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The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week

Favorite Dish of the week was the Maitake Mushrooms with Miso Fondue from Ada’s Food & Wine. It was delicious and amazing. Almost every one would enjoy it. I also should say at this point that most dishes we tried were at least VERY GOOD from Ada’s ……..But also the worst dish of the week came from the same restaurant.

This pasta dish was terrible because of how highly over salted it was. The restaurant was very apologetic about this and did offer to replace and remove from the bill. But It’s a long story that is best saved for another time.

Took a trip to the newly opened Hearthstone at Red Rock. Had maybe the smallest salad that I ever had anywhere. (It was only tomatoes, cheese, and black berries)

In other food news –

Coming Soon –

Late February? – Hayworth (by chef Alex Reznik – winner of Beat Bobby Flay, and also from Bravo Top Chef) Eastern European and Jewish Foods – 1450 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy – Henderson

Feb.- 28 – Lunar New Year FESTIVAL at Korea Town Plaza

March?– Tacos 1986 – at The Resort at Summerlin (in the Food Hall)

March? – For The Win (smash burgers) At The Resort at Summerlin (in the Food Hall)

Now Open –

-The FIRST Five Guys with a walk up BAR on the Strip in The Venetian

And in Silly and or Cute Food News – My Dogs eating from The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill.

That was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the week

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Napoli Pizzeria – North Las Vegas NV – No Sauce on Pizza – too salty – not the best :(

Napoli Pizzeria has 4 location in Vegas. But for some odd reason the North Las Vegas Location is not listed on the Napoli Website and might only share the name and same sign. On Yelp this restaurant is listed as Napolis Pizza……?…..Maybe they just use the Napoli Sign and same cash register because Napoli is what I see on my receipt. Anyways…..They are an average Pizzeria that offers the usual pizzas, wings, pastas, sandwiches, and more.

We tried a plain pizza.

There’s a good amount of cheese and the crust is ok….but the top is salted….and is really too salty for me.

But-

It’s like the sauce is missing. No herbs, no flavors (but salt), almost no sauce.

Not the best 🙁

Napoli Pizzeria

3131 W Craig Rd N Las Vegas NV

725-204-0379

www.NapolisPizza LV.com

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GastroPUB Nisei Bar & Grill – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

GastroPub Nisei Bar & Grill is an Asian Fusion Unique Bar & Grill located in the Chinatown of Las Vegas Nevada. It’s sort of Las Vegas inside with neon. And it’s pretty quiet today mid-week at lunch time.

We started out by sharing the Kalbi Tacos (Korean Marinated Short Ribs)

Umm Tasty flavors. I like the sauces. One was called spicy mayo and the other was called salsa verde but are unique and different. Very good flavors but the meat is ever so slightly chewy.

We also shared a Mini Chicken kabob.

A little plain but ok.

I think the winner was the unique and unusual Pastrami Sando with Yuzu Slaw, and Hot Honey Mustard and added Truffle Fries.

The sandwich is actually banging with flavors. The Pastrami we were told was made by a nearby butcher. It’s very flavorful and the hot honey mustard is really perfect here. The pickles taste good but are kinda squishy. The fries are cooked perfect but the truffle stuff falls out and the fries seem broken.

Lots of unique food choices here.

Worth a Try!

GastroPub Nisei Bar & Grill

3400 S Jones Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-613-7010

www.GPNVegas.com

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A Taste of Cantinetta Pizza & Pasta – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

Cantinetta Pizza & Pasta Restaurant is an Italian Restaurant located in Las Vegas Nevada. They offer many of your usual Italian favorites. They also offer things like beet carpaccio, salmon carbonara, and chocolate fettuccini. They are under the same ownership as Brunello LV in Summerlin and both restaurants are adorned with a Sofia Loren Pictures.

Whatever you order they start you off with warm bread and sun-dried tomato oil.

Maybe you want to start off with the soup of the day (minestrone was the soup)

or a fried eggplant appetizer with creamy walnut sauce.

Below is the beet salad with burrata, pistachios, pine nuts, oranges, greens, and chicken.

One of the pasta dishes is rigatoni picante with spicy nduja sausage.

Another pasta dish is the gnocchi al taleggio with lots of walnuts and some sausage.

Below is the chicken piccata (lunch portion)

A few of the desserts are gelatos (below is 1/2 pistachio and 1/2 Amareno Cherry)

Another dessert is a cake called chocolate temptation.

Everything was at least reasonably good so Cantinetta Pizza & Pasta is Worth a Try!

Cantinetta Pizza & Pasta

3665 S Fort Apache Rd Las Vegas NV

702-780-4976

www.CantinettaLV.com

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The FORKING Las Vegas Food Buzz of the Week

Aroma Latin American Cocina (by a 2024 James Beard Nominated Chef) Has recently closed at their Henderson location. Below are dishes we’ve tried there. All were amazing.

The good news is that Amora Latin American Cocina plans to open in Chinatown in February at 3355 Spring Mountain Road.

In Other FOOD News –

January 30th – Hearthstone expects to officially open at Red Rock

A second location of WSKY is now open in North Las Vegas at 720 E Cheyenne Ave.

North Las Vegas has a NEW casual Indian Restaurant….SORT OF……….

It’s called Spice Bomb-Bay and it shares the Hummus Republic Restaurant Building. 2546 E Craig Road

Noticed Slim Chicken’s Restaurant being built on Craig Road almost across from Pandora’s Burgers.

Also noticed a Vegas 888 Buffet being built on Decatur Rd

In even more FOOD News –

Maybe Spring? – Able Baker Bomb Shelter – 6371 Centennial Center Blvd

Maybe Spring – Istanbul Mediterranean Restaurant at 505 Fremont Street

Maybe this year? – Mediterranean Latin Grill 1216 Owens Ave.

Maybe this year? – Nashville Cats Cafe – somewhere on the strip

This Year – China Mama 2233 N Rampart Blvd

May-June? – China Mama 2550 Rose Parkway (Henderson)

Spring – The Hat (pastrami dip restaurant from CA) 6215 S Rainbow Blvd

June-July? – EDO Gastropub 9205 W Russell Rd

February – Braseria (at The Collective)

In Other Food News –

WORST FOOD of the week came from California Fish Grill In Centennial Hills.

The Salmon Wasabi Bowl was AWFUL. The whole experience was also awful. They didn’t turn on heaters for us so we left and did take out. Sauces were missing. Ingredients that should have went into the Salmon Wasabi bowl were missing and the fish was partially BURNT. ( I do note that we’ve been here several times and previous visits were reasonably good so I can’t say for sure what happened here.)

Best of the week was Rang’s Cocina Moderne. We’re there about once a month because the food and service is always perfect. They serve a unique menu of Italian, Spanish, that is mixed with a little bit of Asian. Below are many of the dishes we’ve tried there.

And in Silly and or Cute Food News – My dogs eating salmon from California Fish Grill.

“Give me all that nasty salmon so you don’t have to eat it.”

“Do you know that this salmon tastes a bit burnt?”

That was The FORKING Las Vegas Food Buzz of the Week.

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Dining Out With DOGS in Las Vegas NV – January 2026

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 enjoyed going out to eat. When he came down with aggressive cancer we were told that poor old Louie probably only had three months or at the most 6 months to live. Since Louie always enjoyed going out to eat 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.

We had an unusually warm winter day and the dogs got to eat at our local Great Greek Mediterranean Grill. I got a rice bowl salad and my husband got a gyro plate with a shrimp skewer. The dogs got to eat shrimp, gyro meat, chicken, and cucumbers with feta cheese.

They LOVE going to the Great Greek Mediterranean Grill.

6540 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV

702-749-8582

www.TheGreatMediterraneanGrill.com

The next week it got cold so we did a quick trip to In-N-Out Burger. We fed them on the patio.

Of course they enjoyed the cheeseburger!

www.In-N-Out.com

The next week it was cold so they got a car ride to Arby’s and got some roast beef.

They enjoyed the Arby’s Roast Beef.

www.Arbys.com

The next week it warmed up so the dogs got to go to Habanero’s Taco Grill. They happen to have just one patio table.

The dogs got to eat some pork from my husband’s green chili pork bowl and some chicken from my taco salad. It was suppose to be grilled chicken but they gave us fried chicken with breading. We ate it anyway.

The dogs enjoyed their first trip to Habanero’s Taco Grill.

Habanero’s Taco Grill #5

171 W Centennial Pkwy North Las Vegas NV

702-331-4498

www.HabanerosTacoGrill.com

That was Dining Out With DOGS for January 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

Cin Cin Brewery – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Try!

Cin Cin Brewery is a small brewery, bar, and sushi sort of restaurant located in the arts district of downtown Las Vegas NV. Inside you can sit at the bar, a community table or a half booth. I heard very good things about this restaurant so I wanted to give it a try.

They had a special on small oysters for $1.00 each so my husband ate 6 of them.

We also shared an order shishito peppers. They were embellished with bonito flakes, soy sauce, something citrus, and tasty small tomatoes.

We also shared a spicy tuna roll.

It’s different. I get almost too much heat from the jalapeños (? maybe they are Serranos?). Soy paper I don’t usually get. It’s different but good.

Cin Cin Brewery is worth a try!

Cin Cin Brewery

914 S Main Street Las Vegas NV

www.CinCinBreweryLV.com

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La Mojarra Loca – Good Authentic-Style Mexican Restaurant – Las Vegas NV – Worth a Fork!

La Mojarra Loca is an Authentic Style Mexican Restaurant with a seafood heavy menu. They have four locations in Las Vegas Nevada. The North Rancho Drive location is large with plenty of parking spots.

Whatever you order they start you off with chips, spicy salsa, and bean dip.

Last time we tried the Filet Al Mojo De Ajo (mild whitefish in citrus, garlic, butter)

And the Molocajete Triol – Shrimp, Chicken, Beef, Cactus, Avocado, Jalapeño, with spices and sauces, rice, beans, and tortillas.

All was good also portions were enormous and prices were reasonable.

This time we tried –

Filete Zarandeado -Marinated and Grilled mild white fish with achiote sauce. The plate come garnished with salad, rice, and beans.

Steak Ranchero – Seared steak in smokey tomato chipotle garlic and jalapeño sauce with rice, beans, and tortillas.

I am pleased to say that everything was at least GOOD. Portions were very large and pricing was reasonable. I do note that most dishes do run spicy. Some of the wait staff is hard to understand. Also bring your readers if you have them because the menu is hard to read.

Worth a Fork!

Worth a Fork!

La Mojarra Loca

3520 N Rancho Dr Las Vegas NV

725-202-2142

Website doesn’t work

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The Lakes Lounge 24/7 Food, Gaming, Bar, Reasonably good Food, LOW Prices but no Lake View – Las Vegas NV

I got fooled by a certain review site on this one. I was expecting Lake Views at a place called The Lakes Lounge in the Summerlin part of Vegas (that is why I picked this place). But I had GOOD REASON to expect Lake Views. Many Lake Views were pictured for me to look at on a certain review site, And this was done by not one, two, three, or four but by a bunch of different people. The Lake is nearby but on the other end of this strip mall.

Anyways-

It’s just a 24/7 Food, Gambling, and Bar, type of place. (Gosh we have millions of these places here) Here the bar and gaming is on the other half of the restaurant and the dining area is separate.

We looked at the menus (also a breakfast menu is offered) and noticed that prices are very low.

My husband goes with the Shepard’s Pie Special that comes with either a side salad or soup. He picks the soup that is Cream of Chicken today.

He said that it is reasonably good.

I tried the Beer Battered Fish Tacos.

WOW! It’s an enormous plate of food. The tacos you can clearly see are non-traditional. But the fish batter is tasty and their salsa is very flavorful.

The Shepard’s Pie is mostly potatoes but also is reasonably good.

The food we tried was reasonably good. Large portions and LOW prices.

NO LAKE VIEW

The Lakes Lounge

2920 Lake E Drive Las Vegas NV

702-363-9733

www.TheLakesLounge.com

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My Trip to Timbers Bar & Grill Las Vegas NV – Very Average

Timbers Bar & Grill is a 24/7 food, bar, and gaming type of place with seven locations in the Las Vegas Area. They’ve been awarded best bar food from the Las Vegas Review journal for a number of years. Since they are close we decided to give them a try.

It looks like your usual 24/7 bar, gaming and restaurant type place.

I tried the grilled fish tacos.

They look nice and are well packed. They are extra light with seasoning. Almost no seasoning. The salsa does very little to help.

My husband gets a cheeseburger with onion rings.

The onion rings are perfect and are warm and nice and crisp. (my husband likes medium-rare burgers. The server suggested ordering a rare burger so it wouldn’t be over cooked.

He got a medium-well burger instead of a rare burger.

The server apologized.

The manager apologized and also took the burger off our bill.

Timber’s Bar & Grill better than average service but the food is very average.

Timber’s Bar & Grill

7240 Azure Dr Las Vegas NV

702-645-6655

www.TimbersGaming.com

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