Best meal out this week might have been from D’Agostino’s Trattoria. We got delicious amazing bread, an artichoke appetizer, catch of the day, and veal scallopini. Everything with food and service was just about perfect.
We also tried the new Shang Artisan Noodle Restaurant in Centennial.
It’s not their fault but I found out that I am not a fan of Chinese Sesame sauce and two dishes that I thought I’d like I found out that I didn’t care for. The beef dumplings also ran WAY TOO SALTY for me. But my husband liked his Dan Dan Noodles so it wasn’t a total wash.
My local Smith’s Grocery can win a prize for dirtiest Supermarket in all the land.
Well I guess their goal is to be the dirtiest Supermarket in the country?
Anyways-
Last week was Halloween and I made these really cool Deviled Eggs for a party so I am showing them off here.
La Pasadita Market – 3851 Pennwood Ave
Houston Texas Hot Chicken – 855 E Craig Rd – N.L.V.
Siegel’s Bagelmania – Boca Park – 730 S Rampart Blvd
And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News –
Charlie enjoying food from D’Agostino’s
Charlie enjoying some In-N-Out Cheeseburger
Charlie enjoying some leftovers from Shang Artisan Noodle
That was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week and this is
These are just a few of the foods that YOU can make too! Recipes can be found in the search.
Pad Kra Pao Style JackfruitTunisian Inspired CarrotsParmesan CauliflowerVegetarian Mexican Style Black BeansVegetarian Italian Style BeansPotato Stuffed Chicken MeatloafFocaccia di ReccoPizza with Fresh MozzarellaOne of my favorites…Seasoned Heirloom Tomatoes on top of Cheese Blend
These are just some of the FOODS that YOU can make too!
Sicilian Guys Trattoria is a full service Italian Restaurant and Bar located in the North/West part of Vegas. Inside they offer a variety of seating. They offer booths, traditional tables, bar seating and indoor patio seating.
On our most recent visit we were here at dinner time and they started us off with house made bread with a large sprig of rosemary and a small dish of embellished oil.
This was good we were happy with the bread.
My husband tried the arancini.
He said that this was less seasoned than he is used to but was the highlight of dinner tonight.
The most disappointing plate from all my visits here was the chicken marsala.
It looks good and the chicken is nice and tender but –
It’s next to tasteless.
It sits in something very watery that tastes like mushroom water.
My husband tastes a piece of the chicken and he says, “WOW that is tasteless” “You are going to need to add salt and pepper to it”
The other problem was that the pastas very over cooked and the bucatini are splitting in half.
My husband’s dinner is slightly better.
He had the chicken parm.
Again the chicken is tender and nice and moist and also the cheese on it is good.
But the pasta is also very over cooked and falling apart. Also the tomato sauce is very thick and has little flavor.
Below is Charlie eating a piece of pasta.
Below are reasonably good foods from previous visits.
beet & arugula salad
white pizza
Sunday Braciole
pollo vesuvio
pollo piccata
cannoli
Like most restaurants this one too can be hit or miss.
Lazeez Pakistani Indian Mediterranean Grill is a very unique restaurant located around the North Summerlin part of Vegas. They offer Pakistani-Type Indian Foods and also Mediterranean foods like hummus, falafels, and kabobs. Pakistani food runs more meat protein heavy than regular indian foods so you will find beef here and also hamburgers.
We decided to try the lunch buffet offered every day starting at 11:30.
Cold part of buffet
There’s a lot of food to try for only about $21.00 a person.
I was full after my first plate.
The appetizers were tasty (samosa and fried vegetable something) I also got chili chicken, chicken tikka masala, chic pea curry, chicken byiani, spinach curry, and suji halwa (taste like spiced apples but is semolina) Everything we tried seemed freshly made and was hot and fresh. I have to say it was mostly very good.
They also give you fresh made hot naan breads that are delicious.
Lazeez Pakistani Mediterranean Grill is Worth a Fork!
Sizzle Stack Burger is a small casual family owned burger place in the Spring Valley part of Vegas.
They have a small simple but good smash burger menu of fresh ground in-house brisket burgers and beef tallow fries.
It’s very casual inside.
You order and pay at the counter (BTW – This establishment is cashless you need a bank or credit card)
Then you get a number and seat yourself. The cashier serves you your beverage and runs the food out a few minutes latter.
We both tried smash burgers called Sizzle Stack Burgers (double patty, American cheese ((mine no cheese), grilled onions, pickles, house sauce) and some tallow fries.
This was all surprisingly very good. It’s like if fast food was good this would be it. Prices were also reasonable and the girl at the counter even checked on us.
These are the Horrific Foods that were served to me in Las Vegas in 2026.
Above is a plain pizza from Napoli Pizza of NORTH Las Vegas. They watered down the sauce so darn much that the sauce wasn’t sauce anymore. And to make the pizza even worst somebody thought to salt the top of the pizza instead of using something tasty like basil. This was BLECH to me.
This one maybe to some people doesn’t look bad but – It’s GROSS!
It’s called Flambe Tarte from Amardor Cocina Fina (Pastrami, Manchego Cheese, Caramelized Onions and a WHOLE TON of gross creme Fraiche. It’s just a mess. (P.S. I didn’t order this one)
From Fox Smokehouse BBQ
Nobody wants burnt cheese in their macaroni and cheese.
From Fox Smokehouse BBQ
Nobody wants dry and stringy dry pulled pork also from Fox Smokehouse BBQ.
from Fox Smokehouse BBQ Sausage from Mountain Mike’s Pizza Mountain Mike’s Lunch Buffet Pizza – Garlic Toast
Dry Dense Crust and Cheese That was similar to Hard Rubber
It doesn’t look terrible but –
Sichuan Chicken – poached chicken with rubbery skin, bones , and bone fragments
This Sichuan Chicken from Spicy Hero came with rubbery skin, lots of bones and bone fragments and was very oily and not spicy.
The made-in-house Pastrami Sandwich from Able Baker Bomb Shelter was awful. It didn’t taste like pastrami. It was more like Dollar Store lunch meat. – YUK!
Nobody likes spring rolls that are oily and mushy inside. (from Ping Pang Pong)
mushy spring rolls from Ping Pang Pong
I doubt anyone likes their Kung Pao Chicken sweet as sugar and with chicken strings also from Ping Pang Pong.
These were most of the Horrific Foods that we’ve come across in Las Vegas 2026
The BEST of the week came from ai Pazzi. In case you don’t know ai Pazzi is a fine dining Italian Restaurant by celebrity chef Fabio Viviani. This time we’ve enjoyed hand made raviolis, the branzino, the pork chop and a very pretty chocolate hazelnut dessert.
Went to SNS Diner BBQ with Charlie on the Patio. Me and Charlie had a Ground in House Angus Burger. Charlie and my husband had a Brisket Philly.
Sadly there is a worst of the week and plates came from the MICHELIN RECOMMENDED restaurant Ping Pang Pong.
One was a spring roll that was hot and mushy inside.
mushy spring rolls from Ping Pang Pong
The other was sickly SWEET Kung Pao Chicken with tendons or veins on most of the chicken chunks.
Super SWEET and attached tendons or Veins from Ping Pang Pong
My husband wasn’t particularly fond of the spicy shrimp with noodles either but it wasn’t as terrible as the above dishes.
BLECH!
In other FOOD News –
Some of the expected Fall or Later Food related openings are –
AB’s BBQ Fusion – 3318 E Flamingo Rd
Pop Up Bagels – NEAR to 7070 N Durango Dr
Penny’s Malasadas – 8525 Blue Diamond Rd
Picassa (Bakery Café) – Fashion Show
Soulful Eatery – 6475 W Charleston Blvd
Sbarro 5340 W Charleston Blvd
Cafe 86 – 9680 S Eastern Ave (Henderson)
Sourdough & Co – 7017 Spring Mountain Rd
Cardenas Market – 2400 N Rancho Dr (NLV)
Kiki Izakaya – 5255 S Decatur Blvd
Crysandra’s – Boca Park
Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse – MGM Grand
And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News –
Charlie enjoying some leftovers from ai Pazzi
Charlie enjoying some burger from SNS Diner BBQ
Charlie trying the sweet kung pao chicken. By the look on his face even he knows that it shouldn’t be so sweet.
That was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the week
There is always something new, weird, different, limited and special edition when you shop for food. These days you never know WTFORK you will come across when you shop for food.
Up above is
DIFFERENT General Mills – Peanut Butter Cinnamon Toast Crunch – Butter be tasty!
DIFFERENT – General Mills – Strawberry Cinnamon Toast Crunch – Berry Berry Good?
DIFFERENT – General Mills – Cinnamon Toast Waffle – You batter believe it!
DIFFERENT and WEIRD – General Mills – Artificially Flavored 3 NEW Unicorns Cotton Candy Lucky Charms. I have no idea WTFork this is.
LIMITED EDITION – General Mills – JUMBO UNICORNS – Lucky Charms – I don’t know about you but I don’t want unicorns in my cereal.
NEW – Kellogg’s – Cocoa Loops with OTHER natural flavors (maybe beaver butt juice?) (ick!)
DIFFERENT but not really – Kellogg’s Froot Loops with MARSHMALLOWS – (so you get less Froot Loops)
DIFFERENT – Kellogg’s – Frosted Flakes Strawberry Milkshake Flavored – Shake Skake Shake your Booty!
DIFFERENT – Kellogg’s Chocolate Milkshake – More Shake Shake Shake – Shake your Booty – Shake Your Booty!
THAT”S REALLY DIFFERENT – Kellogg’s 25% Less Sugar Frosted Flakes – Bet it doesn’t cost less with less sugar….
NEW – Post Cinnamon Pebbles
DIFFERENT – General Mills – Cookies and Cream Cheerios
LIMITED EDITION – Birthday Cake Cheerios – Cereal is not cake and who wants a Cheerio for their Birthday?
WEIRD – General Mills – Veggie Blend Cheerios- apple strawberry with spinach, carrots, and sweet potatoes & Blueberry Banana with spinach, carrots, and sweet potatoes – WEIRD!
It’s finally cool enough to dine out with Charlie.
We took him to the Market Grille Cafe. It’s a mostly Greek Restaurant with a few Italian dishes, a dog friendly patio and also a limited dog food menu.
My husband started with the avgalemono soup.
Next we both had small Greek Salads.
Charlie enjoyed some feta cheese from my Greek Salad.
Mains were-
Shrimp Skewer Meal
Salmon Skewer Meal
and Charlie’s
Steak and Rice Doggy Meal (normally they give too much rice so we asked for half rice)
Charlie enjoyed himself at
Market Grille Cafe – Centennial
7070 N Durango Dr Las Vegas NV
Next we took Charlie to SNS Diner BBQ in North Las Vegas. If they seem familiar then you probably saw them on Food Network on DDD with Guy Fieri. Of course we sat on the patio with Charlie.
A nice server took our order and soon we had food.
Me and Charlie tried a ground in house Angus burger with house made chips.
I am happy to say that Charlie enjoyed the burger. It was cooked past my requested medium but was still juicy so it was ok for me.
Charlie also got some cheesesteak and macaroni and cheese.
Charlie enjoyed!
SNS Diner BBQ
3229 Losee Rd N Las Vegas NV
702-269-9696
www.SNSDiner.com
That was Dining Out With Charlie in Las Vegas – October 2026.
I Hope that You’ve enjoyed and I hope to see you next month! The Forking TruthIn Memory Bella 6-1-2012 – 9-1-2026
The Charcoal Room is a steakhouse with two locations in Las Vegas NV. One is located in Palace Station that is close to the strip and the other is in Santa Fe Station that is in North/West Las Vegas. The Santa Fe has a large bar in the middle of the restaurant with mostly booths all around the room and a few traditional tables.
Whatever you order they start you off with a bread basket and butter.
This time we tried the shishito peppers as an appetizer.
They are good but run a bit too spicy hot today. I take most them home to freeze and use for when I need hot peppers.
For my main I tried the miso glazed sea bass special.
For me it’s reasonably good. All is well.
My husband tries the surf and turf special (lobster tail and 6 oz Prime Filet).
