Not only is my local Smith’s Grocery Store Filthy all the time, always has dead herbs, and usually has the wrong signs on some f the food. Just this week they had a broccoli crowns sign on peppers.
A smoked ham sign on King Hawaiian Rolls.
Dead herbs for sale.
Filthy refrigerators
Floors that need sweeping
Filthy self check out areas
Maybe the best of the week was Moo Woo Korean BBQ
We got way more than we could eat.
Most of the food was better than from my first visit but the downside was that my favorite dish (the Bulgogi Steak was not as good. Don’t know if we accidentally over cooked it or just a different cut that’s not as good?)
Maybe the worst of the week was the Szechwan Beef from Ellie’s Kitchen.
It wasn’t terrible but didn’t taste like Szechwan Beef. It taste like beef in beef gravy with a splash of soy sauce. NO HOT PEPPER for us. This place says that they serve authentic style Chinese Foods. Well not to everyone.
In other FOOD News –
****UPDATE***lLAST MINUTE NEWS – El Cortez SCRAPPED bringing back Siegel’s 1941 for breakfast and lunch*************************************************
Places that might open soon –
Lilli – 3616 Spring Mountain Rd
Luis’s Kitchen – Boulevard Mall
PK Oyster Bar – 3845 W Pioneer Ave
Krush Groove Cafe – 953 E Sahara Ave
Nagaiki Ramen – 4284 Spring Mountain Rd
Myungin Dumplings – 3650 S Jones Blvd
2027 – Valencian Gold (Paella Restaurant) somewhere downtown according to L.V. Review Journal
And in Silly and or Cute FOOD NEWS – My Dogs enjoying another In-N-Out Burger.
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Most exciting meal out of the week was the Chef Fabio Viviani Italian Three Chickens Demo and Tastings at his restaurant ai Pazzi. The Chef was funny and entertaining and the tastings were more than most people can eat.
Also enjoyed some AMAZING Thai Dishes at 328 Thai. I have to say that the Shiso Leaves are amazing and so was the Sea Bass.
Stuffed Shiso Leaf Sea Bass
In other FOOD News –
This SUNDAY – Master Kim’s Wagyu Opens at – Palace Station
July 31 at 7pm – Seventy Six by Station Casinos – 976 W. Dorrell Lane North Las Vegas
Summer? Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant & Bar – 4972 S Maryland Pkwy
Detroit Corned Beef – 1725 E Warm Springs Rd
Kokoro Tokyo Mazesobs (Ramem) -3900 Paradise Rd
In Silly and or Cute Food News – My Dogs eating a Jack In The Box Breakfast Sandwich.
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Best meal out of the week was from Aroma. Most of the dishes there are spectacular. It’s a modern Latin Restaurant with artsy foods. Here are photos from my visit and photos from their original location.
Worst of the week was the made in house pastrami sandwich from Able Baker Bomb Shelter.
I do note that the made in house bun and side salad was very good but the pastrami was awful. It tastes like dollar store lunch meat. YUK! I do note that some things are good there. Both people I know that ate the pork belly dishes said that the pork belly was very good. Lots of people also can be seen drinking beer there too.
In other FOOD News –
New places that will open anytime soon –
You by Sijie (Chinese Fusion) – Tivoli Village
French Riviera – 401 S 6TH St
Club Fortune Casino -2757 Las Vegas Blvd – North Las Vegas
Lit Wing Express Ghost Kitchen – 333 W St Louis Ave
Sbarro – 3717 S – Las Vegas Blvd
Wagyu Factory – Boca Park
Thirsty Flamingo – 104 S Jones Blvd
Siegel’s 1941 (breakfast & Lunch) Alex Steakhouse (same spot dinner) – El Cortez
Grounds & Sounds (coffee) – 2747 – N Rainbow Blvd
Blvd Bar BQ & Wings – 6435 S Rainbow Blvd
Noodle Harbor – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd
Late July or early August? – The Vibe Tasting Lounge (Hartle Wine) – 9300 Sun City Blvd
August? -Catos Tacos – 9484 W Flamingo Rd
August 26 Michelin Guide Ceremony – INVITATION ONLY – Fontainebleau
Maybe Sept 1st – WSKY Bar & Grill – 6470 Kevin Way (Centennial Hills)
Sept 13 Fairway to Heaven – food trucks, wine, craft beer, live music, entertainment – Red Rock Country Club
Sept 25.26,27 – Great American Foodie Fest – carnival rides, live entertainment, food raffles, over 50 venders Galleria Mall – 1300 W Sunset Rd Henderson
September 24-27 Drink Las Vegas Bigger named Chefs and Mixologists – about 50 events – Bellagio, The Cosmopolitan, Aria, Park MGM, (most events cost around $300. each)
October – Sage Juice – 1511 S Camelback St
Fall expected Openings –
Hawthorne Cafe (elevated sports bar) – 10620 Dean Martin Drive
Binchotan (Korean Pork Restaurant) – 953 E Sahara Ave
Arty’s Steakhouse – 953 E Sahara Ave
Stix Asian Food Hall – Uncommon’s
Pizza Rodzio – Miracle Mile Shops
Sour Dough & Company – Miracle Mile Shops
Finney’s Crft house & Kitchen – Town Square
Poke House – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd
November 14TH Las Vegas Pizza Festival 1-4pm – The Industrial Event Space
Fal/Winter? Expected Openings
House Rules Bar & Restaurant (competition multi sports) 3071 S Rancho Dr
Greek Heaven – 6010 W Craig Rd
Slice Deli (Italian) 1563 S Commerce St
The Sometime this year? Expected Openings
Saint Honore (Patisserie & Coffee) – 3071 S Rancho Dr
Best meal out this week was the Apple Pecan Salad with added salmon from Village Pub. YES it was a pleasant surprise.
Most disappointing meal out was from Flecha Cantina. We previously loved many of the dishes here that we tried. I don’t know if the recipes changed? Or maybe it was just an off day with the chef on vacation?????? We’ve been there five times. FOUR out of FIVE times we got the Pistachio Goatcheese Ball with Spicy Tamarind Sauce because it always was so crazy delicious. It looked like picture below.
The one we just got was different.
It doesn’t look or tastes the same.
The one above was packed with layers of delicious flavors and some heat.
The one below was very flat tasting and not delicious.
I will go so far to even mention that I suspect it’s might now be mixed with mostly cream cheese.
Also instead of pistachios there is a slight amount of pistachio dust.
Unfortunately they cut out everything that made it special.
In other FOOD News
August? Catos Tacos – 9484 W Flamingo Rd
Maybe Sept 1 WSKY Bat & Grill 6470 Kevin Way (Centennial Hills)
Fall? Hawthorne Cafe (elevated sports bar) 10620 Dean Martin Drive
My Dogs eating an In-N-Out Cheeseburger
This wasThe FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week
One of the Tastiest Bites was the new rosemary focaccia bread with heritage butters. The bread was delicious but it was the unique spectacular creamy butters that were extra special. They gave us Spanish butter, Italian butter, and Filipino butter. They were all good and interesting but the Spanish butter was CRAZY Great! My husband enjoyed the meltingly tender Bistek (Prime NY) in a soy citrus gravy. I enjoyed the fish Florentine (cod) below are pictures from several visits.
Fish Tacos from La Casa de Juliette were AMAZING and Delicious and really big too.
But on the other hand their wings and brisket enchiladas all do taste good but were all over cooked or re-heated and were dry and chewy.
My local Smith’s is still so filthy.
And they SUNK TO A NEW LOW>
They are trying to sell used food. LOOK at that box.
In other FOOD News – The coming soon
Newly Opened – Yogurtland – 1930 Village Center Circle
July 16 Meril (Emeril Lagassie Group) OPENS in M Resort Casino – Henderson
Summer? Noodle Harbor – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd
This Year? Five Guys – Showcase Mall
And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News –
My DOGS enjoying a Chicken Guy’s Chicken Sandwich
That was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week
Best of the week was Tamba a contemporary Indian Restaurant. On both visits the food really was amazing and one of the bests of the year. Below are pictures from two visits.
Another very good was Lucino’s Pizza. They offer either the best or one of the very best Philly Style cheesesteaks that you can get in Vegas. Also other things we’ve tried from Lucino’s were pretty darn good too!
Cheesesteak from Lucino’s Pizza
In other FOOD News – The coming soon
June 26 – Honolulu Cookie (largest U.S. location) The Link Promenade
Summer? – Blvd Bar BQ & Wings – 6435 S Rainbow Blvd
Fall? – Binchotan (Korean Pork Restaurant) 953 E Sahara Ave
This Year? Almi’s Kitchen 4970 Arville St
And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News – My dogs eating a Carl’s Jr Cheeseburger
That was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week
The BEST of the week certainly was the multi course dinner from Bar Boheme.Everything was superb from service to food to wine pairing. Here are pictures from a couple visits.
Unfortunately there also was a worst of the week. The house made pastrami rueben from Fine Company was awful.
The pastrami wasn’t coked enough so the fat on the ends was so hard that you could use it as dental floss. The flavors were messed up too and were so unbalanced that you really mostly taste liquid smoke and black pepper. PLUS they don’t put much in the sandwich. Don’t know why but I brought half home and the pastrami and scant amount of cabbage inside only weighed LESS THAN ONE OUNCE.
Anyways in other FOOD News –
Las Vegas finally won another James Beard Award and it went to chef Sarah Thompson of Casa Playa
Another different James Beard Award something called “Classics” went to Bob Taylor’s Ranch House
Just thought I’d share what we tried at Bob Taylor’s Ranch House.
Moist tender chicken but – Soggy warm salad with a sickening sweet sauce Burger over cooked from frozen till grey inside
Coming Soon –
June?- Better Buzz Coffee – 10020 W Sahara Ave
June? Better Buzz Coffee – 110 E Lake Mead Pkwy (Henderson)
June? Shang Artisan Noodle – 211 S Las Vegas Blvd
July 3 The Largest Ice Cream Museum in the World – Area15 (near strip)
Summer? Le Umu (Samoan) 5181 W Charleston Blvd
Summer? Yu by Sijie (Chinese Fusion) Tivoli Village
Summer? French Riviera – 401 S 6TH St
Summer? Club Fortune Casino – 2757 Las Vegas Blvd -NORTH Las Vegas
Summer? Lit Wing Express Ghost Kitchen – 333 W St Louis Ave
Summer? Siegel’s 1941 (breakfast/lunch) Alex Steakhouse (same spot dinner) El Cortez
Summer? Grounds and Sounds (coffee) – 2747 N Rainbow Blvd
August 26 Michelin Guild Ceremony – INVITATION ONLY – Fontainebleau
September 24-27 Drink Las Vegas Festival – Bigger Named Chefs & Mixologists – about 50 events – Bellagio, The Cosmopolitan, Aria, Park MGM, (most single events cost around $300. each)
Fall? Arty’s Steakhouse – 953 E Sahara Ave
Fall? Stix Asian Food Hall – Uncommon’s
Fall? Pizza Rodzio – Miracle Mile Shops
Fall? Sour Dough & Co – Miracle Mile Shops
Fall? Finney’s Craft House & Kitchen – Town Square
Fall? Poke House – 7175 W Lake Mead Blvd
November 14 – Las Vegas Pizza Festival 1-4pm – The Industrial Event Space
Fall/Winter? House Rules Bar & Restaurant (Competition Multi Sports) 3071 S Rancho Dr
Fall/Winter? Greek Heaven – 6010 W Craig Rd
Fall/Winter? Slice Deli (Italian) 1563 S Commerce St
This Year? Ampm Hookah Lounge & Restaurant – 4850 W Flamingo Rd
This Year? Shang Artisan Noodle – 6491 N Durango Dr
This Year? Better Buzz Coffee – 445 E Lake Mead Blvd
2027 Netflix House – 400,000 square foot entertainment complex restaurant – 3747 S. Las Vegas Blvd
And in Silly and or Cute FOOD News – My dogs eating In-N-Out Cheeseburgers
This was The FORKING Las Vegas FOOD Buzz of the Week
I’ve been upset with the lack of Food News that I come across in our local newspaper. I used to live in Phoenix Arizona where they had a whole food section with lots of local stories about local restaurants. They also had stories on other food happenings like the festivals too. In addition to that I also used to enjoy reading about the monthly list of openings and the list of closings. In Las Vegas we don’t have that.
In Las Vegas we have so many restaurant that they would really need three food sections. One for the strip and another for locals and a third one for Chinatown.
Here our local Las Vegas Newspaper has only one food reporter who only writes a few food stories a week that are most often a Casino Restaurant. I don’t recall seeing stories about festivals in the paper or even recall seeing these type of stories on our local TV news. Las Vegas has so much going on but it seems like we actually have less written about what’s going on than anywhere else I lived.
Just this week our local newspaper ran an article TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11TH 2025 that the future of Siegel’s 1941 has an uncertain future and nothing was decided until contractor bids come in an appraise the amount of money it will take to update the kitchen that has to close.
The SAME EXACT DAY TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11TH 2025 Casino.org reports that Siegel’s 1941 is to be (as they said) “RUBBED OUT” and to be replaced with a steakhouse. Today Wednesday November 12TH 2025 Our local newspaper still reads that Siegel’s 1941 ‘s future (in their words) is “Murky”. So our local newspaper’s story is already out of date.
Casino.org reports that Siegel’s 1941 is expected to close in April 2026. Here are some of the pictures I took in Siegel’s 1941 so you can see what the Mobster (Bugsy Siegel and one time OWNER) Themed Restaurant looks like.
The Menu Changes from time to time but a few of the offerings are – breakfast, matzoh ball soup, pastrami sandwiches, other sandwiches, burgers, and a $19.99 Prime Rib Special.
Seigel’s 1941 at the El Cortez Hotel/Casino (Expected to be there until April 2026 ? Call first just in case)
I recently read a local article stating the authors favorite salads in Las Vegas. I don’t think they’ve tasted what I’ve tasted and here is my take on best salads from what I’ve tried so far.
A really great salad that is really near the top is the Smoked Salmon Salad from Yoshiya Kitchen.
Romaine, REAL anchovy dressing, parmesan, toasted crumbs, black pepper (I once worked in a fine dining restaurant and made Caesar Salads Table-side so I really do know how a Caesar should taste) This Caesar I have to rate as #1 for Caesar.
For another traditional Caesar. The one from Rang’s Cocina Moderne is also one of the best.
This salad is very good and very close to Ferraro’s Ristorante’s Caesar. It’s just slightly a thinner dressing and is slightly light with black pepper for a Caesar Salad but still is very good and up there above nearly all the Caesars I tried..
The other Caesar that needs to be mentioned is the NON-TRADITIONAL Caesar from Soulbelly BBQ.
This one is very unique and DECONSTRUCTED. If you taste a green by its self flavors are missing……..Then there are these SURPRISE and amazing cornbread croutons that contain all the missing flavors from the dressing and the salad POPS! (I added the very good BBQ turkey to make this salad a complete meal)
Below is the cucumber salad from Din Tai Fung.
It’s the best Asian Cucumber Salad that I have ever tasted.
The Insalata Nizzarda from Matteo’s (in the Venetian Hotel/Casino)
The Salad from Namu Korean Tapas and BBQ was amazing.
It was this scrumptious mix of sweet, cheesy, lettuce, tomatoes, nuts, and their spectacular house made ricotta cheese. It was super delicious!
One of the most exciting salads was the Sandiada Salad from Aroma Latin American Cocina.
Watermelon, soft greens, jicama, cashews, …….just magical…TOMATOES NIXTAMALAS and Chamoy Vin. I’m speechless. Really delicious and I never had anything like this before.
Food News – The BEST Salads I’ve tried in Vegas So Far…….
