The Newest Superior Grocers opened on the west side of town. It’s about a block away from Arizona Charlie’s Hotel/Casino. Superior Grocers are an independently owned California Grocery Chain and as of summer 2025 have two location in Las Vegas Nevada. They offer all your typical supermarket items plus many hard to find Hispanic items like FRESH Chile Chiltepe peppers!
They also have Cacahuate Espanol seasoning and lots of dried Chile Peppers.
Where else have you ever seen miniature fresh corn?
They also have lots of Chicharrons here!
And great prices on potatoes (10 pounds $1.79) I noticed that many things were just .99cents a pound like all the different kinds of apples today.
They also offer the hard to find Pink Pineapples.
Superior Grocers has a Superior Produce Department!
8282 Korean BBQ Express is a casual fast Korean Food (?) type of eatery located in North Las Vegas Nevada. You order at the counter and someone fills a big Styrofoam Container with food from behind the glass for you. In addition to the buffet behind the glass they also offer a menu of a few side dishes or appetizers.
Then you seat yourself.
We both tried two meat platters. They came packed enough to serve four people each and also came with a cup of soup and some kimchi.
I got Korean Fried Chicken (?), beef bulgogi (?), japchae (noodles), and steamed white rice.
The chicken tastes like chicken nuggets but has a gooey textured exterior. The chicken is dry inside and most pieces contain a chicken joint that you have to spit out.
The Beef Bulgogi is dried out and has little flavor of any kind. Also nearly every piece of beef contains hard grizzle that you have to spit out.
Not a big fan of the noodles.
The steamed white rice is really the only thing I can eat.
I ate very little but had all these chicken joints and grizzle that I spit out.
Grizzle and Chicken joints from the meats I tried from 8282 Korean BBQ
My husband tried some potstickers (we were told that they are beef & pork)
He said they were flavorless
He had a two meat platter of pork bulgogi, soy grilled chicken, japchae, fried rice.
The soy grilled chicken contained chicken joints in nearly every piece. He said the pork bulgogi wasn’t good but maybe was the best of the meats we’ve tried. He didn’t care for the noodles. The fried rice wasn’t so great either and also contained lumps of white rice in it.
We had POUNDS of leftover food (? food) that wasn’t good enough to donate to a homeless person.
Tacos Los Barrios is a casual type of taco restaurant with all day breakfast with a a few (4 locations at moment) and one food truck in the Las Vegas Area. The Craig and Rancho or North/West is one of the locations that just opened. They offer 12 varieties of tacos, all day breakfast, tortas, quesadillas, burritos, bowls, nachos, birria ramen, combo plates, and more. Soft beverages are served here. Inside they have a few booths, and a few high tops for seating and outside is a small patio.
They offer a salsa and condiment bar to embellish your goodies.
We tried chips with the salsas and a side order of guacamole.
All tasty but the top two salsas are very spicy HOT.
We tried –
Crispy Fish Tacos
Pollo Asada and Birria Tacos
Carne Asada, Carnitas, and Adobada Tacos
Shrimp Taco
All the tacos were SURPRISINGLY GOOD! Not a bad one in the bunch! That’s pretty rare. (Oh and they didn’t cost much either)
Tacos Los Barrios is Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Tacos Los Barrios – Craig & Rancho
4343 N Rancho Dr Las Vegas NV
702-600-4080
www.TacosLosBarriosLV.com
www.TacosLosBarriosLV.Square.Site (This one is better)
*******UPDATE NOW CLOSED FOR BUSINESS*****The Meat Wagon is a different kind of mostly American Restaurant with a sense of humor. They offer a Brussels sprouts appetizer in a ceramic toilet. Inside you will notice a space theme. Sometimes you get picked to spin a wheel and you might win a prize like a rubber duck. This restaurant is located on the west side of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer a lot of very cheesy sandwiches on house made flat breads. They also offer a lot of unique “stick to your ribs” type foods like tacos on house made flat breads, burgers, wings, chicken and waffles, potato skins stuffed with Korean BBQ, and MORE!
Below is part of the inside.
Below is part of dining area.
So far we’ve tried –
In a ceramic dish that looks like a toilet –
Crispy Brussels Sprouts with Garlic Truffle Butter, Aged Parmesan, and Honey Butter – This was surprisingly good.
They also serve Beer Battered Onion Rings in a Toilet.
Between us we tried a bunch of the tacos.
The above tacos are –
Queso Birria
Hot Korean
Habanero Carne Asada – All delicious and tender but was surprised that the Habanero Carne Asada was mild. Below are –
Three Tacos with House Made Chips
Green Chili Chicken Taco
Ale Battered Fish Taco
Truffle Garlic Mushroom Brie Taco with Spicy Raspberry Sauce
All the tacos were delicious. Better than most I’ve tried in Las Vegas.
My husband tried the special of the called The Conspiracy Theory of the day.
It was a BBQ Sirloin with Caramelized Onions, Bacon, Cheese on a house made pita with Fries.
And I got to try the Free Bird Sandwich with Rocket Fries.
It’s embellished with white balsamic slaw, tasty crisp pickle chips and hot honey. The chicken might be the juiciest fried chicken breast I’ve ever tried and the fries are tasty and freshly made.
There is always something new, weird, different, limited, and special edition in the wonderful world of food. We just never know WTFork we’ll come across when we shop for food.
Up above is –
DIFFERENT – General Mills – Chocolate Chex
DIFFERENT – Niramay – Jalapeno Chutney Naan Pretzels and Pink Salt Naan Pretzels
DIFFERENT – Niramaya – Tandoori BBQ Naan Pretzels
DIFFERENT – Premium – Korean Sweet & Spicy Puffs Yangnyeom Style with Korean Fried Chicken Seasoning – Sounds delicious but don’t know till I try it.
NEW – Lay’s Potato Chips in Valintina & Lime, Bacon Grilled Cheese, & Wavy Korean-Style Fried Chicken
WEIRD – Tochi – Salted Egg Salmon Chips – A little fishy treat?
DIFFERENT – Nutty Fruity – Thai Crispy Rice Korean Sauce flavored
Really Different – Trader Joes – Japanese Mini Taiyaki Custard filled Fish Waffles….HAhahahaha
DIFFERENT and maybe WEIRD – Trader Joes Celebration Mini Cake Pretzels
DIFFERENT – Veggie Vice Freeze Dried Zucchini Chips
DIFFERENT – Veggie Vice Freeze Dried Broccoli Chips
WEIRD – Sahale – Pomegranate Vanilla Cashews
WEIRD – Manna Loa – Maui Onion & Garlic
WEIRD – Salsa Verde Cashews
WEIRD – Blue Cheese Cashews
DIFFERENT – Fresh Fizz Soda – Date Cola (sounds good?)
DIFFERENT – Fresh Fizz Hibiscus Ginger Ale (might be good?)
Dining with dogs is a “FLUFF” story and is usually about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my late dog Louie. He always enjoyed going out to eat. When he got elderly poor Louie came down with aggressive cancer. We were told that Louie only had 3-maybe 6 months to live. Since Louie enjoyed going out to eat I took him out to eat as often as possible. Instead of his 3-6 month diagnosis Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when I can and when the weather is right.
At the end of June we got lucky and had one cooler afternoon so the dogs got to go to the California Fish Grill.
The dogs got to eat branzino, parmesan green beans, feta cheese, fried fish, and fried shrimp today. (the Brussels sprouts had balsamic so I couldn’t give them to dogs. Anything grape and anything vinegar is harmful to dogs)
We always enjoy the California Fish Grill.
California Fish Grill
6440 Centennial Center Blvd Las Vegas NV
725-231-7444
www.CAFishGrill.com
Then it got HOT and the dogs got a car ride to In-N-Out Burger. The Giant Aussie got so excited she smacked the Beagle Mix dog out of his seat so she could watch the In-N-Out action.
It was boarder line hot (89F) So I thought I could feed them quickly on the shaded patio.
www.In-N-Out.com
We were buying bagels at NY Bagel N Bakery and I noticed on the counter some TastyKakes and some house made DOG Biscuits for sale so I purchased the dog biscuits and some bagels.
It seemed like they enjoyed the dog biscuits.
It’s still too hot to dine out with dogs so we gave them a car ride to pick up a Five Guys Cheeseburger. (plain no bun)
Of course they enjoyed this.
They always enjoy a Five Guys Cheese burger
Very Hot this week so it was In-N-Out again.
Too hot for the patio so we brought it home.
The dogs always enjoy a ride with cheese burgers.
www.In-N-Outt.com
That was Doing with DOGS for July 2025. We hope that you’ve enjoyed and we hope to see you next month.
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
Nom Pang Sandwiches is a casual (order at the counter) Cambodian Restaurant located in the North/West part of Las Vegas Nevada. Nom Pang is the Cambodian name for a sandwich made with a lighter crisp rice flour baguette. It is dressed with either a mayonnaise (depending on the variety) or pork spread. Then a choice of filling that is topped with pickled vegetables, jalapeños, and cilantro.
Pork Belly Nom Pang (The BBQ Chicken Nom Pang looks the same)
They also offer Spicy Lemongrass Chicken Vermicelli Bowls (pictured below)(my favorite so far)
Or maybe you might like to try the Cambodian Chicken Curry?
They also offer Pork Belly with Egg and Rice with Seasonal Pickled Vegetables.
They also offer daily specials-
The food is tasty and is also very inexpensive.
At this time that is subject to change a Nom Pang runs $8-$8.50)
The Black Sheep is a Modern Vietnamese/American full service restaurant and bar located about fifteen minutes past the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant is by Chef Jamie Tran who was a former BRAVO TOP CHEF contestant and also was Eater Las Vegas 2017 Chef of the year.
Below is Chef Jamie Tran at the bar helping out.
Below is a BIG TASTE of The Black Sheep….I do note that the menu changes some from time to time.
The Salmon Skin Tacos are usually offered on the menu and are usually amazing.
Often the Bao Sliders with house made sausage are on the menu. My husband said that these are delicious.
hamachi crudo
I thought this version of the Hamachi Crudo was amazing.
The latest version of the Hamachi is very good not amazing like the other version but still very good.
June 2025 Hamachi Crudo
New appetizer Oxtail Empanada was very good and came with delicious pickled cabbage.
Above are the Oxtail Empanadas
Haiya Chicken
The Short Rib is often on the menu
Boneless crispy trout
I had the signature boneless crispy rainbow trout six times already. 4 of the 6 were crispy.
On my June 2025 visit the fish was indeed crispy and looked like this –
My husband often gets the Pork Jowl and he said that it is jiggly good.
The dessert menu often changes
Citrus Meringue with purple yam crust
Passionfruit Mango Swiss Roll
Miso Chocolate Mousse Cake
Profiterole with Cherry Ice Cream (all house made)
Vietnamese Spiced Poached Pear with Goat Cheese (I think this was an appetizer but we enjoyed it as an amazing dessert)
ai Pazzi is a very nice Italian Restaurant located in the Rampart Casino/Hotel in the Summerlin part of Las Vegas Nevada. This restaurant is brought to you by celebrity chef Fabio Viviani.
Inside it’s rich, airy and modern.
Whatever you order they start you off with delicious house made focaccia that’s embellished with olive oil, rosemary, and grated cheese.
They also offer a few wines blended by the chef.
We tried the arancini (fried rice balls)
Here they are a little different and are vegetarian with a cheese center and sit in a pecorino cheese sauce.
For my main I tried the branzino.
I got a very generous amount of meaty fish that’s prepared to perfection and comes with a nicely grilled lemon. The salad is made of very fresh bitter young greens. The dressing really pops. I think because it’s made with an unusual vinegar that is very tasty.
We planned to share charred broccolini. We were getting kinda full so we brought it home.
My husband enjoyed the Pollo Scarpariello.
He said it was all very good but especially enjoyed the house made sausage in the dish.
We also enjoyed the lemon ricotta cake.
And they surprised us with a celebration dessert plate.
