Bite of Europe is a European Style Bar and Restaurant located in the North-West Part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer things like Beef Stroganoff, Schnitzel, Pelmeni, Pierogi, and Specials.
The regular menu items we tried were all reasonably good.
Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs
Peach Dessert
Potato and Cheese Pierogi
Turkey Stuffed Cabbage
Then we tried specials on our second visit.
Khachapuri Adjaruli – Bread filled with cheeses and an egg yolk that you mix into the cheese. (bread was a bit raw and lacking salt and the cheese ran bitter)
Goulash Stew – Tasty but pork was dry and stringy.
Chicken Parikash with spetzel – This just didn’t taste good. My husband tasted it and said, “THAT’S WEIRD TASTING.”
Bite of Europe – Hit & Miss – Safer to go with the regular menu and to avoid the specials.
The 2025 Viva Taco Fest Happened in North Las Vegas Nevada at Craig Ranch Park on Craig Road (Oct.31, Nov.1, Nov.2). This was billed as the largest taco fest in the country. A fifteen dollar ticket got you a general admission ticket to get you in and the rest was up to you. You enter and see an endless amount of venders selling all kinds of goods. It was sort of like a swap mart was brought to you. Then you pass by various Day of The Dead displays. (below are just a few)
Then you finally get to the food venders. This was the first food truck I saw.
Not all but the majority of food was offered here.
I was very surprised that a lot of the food offered wasn’t tacos.
There were several different French Fry Vendors.
Funnel cake vender. I also saw pizza here, a few doughnuts, and few Ice creams.
Further down was a large stage with blaring Mexican Music.
They also had covered patio seating.
We tried a variety of tacos from a variety of places here.
Fish and Shrimp Tacos
Bulgogi Beef, Carne Asada, Chicken with red salsa, Chicken with Green salsa
Chicken and Carne Asada Tacos – These were the best by a long shot. They were so darn flavorful that the other tacos SUCKED after tasting these tacos.
They came from here.
I don’t think there is a name anywhere. I see a logo for Mr Papas Potato chips but nothing else. (a couple people on Facebook told me the correct name for this place is Mr Papas Y Raspados)
Also our newspaper and local TV news do very little in the way of food mews and this taco festival wasn’t featured. Also no list of venders on the Viva Taco Fest Website. BAH!
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 – Kellogg’s – Wednesday – artificially flavored – Cookies and Cream Cereal – Not so sure about this cereal because I like natural flavored chocolate. Don’t most people?
DIFFERENT & WEIRD – Kellogg’s – Wednesday Howlin’ Confetti Cake Cereal with PURPLE Color Changing Milk – Maybe it makes you fart purple?
WEIRD – General Mills Wicked – Glenda Good Berry (WTFORK! is that?)
LIMITED EDITION – General Mills – Wicked Elphaba Caramel Apple
LIMITED EDITION – Special K pumpkin Spice
LIMITED EDITION – Cap’n Crunch’s – Orange Cream Pop Crunch – Orange you glad you saw this?
LIMITED EDITION – General Mills Pumpkin Spice Cheerios
WEIRD – Kellogg’s – Naturally Flavored with “OTHER?” Natural Flavors and Marshmallows – Sounds frightening
WEIRD – Kellogg’s Froot Loops turns milk wild berry purple so you might poop purple
LIMITED EDITION – Post – Halloween Fruity Pebbles oh so scary
DIFFENT & WEIRD – Marvel Fantastic 4 Blue Raspberry Pop Tarts – the bright blue filling looks nauseating and I bet it makes you poop blue.
LIMITED EDITION – Pop Tarts – Frosted Pumpkin Pie
DIFFERENT _ Bettergoods – Roasted Shishito Pepper and Garlic flavored wavy potato chips – sounds delicious but I don’t know (yet) if they are.
DIFFERENT – Bettergood – Smoked Gouda Mac-N-Cheese flavored potato chips. Sounds good but don’t know.
DIFFERENT – Bettergoods – Cassava, Red Quinoa, brown flaxseeds, and chia seed chips…?…They sound healthy and tasty but don’t know?
DIFFERENT – Popcorn Indiana – Netflix Late Night Ramen Pop Corn
DIFFERENT – Cheez It in 30 pouches
DIFFERENT – Trader Joe’s Mini (Almost) Everything Bagel Sandwich Crackers with Cream Cheese Filling and OTHER natural flavors.
DIFFERENT – Trader Joe’s Pizza Ranch Salad Kit.
DIFFERENT & maybe New or Limited Edition – Mountain Dew Soda in Dragon Fruit Flavor???
DIFFERENT and maybe NEW? – Skippy Salted Nut Roll
DIFFERENT – Reese’s 18 assorted packs
DIFFERENT – Mrs Freshley’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Flavored Cup Cakes
Different and maybe NEW? – Reese’s Frozen Peanut Butter Dessert Cup
LIMITED EDITION – Reese’s Werewolf Tracks with vanilla cream?….Why would I want vanilla on my Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup? and What makes vanilla a Werewolf Track?
DIFFERENT – Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies Ice Cream and Strawberry Shortcake Rolls Ice Cream
Dining Out With DOGS is just a “Fluff” Story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my late dog Louie. He always loved going out to eat. When he got elderly he came down with aggressive cancer. We were told that poor old Louie only had 3 months to live or possibly up to 6 months to live. Louie couldn’t do much but I took him out to eat as often as possible and Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when I can and when the weather is right.
The dogs got t go to one of their favorites – SNS Diner BBQ If they seem familiar to you then maybe you saw them on Food Network’s Diners Drive Ins and Dives.
My husband shared a lot of his three meat platter with the dogs (Brisket, pulled pork, links, and macaroni and cheese)
I shared my BBQ 1/2 Chicken with the dogs.
The Dogs always enjoy SNS Diner BBQ
3229 Losee Rd N Las Vegas NV
702-269-9696
www.SNSDiner.com
Dogs got to go to the newer California Fish Grill in NORTH LAS VEGAS. They got some branzino today
and they also got
Fried fish, sweet potato fries, and crispy parmesan green beans.
“Yum Fish”
“Yum Fish”
“Yum Green Bean”
“Yum Green Bean”
“Yum Sweet Potato”
They always enjoy the California Fish Grill
1930 W Craig Rd N Las Vegas NV
702-623-8884
www.CAFishGrill.com
The Dogs also got to go to Those Guys Pies. If they sound familiar to you then maybe you saw them featured on Food Network’s Diners Drive inns & Dives. This restaurant is mainly a pizza and cheesesteak restaurant but they do sell there things and also happening to have a craft dog biscuit vending machine inside.
We got the dogs some craft beef dog biscuits while we were waiting on our order.
In reasonable time our order arrives.
I got the lakeside salad with fried chicken and my husband got a cheesesteak.
The dogs got to enjoy some chicken and some cheesesteak.
We always enjoy Those Guys Pies.
Those Guys Pies
5585 Simmons St North Las Vegas NV
725-251-5826
www.ThoseGuysPies.com
The Dogs also got to go to The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. They had some salmon, cucumbers, and chickpeas from my Greek Rice Bowl.
They also enjoyed some gyro and steak from my husband’s rice bowl.
The Dogs always enjoy The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill.
6540 Losee Rd N Las Vegas NV
702-749-8582
www.TheGreatGreekGrill.com
That was Dining Out With DOGS for October 2025. We hope that you’ve enjoyed an we hope to see you next month.
The Forking TruthIn Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017
Good Pie is a multi award wining pizzeria with two locations. One is in Henderson and the one we tried is in Downtown in the Arts District of Las Vegas Nevada. Good Pie offers a variety of pizzas. They are known for their Grandma Pie (square crispy bottoms). They also offer Brooklyn Style Pizzas (thin crusts), Detroit (crispy squares), and Sicilian (thick and fluffy). It’s not on the menu but you can also get a variety of pizzas by the slice. You just have to walk up front and see what the offerings are.
On one side is a large bar and on the other side are booths and lots of photos of many grandmothers. In the back is the main kitchen.
We tried a few slices, a salad, and a fried pizza.
Grandma – Upside Down Grandma – Extra Cheese, Double Sauce, Oregano, Pecorino
Greek Salad
My favorite was the Fried Pizza with Burrata Cheese – It’s fried and baked. Topped with a rich tomato sauce, fresh basil, parmesan, and extra virgin olive oil. I liked the delicate what seemed like light and not a heavy crust, the richer tomato sauce, the tastier cheese, and the fresh basil. It’s very different from most pizzas that I’ve tried. I heard that some people don’t like this pizza because it does cool off faster from the cold burrata cheese that is applied at the end.
Komex Fusion is a casual restaurant here in Vegas. They offer their spin on Mexican Foods with a Korean Touch. They’ve been featured in various publications and various television shows.
On this visit they offered various specials.
Whatever you order they start you off with a complimentary basket of chips and some tasty salsa.
Maybe you want to start out with an order of fried wontons.
You HAVE to get the bulgogi tostada because it’s FORKING delicious!
Here’s the Bulgogi tostada.
Or maybe try a few tacos –
Above is a chicken and fish taco.
Below is a pork belly taco.
My husband loves the bulgogi grilled cheese.
On anther visit he enjoyed the Bulstrami Burrito with fries inside.
The George Sportsman’s Lounge is a 24/7 Elevated American Restaurant, Bar, and Gaming Type of place located in the Durango Hotel/Casino. It’s very large with a very large patio. (Below is part of the patio)
Inside is a large bar, a smaller bar and lots of GIANT BIG screen TVs and a variety of other seating.
We started out by sharing the Brussels Sprouts (balsamic glaze, shaved parmesan, and pecans).
The sprouts look good but are a little under today so they are hard. The glaze taste a bit strong today and all the cheese today is hard and sticking together……..Oh well
But both our mains were very good.
Salmon Salad (Nicely grilled to medium salmon, romaine, arugula, radish, asparagus, cucumber, tomatoes, orange, citrus vinaigrette, and feta cheese.)
The Hot Honey Chicken Macaroni and Cheese was also very good. (3 cheese cavatappu, fried buttermilk chicken, hot honey, crispy onions, and chives).
Lemongrass & Lime is an award wining Thai Restaurant with two locations in Las Vegas Nevada (Summerlin and the one I go to in Centennial Hills). They are a little different here and offer seasonal specials in addition to their regular menu.
We tried two of the specials.
Short Rib Dumpling are amazing and sit in a well made beef stock.
The Potato Scaled Cod in Green Curry Sauce is also wonderful. It’s all great and maybe the best green curry that you can find in Vegas.
Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano is an award wining Northern Style Italian Restaurant located in Restaurant Row in the Venetian Hotel/Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
Inside
The lunch and dinner menus are seasonal so they always change slightly.
Surprisingly we’ve tried the most impressive salmon dishes in Las Vegas here at Matteo’s.
It’s shaved and so fresh and served up with the just right embellishments.
Even more impressive are the salmon entrees.
This is what impressive salmon is – Cooked Medium -Medium-Rare with CRISPY and Seasoned skin. (above is a lunch salmon entree) (Below is a dinner entree Salmon) As of yet I have not found another restaurant that prepares salmon this masterful in Las Vegas.
Best Salmon came from Matteo’s in the Palazzo Venetian
Another impressive dish that is only occasionally on the dinner menu is the Ligurian Focaccia.
Ligurian Focaccia from Matteo’s Italiano Ristorante
This was to die for –
The bread is really light as air and is a balloon sort of bread. It’s stuffed with creamy light Crescenza cheese and this one was topped with squash blossoms, asparagus, Italian parsley, and mushrooms.
And of course the hand made pastas and sausage are amazing.
Below is what we tried so –
Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano is Impressive and is Worth a Fork!
Worth a Fork!
Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano – at The Venetian Hotel/Casino
