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The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week

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It was a pretty exciting week. The New Marketon Super Market Just Opened on Craig Road. They offer your usual Grocery Items and a lot of Latino Foods and More!

We also got to try the also newly opened Amata Modern Thai Restaurant. It’s by the former executive chef of what was considered one of the best Asian Restaurants on the strip. I’m happy to say what we tried was very good.

We also enjoyed very good sandwiches from 702 Sandwich Shop.They used to be called La Cantina. Same place same people. Great sandwiches and also great desserts there too.

In other FOOD News –

Later This Year – The Michelin Guide Returns to Las Vegas after 17 years.

SOON (reservations being taken now) – Fogo De Chao opens at Venetian

SOON? – Mariacheez Pizza 5770 Centennial Center Blvd

CLOSING – March 27 Fiorella Pasta by Marc Vetri (Durango)

March 27-29 – FOODIELAND – Las Vegas Motor Speedway

March 27 – AAKS Food Fest 2026 (free admission) Silverton Casino Lodge

March 28 – Cantina Contramar – Fontainebleau

April 11 & 12 – Tacos and Tamale Festival – Desert Breeze Events Center – 8455 Kids Zone Pkwy

April 18 – Taste of Station – Red Rock Resort Pool – Unlimited Tastings Drinks & More GA $100PP+ & VIP $175.PP+

April 26 – Unstripped Food Fest 6pm-9pm Palms

Spring – Porfirio’s Place (Mexican) – In a gas station 6085 S Rainbow Blvd

Spring – Able Baker Bomb Shelter 6371 Centennial Center Blvd

Spring – The Hat (Pastrami Dip Restaurant from CA)

This Year? – The Lucky Otter (Irish Pub) 10 W Wyoming Ave

End of Year? – Losee Village Retail Complex and Eateries – NORTH Las Vegas

In Silly and or Cute Food News – My Dogs eating some Riva’s Mexican Food.

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 February 2026

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There is always something new, weird, different, limited, and special edition in the supermarket. These days you never know WTFork you will come across when you shop for food.

Up above is –

DIFFERENT – Fiber One 100 Calorie NATURALLY Flavored Chocolate Donuts. Do-Nut worry be happy only 100 calories HA!

LIMITED EDITION – Cheez-It ….In something called Wendy’s Baconator ?????? Oddly these are vegetarian so there is nothing to pig out on.

NEW – Cheez-It Crunch in Kick’n Nacho Cheese, Zesty Jalapeño Cheddar, Sharp White Cheddar

DIFFERENT – Cracker Barrel Macaroni and Cheese – Sounds good but don’t know if it is.

DIFFERENT – Cheetos Mac’n Cheese Four Cheesy flavor with OTHER? natural flavors

DIFFERENT – Cheetos Mac’n Cheese Bold & Cheesy

DIFFERENT – Lay’s Sweet Southern Heat Barbecue

WEIRD – Success Import – Green Pepper Mini Twist Pastry – I think that Green Pepper is a strange flavor for a pastry

DIFFERENT – Garleek – We know garlic we know leeks now there is Garleek

DIFFERENT – Guy Fieri’s Flavortown (Frozen) Buffalo Chicken Pasta

DIFFERENT – Chef Ramsay (Frozen) Chicken Pot Pie Bites

DIFFERENT (and leftover) Peeps Marshmallow Gingerbread Men

DIFFERENT( and also leftover) Frosty The Snowman Gummies

DIFFERENT – Hershey’s Kisses in Cafe Moka (Don’t understand the spelling)

DIFFERENT – Hershey’s Kisses in Strawberry

DIFFERENT – M&M’s Caramel POP’d crunchy and airy?

DIFFERENT – ARTIFICIALLY flavored honey bun caramel creams – Oh Boy!

DIFFERENT and HILARIOUS – Ricolino KRANKY Chocolates

And there is usually something Oreo

DIFFERENT – Nabisco Oreo Irish Cream ARTIFICIALLY flavored cookies

DIFFERENT – Oreo Thins – ARTIFICIALLY Flavored Tiramisu Oreo Cookies

DIFFERENT – Nabisco Minis with Peanut Butter flavor cream

That was the New, Weird, Different, Limited, and Special Edition Foods for February 2026. Who knows WTFork we will come across next month?

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Dining Out With DOGS in Las Vegas NV – February 2026

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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. Unfortunately poor old Louie came down with aggressive cancer. We were told that Louie probably only had three months to live but could possibly live up to six months. The one thing that Louie really enjoyed was going out to eat. So I took Louie out to eat as often as I could. Instead of the 3-6 months aloe made it another 17 months. Today I take current dogs out to eat when I can and when the weather is right.

The dogs recently got to go to the California Fish Grill.

WOW was it cold here and windy. We asked them to turn on one of the wall heaters for us. Nobody did so since it was to cold (62 and very windy) We took the food home as a to go. The dogs helped me eat my salmon from my Salmon Wasabi bowl.

They always enjoy the California Fish Grill.

www.CAFishGrill.com

Got lucky and the next week was warm so we went to The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. The dogs got to eat gyro meat, salmon, cucumbers with feta cheese, and chickpeas.

“The salmon is a little over cooked today.”

“I’ll eat it!’ “I’m hungry”

“The Chickpeas are good!”

“I can eat more!”

“We enjoy going to the Great Greek Mediterranean Grill!”

6540 Losee Rd N Las Vegas NV

702-749-8582

www.TheGreatGreek.com

The Dogs also got to go to The Market Grill Cafe. Here they actually have a DOG MENU and they got their very own Beef & Rice and Chicken and Rice Bowls.

My Husband had the Chicken, Vegetable, and Shrimp Skewer Platter.

I Had the Pomegranate Chicken Salad.

I was slowly feeding the dogs their bowls but they also got some of the skewers too. My plate isn’t healthy for dogs so I gave them a little feta cheese too.

They enjoyed themselves at the Market Grill Cafe.

Market Grill Cafe

7070 N Durango Dr Las Vegas NV

702-396-0070

www.MarketGrillCafe.com

The following week we went back to Mo’Bettah’s. It’s a casual Hawaiian Plate Lunch Restaurant with two outside tables. This time I got a mini plate lunch with pulehu chicken, katsu chicken, brown rice, and vegetables.

The mini plate isn’t so mini and everything is reasonably good.

My husband got a full size plate lunch of kalua pig, pulehu chicken, macaroni salad, and brown rice.

Then the dogs got to help us with our large generous platters.

They also enjoyed everything they tried!

Mo’Bettahs

1020 E Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV

725-285-0280

www.Mobettahs.com

That was Dining Out with DOGS for February 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 Trip to the Newly Opened Marketon Supermarket – Las Vegas NV

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A Brand New Marketon Supermarket recently opened at 5831 W Craig Rd in Vegas. They offer your usual grocery store items and also Latino specialties that are hard to find.

Below is a bit of what I saw there. I saw lots of lard there.

I saw some things that I never have seen before.

I also saw these hard to find special peppers here fresh and not dried.

I saw different snacks here.

I thought produce was very expensive here. A smaller sized cauliflower was $5.99 today. Five pound bags of flour were also very expensive and were $8.00 today. But they also had specials to counter some of the higher prices like large grinders of pink sea salt for $1.99.

That was a peek of the new Marketon.

5831 W Craig Road Las Vegas NV

702-570-2070

www.Marketon.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Asian Wok – FORKING BEST American/Chinese in NW Vegas – Las Vegas NV – WORTH A FORK!

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The Majority of American/Chinese Restaurants in North Las Vegas and North/West Las Vegas in general serve very sweet, very flat tasting Chinese Food. It is not even close to the American/Chinese foods that are served on the East Coast. I’ve been to nearly every American/Chinese Restaurant in North Las Vegas and nearly every American/Chinese Restaurant in North/West Las Vegas. As of this time Asian Work is the only American Chinese Restaurant that I will go to.

It’s not a fancy place. Part of the dining room is used for storage. Most people do take out here. But you can do your dining in if you like.

They start you off with crispy noodles and duck sauce. They will bring some mustard if you ask.

On a prior visit my husband enjoyed the pork egg rolls. The current menu has vegetable egg rolls.

Pork Egg Rolls (not on current menu)

One of my favorite dishes here is listed as Asian Wok Specials and it is the Ginger Scallion Flounder also called Steamed Fish Filet. Gosh it’s delicious. It also is a very large portion of food. I can’t eat it all unless I make two or three meals out of it.

Ginger Scallion Flounder

My other top favorite is the Szechuan Chicken.

This is DELICIOUS and spicy. It’s packed with flavors and isn’t sweet like what other places here serve. It tastes just like what you’d get back on the east coast.

Other dishes that we’ve tried are also very good.

Hot & Spicy with Chicken & Shrimp – No longer on the menu but they can still make it for you.

Black Pepper Beef

I still have a bunch of other dishes that I want to try but the Ginger Scallion Flounder and the Szechuan Chicken are so FORKING GOOD that I might not be able to?

Asian Wok is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

Asian Wok

6515 N Buffalo Dr Las Vegas NV

702-432- 8886

www.AsianWokLasVegas.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week

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Most Notable Food of the week was from Wexler’s Deli in the Aria Food Court. That LITTLE FOOD STAND is the only Deli that cures and smokes their own Pastrami and Lox. They also make their own bagels. Wexler’s Deli used to be California Based and had Several Locations in California and some across the country. Wexler’s is now down to only one location in the Aria Food Court on the Las Vegas Strip. They also do mail order lox.

Worst of the Week was Rincon de Buenos Aires. I must note that most people out there will not agree with my opinion. They currently have a 4.5 rating out of 5 on Yelp. I must say they do give you TONS of steak that is very reasonably priced so most people are cool with that. I only enjoy tender flavorful steak that is moist so I am too picky to enjoy this.

My dogs didn’t agree with me either and think that the steaks are amazing.

In other Food News –

Made just a quick trip to my local Smith’s Grocery Store.

I was looking at the wilted dying mint plants and then noticed bags of peanuts just sitting on the floor.

In other FOOD News –

Feb 18 – Charter 75 Modern Kitchen opens in Gold Coast Casino 4000 W Flamingo Rd

Feb 20 – (Rice Bowl Chain) Waba Grill to open – 3900 Paradise Rd

Feb 26? – (Eastern European Jewish) Hayworth by Chef Alex Reznick (Beat Bobby Flay, Bravo Top Chef) – 1450 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy Henderson

Feb 28 at Red Rock Casino – Beverly Hills Cheese Store POP UP 12-5pm

Feb 28 Korea Town Plaza – FREE Lunar New Year Festival 1-9pm

SOON – Ganbei (A.Y.C.E. Chinese Buffet) – 3601 W Sahara Ave

SOON – Mariacheeze (Mexican & Pizza Wings) 5770 Centennial Center Blvd

March 27 – Fiorella Pasta by Marc Vetri CLOSES in the Durango

March 28? – Cantina Contramar (Mexico City Seafood) expects to open in the Fontainebleau

March 27-29 – Foodieland Las Vegas Motor Speedway 200+ Venders

Spring? – The Hat (Pastrami Dip Restaurant) opens 6215 S Rainbow Blvd

Spring – Able Baker Bomb Shelter – 6371 Centennial Center Blvd

Soon – Bokki Chicken (Korean Take Out) 110 S Rainbow Blvd

Summer – Nobibi Asian Dessert & Beverage – Somewhere Downtown

This Year? – K-Ssam Bap (Korean) 3909 W Sahara Ave

This Year? – Ember & Oak (Food and Wine) 6235 S Pecos Rd

End of year?- 215 Losee Village – Retail Complex with eateries – East Side Losee Rd between Deer Springs Way + 215 Beltway

And in Silly and or Cute Food News My Dogs Enjoying Food from Mo’Bettahs

That was The Las Vegas Food Buzz of the Week

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Spiced Brown Sugar Custard Filled Squash with Maple Bourbon Walnuts Recipe

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This is a variation of a coconut custard filled squash I did.

Spiced Custard Filled Acorn Squash with Maple Bourbon Walnuts

It’s basically the same but instead of coconut milk I used evaporated milk and also changed the sugar to dark brown sugar in the custard and the nuts because I’ve discovered that dark brown sugar is much tastier.

Ingredients for around 8 or more servings

4 squash (acorn or something similar) cut in half and remove seeds

a few squirts olive oil

fresh ground sea salt

fresh ground black pepper

1-12oz size can of evaporated milk (for custard)

3 eggs beaten (for custard)

1 Tablespoon corn starch (for custard)

1 teaspoon ground ginger (for custard)

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (for custard)

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (for custard)

3/4 cup dark brown sugar (for custard) or a little more if you want sweeter

pinch sea salt (for custard)

2 cups walnuts (walnut topping)

4 Tablespoons unsalted butter – melted (walnut topping)

2 teaspoons Walkins Maple Bourbon Rub) (walnut topping)

2 Tablespoons dark brown sugar (walnut topping)

non stick spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F.

On sheet pans spray with olive oil and grind fresh sea salt and fresh black pepper.

Put the cut cleaned squashes cut side down on the sheet pan(s).

These stay in the oven for 30 minutes. While the squash are cooking make the custard filling. In a large bowl combine the evaporated milk, eggs, corn starch, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and brown sugar.

The squash should be coming out of the oven soon. They need to cool enough so you can pull off any stems that stick out. Flip them over so you can fill them with custard. I found it easiest to sit the pans on the middle rack and then pour in the custard filling. Depending on the size of your squash they will take 45-60 minutes to cook the custard all the way.

Walnuts – Combine walnuts, butter, Walkins Maple Bourbon Rub, dark brown sugar and mix well. Spread this out on a non stick sprayed sheet pan. This goes on the top rack in your oven along with the custard filled squash for only 10 or up to 15 minutes..

Remember some of the custard filled squash will be ready before some of the others. You can tell by moving the rack and can see if the custard is set or still jiggles. Add walnuts to the top and enjoy either warm or chilled.

Brown Sugar Spiced Custard filled Squash with Maple Bourbon Walnuts
Brown Sugar Spiced Custard filled Squash with Maple Bourbon Walnuts

ENJOY!!!

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My Trip to WSKY Bar & Grill (720 E Cheyenne Ave) N. Las Vegas NV – Not the Best

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WSKY Bar & Grill is a 24/7 Restaurant, Bar, and Gaming type of place with several locations in Vegas. TWO LOCATIONS are in North Las Vegas and BOTH locations are on Cheyenne Avenue maybe just two miles apart from each other. The New 720 E Cheyenne Avenue location looks different than most 24/7 type places. The most striking feature here are the large glass windows on the front and back of building that leave in lots of natural daylight during the day. The other difference is that this new location has a slightly smaller but also different food menu. They offer the usual all day breakfast and a mostly American menu of foods.

Today I tried the mediterranean salad.

The hummus (right side of plate) is thick as cement and not the best but over-all it’s an OK salad. It came with tzatziki dressing. It’s suppose to come with pita chips but they didn’t make it to the plate. (I had this same problem with a different salad that I had at the other nearby WSKY location) anyways I’m the lucky one because my husband’s burger came out dryer than a Burger King Burger.

Between the dry beef patties were –

Burnt Black Onions.

Oh and I almost forgot. I tried one of the Tater Tots and they were so over salted I couldn’t eat them.

WSKY of North Las Vegas – Not The Best

WSKY Bar & Grill

720 Cheyenne Avenue N Las Vegas NV

www.WSKYbarandGrill.com

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My Trip to Abel’s Bagels – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

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Abel’s Bagels is a small Bagel Shop located in Las Vegas about 20 minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip near The Durango Casino/Hotel.

We happened to be in the area so we each had a bagel sandwich.

I tried the Lox & Cream Cheese on an Everything Bagel with an onion slice and capers.

It’s a lot less garlicky than most everything bagels and a little softer but they were very generous with the cream cheese and my sandwich had a good amount of ACME brand lox in it that is very good

My husband tried the bagel sandwich special that they named, “The Katz” (Rye, Pumpernickel bagel, mustard, and Wild Fig BBQ Pastrami with added pepper jack cheese)

A little different but tasty.

That was our trip to Abel’s Bagels – Worth a Try!

7250 S Durango Drive Las Vegas NV

702-516-4244

www.Abels-Bagels.com

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How Ya Dough’n – Pizza is Worth a Fork! Las Vegas NV

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How Ya Dough’n Pizza in Vegas is located on the Las Vegas Strip in a Building on the 3rd Floor called The BLVD. The BLVD is located across the street from Eataly and just a short distance from M&M World. This is a small casual Pizza shop with an inside counter and outdoor patio tables to sit at. The pizza is really different here. They do a 8-12 day fermentation that creates a sourdough taste like no other. The pizzas we tried were thin and crisp with great really different flavors. Besides unique pizzas they offer three appetizers (wings, meatballs, doughboys ((dough balls tossed in parm.&butter with red sauce or vodka sauce for dipping) Soft beverages are offered here. You want to come here on a nice weather day. They have a small counter to sit at inside. Outside are many picnic type tables.

Here are the pizzas that were offered..

We ordered a Pistachio Pizza and the January Special called The Funion. (Mozz.,Havarti, roasted onion, leeks, chives, onion seeds)

While we waited for our order I watched one of the pizza guys throw a pizza crust in the air.

Soon we get pizzas.

Above is the Funion.

Above is the pistachio.

Both were very good but I thought the pistachio was more layered and popped more.

My husband felt different and enjoyed the Funion more.

Both were very good.

How Ya Dough’n is Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

How Ya Dough’n

3755 S Las Vegas BLVD Las Vegas NV

702-665-4019

www.HowYaDoughn.com

Every THING is subject to change

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