey chicken and lemon herb chicken.

Today either the hot line isn’t working correctly or they ran late heating up the pans because the food was served almost cold.

On the other hand they did make the chicken tikka masala bowl fresh. They gave me white rice instead of yellow rice.

Not as flavorful as from most places but better than frozen food.

That was our trip to Hummus Club.

2546 E Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV

702-808-5005

No website but they are on Door Dash

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Alchemist Bar & Restaurant – Pretty Amazing – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

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Alchemist Bar & Restaurant is located in Chinatown. It was awarded Best Off Strip Bar in Vegas and more recently by OnDeck a Highest Independent Restaurant Award so this seemed like a logical place to try. Inside is a large bar surrounded by high top tables, booths, and a pool table.

You can order wine here but their specialty are their cocktails. Below are just some of the cocktail offerings.

I tried the Nonna’s Concoction

I never had anything like this before. Tomato Water, Rhubarb, Tequila, Mezcal …….Really smooth and different.

My husband tried the Butter Me Up

This one is HONKING Strong but very layered with flavors and it comes with caramel pop corn. Then after a sip you still get banging different layers of flavors. Now this one was super interesting.

I’d consider the food menu sort of New American with Global Fusion.

We started out by sharing the catch of the day spring rolls (sea bass)

They were nicely prepared and nicely presented. We both thought they were tasty and the sauce on the side wasn’t too sweet or too spicy.

For my dinner I tried the Norwegian Salmon.

The fish is on the thin side for salmon but the skin on the fish is masterfully crispy and the center is a nice medium. This sits on the butteriest pomme puree that’s also embellished with pesto and anther sauce that gives off layers of delicious flavors. This is also adorned with some bread that mops this up deliciously.

My husband tried the Jumping Beef.

Tender Vietnamese Style Beef with a nicely prepared sunny up egg with miso confit tomatoes and bread.

Alchemist Bar & Restaurant is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Alchemist Bar & Restaurant

4300 Spring Mountain Rd Las Vegas NV

702-745-4664

www.AlchemistBar.net

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The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week

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Best of the week was Tamba a contemporary Indian Restaurant. On both visits the food really was amazing and one of the bests of the year. Below are pictures from two visits.

Another very good was Lucino’s Pizza. They offer either the best or one of the very best Philly Style cheesesteaks that you can get in Vegas. Also other things we’ve tried from Lucino’s were pretty darn good too!

Cheesesteak from Lucino’s Pizza

In other FOOD News – The coming soon

June 26 – Honolulu Cookie (largest U.S. location) The Link Promenade

Summer? – Blvd Bar BQ & Wings – 6435 S Rainbow Blvd

Fall? – Binchotan (Korean Pork Restaurant) 953 E Sahara Ave

This Year? Almi’s Kitchen 4970 Arville St

And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News – My dogs eating a Carl’s Jr Cheeseburger

That was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week

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New Weird DIFFERENT Limited and Special Edition FOODS Out There June 2026

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There is always something New, Weird, Different, Limited, and Special Edition in the wonderful world of food. We just never know what the FORKwe will come across when we shop for food.

Up above is –

WEIRD – King Pork BUTT Sliced Curls – Something to pig out on. Oink Oink!

WEIRD – Cheetos Flamin’ HOT Dill Pickle Puffs – Doubt it’s DILLishous!

Different – Doritos Golden Sriracha Chips ????

DIFFERENT – Lay’s Bacon Grilled Cheese Potato Chips with “OTHER” natural flavors (maybe? beaver butt juice?)

DIFFERENT – Kettle – Spicy Kimchi Potato Chips

DIFFERENT – Rivalz – Stuffed Snacks Extra Chedda’ Mac – ?

LIMITED EDITION – Lance Nashville Hot Cheddar Sandwich Crackers – Sounds tasty but don’t know?

DIFFERENT – Pop Daddy Pretzels – Smoked Gouda

DIFFERENT and possibly Gross – Pop Daddy Pretzels – Birthday Cake

DIFFERENT – Pop Daddy Pretzels – Garlic Parmesan

DIFFERENT – Pop Daddy Pretzels – Cinnamon Sugar

DIFFERENT and maybe NUTS! – Planters Hot Chipotle Peanuts

LIMITED EDITION – General Mills Reese’s Puffs BUNNIES – Hop to it

WEIRD – Kellogg’s – Some sort of SpongeBob Cereal????

DIFFERENT – Tochi Sriracha Salmon Chips 100% Norwegian Salmon – Fishy?

DIFFERENT – Huer – Cholula Chamoy Medium Hot Mango, Watermelon, Pineapple Gummies (not for everyone. Maybe that is why it was on clearance?)

DIFFERENT – Van Leeuwen’s Dubai Style Chocolate Cone Ice Cream – ?

NEW – Van Leeuwenhoek Strawberry & Cream and Orange & Cream French Ice Cream Bonbons

And there is usually something Oreo –

DIFFERENT – Nabisco LOADED Oreo cookies with added CRUMBS Oh boy what a treat?

Well that was the New, Weird, Different, Limited, and Special Edition Foods out there for June 2026. Who knows What The FORK we will come across next month?

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Dogs Dining on Mostly Cheeseburgers in Las Vegas NV June 2026

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Well it’s too hot to dine out with dogs in Las Vegas this time of year so the dogs get a car ride and we pick up usually a cheeseburger for them.

They got an In-N-Out Cheeseburger.

They always enjoy a ride and burgers from In-N-Out

www.In-N-Out.com

Still Hot. The Dogs got a car ride to Arby’s and got a Brisket Sandwich.

We brought the brisket sandwich home.

The dogs enjoyed their trip to Arby’s.

www.Arbys.com

Dogs got a Carl’s Jr Cheeseburger.

The Dogs never turn down a Carl’s Jr Cheeseburger.

www.CarlsJr.com

106F today so the dogs got a car ride to In-N-Out Burger.

Then we go home and the dogs eat the cheeseburger there.

They always enjoy a car ride to In-N-Out Burger

www.In-N-Out.com

Still HOT so they got another ride to In-N-Out Burger.

www.In-N-Out.com

Here they are with a Carls Jr Cheeseburger.

“That burger looks a bit squished but I’ll eat it anyway”

www.CarlsJr.com

That was DOGS dining on mostly cheeseburgers for June 2026. We hope that you’ve enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.

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In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017

My 2026 Trip to Firefly Tapas – Las Vegas NV

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Firefly Tapas is a Spanish Style Taps Restaurant and Bar with two locations in Vegas, The Hughes Center Drive location is located near to the Las Vegas Strip. It’s spacious and rich looking inside with a large bar area, large dining areas and a large patio.

Whatever you order they always offer you complimentary bread with delicious spiced butter with almonds.

Our favorite tapas from our last visit was the tuna tartare so we got it again.

It’s different. This tuna tastes more like raw tuna.

Last time the tuna was marinated and had a delicious sauce. See below.

last years tuna tartare

Don’t know what happened with the tuna tartare here?

The apple manchego salad was delicious and very good.

So was the tomato basil soup with mini grilled cheese but-

One sandwich hardy had any cheese in it.

I thought the stuffed peppers were tasty.

The steak and mushroom skewers also were delicious but –

The steak is very chewy

That was my trip to Firefly Tapas

Las time the food was either perfect or amazing. (well most places aren’t perfect all the time)

This time slightly hit and miss.

Firefly Tapas Restaurant and Bar

335 Hughs Center Dr Las Vegas NV

702-369-3971

www.FireflyLV.com

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