The Market Grill Cafe is a full service Greek, Italian, Mediterranean Restaurant located in the Centennial Area of Las Vegas Nevada. This is a family owned and ran restaurant that has been voted “Best of Las Vegas” for several years. The Proprietors are Joe and Rhonda Pierro and one is Greek and the other is Italian so the restaurant is a spin on what they know.

Some of the appetizers they offer are saganaki (flaming cheese), tabouli, and baba ganoush. They also offer soups and salads, Greek favorites like moussaka (beef, eggplant, potato casserole), pastitsio (beef macaroni pie), spanakopita (spinach and cheese pastry). They also offer a list of pastas, and offer several entrees including three lamb dishes. Their signature award wining dish is their pomegranate chicken (I’ll describe it in a bit). They also offer a variety of desserts.

You can dine on the patio for outdoor dining but most of the seating is inside.

At night they have live music.

Here’s the saganaki.

They set it in fire before it reaches your table. The Greek cheese is flamed with lemon and brandy and comes with lots of flat pita breads.

This is delicious!

Entrees come with small Greek Salads.

For my main I had to try the Pomegranate Chicken.

This is 24 hour marinated chicken (herbs & pomegranate juice) that was grilled and sliced and topped with pomegranate glaze and crushed walnuts. This also comes with a side of hummus, pita bread, and fluffy basmati rice. The chicken is moist and tasty with a little zing from the pomegranate. I’d get this again.

My husband tried the other dish I was thinking about getting….The white fish scallopini.

The orzo that it comes with is very good but the fish isn’t so great. It’s edible but taste like from frozen fish from any of our local supermarkets and is slightly over cooked. But hey a lot of restaurants don’t do fish as well as their other dishes in the southwest.

Market Grille Cafe is Worth a Try!

7070 North Durango Dr Las Vegas NV

702-396-0070

www.MarketGrilleCafe.com

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Poke Sushitto is a casual restaurant in North Las Vegas Nevada that offers Poke Bowls and burritos. You can order sushi bowls or sushi burritos “Chipotle Style.” For beverages they offer fountain drinks, bottled water, bubble tea, Asian Fruit Drinks, Asian Teas, and Pokka Coffee. Kids meals are also offered and there are a few additional side orders. If you can’t make up your mind there also are a few suggested bowls.

If you order your way then you can order 2 or three protein bowls. The proteins I noticed were raw or baked salmon, crab, sweet or tempura shrimp, regular tuna, spicy tuna, scallops, chicken, and tofu. If you ordered a bowl you pick rice or salad or half rice and half salad as your base. They offer all kinds of vegetables and sauces and a few toppings.

I tried baked salmon with spicy tuna.

I asked for 1/2 brown rice and half salad…….I guess the girl couldn’t hear me and gave me all salad. For added vegetables I got carrots, cabbage, and corn. I also got crunchy fried strips, some ginger, scallions, yuzu miso sauce and cilantro. On the side I got a sweet soy type sauce, and sriracha mayo. Somehow it turned out flavorful and tasty.

My husband tried a three meat bowl.

I think it was mostly similar to what I got but it had tuna, shrimp, and salmon, pickled, radishes, sushi rice, and jalapeños. I forgot what sauces he went with but he also was surprised that it came out delicious! He also thought that the price was very reasonable for what he got!

Since it was very tasty and the fish seemed fresher that from a lot of neighborhood sushi places I have to say Poke Sushitto is Worth a Fork!

Poke Sushitto – 702-522-9668

2520 E Craig Road North Las Vegas NV

Their website connects to Lotus of Siam……But you can find them on Facebook.

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Al Solito Posto is a richly decorated high quality Italian Restaurant located in Tivoli Village in the Summerlin part of Las Vegas Nevada. They are participating in the 2024 Las Vegas Restaurant Week and offer a 3 course menu for $50. A Portion of the proceeds benefits Three Square Food Bank.

What to pick?

We ordered and they started us off with their focaccia and table side oil that is embellished with smashed beans, dry herbs, and cheese.

We started out with meatballs and squash blossoms.

main meals were rigatoni and chicken marsala (portions were very generous)

Desserts were Italian Lemon Cake and Bombolini

For the most part everything was great and this was a great Restaurant Week Choice.

Al Solito Posto

420 S Rampart Blvd Las Vegas NV

702-463-6781

www.AlSolito.com

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Esther’s Kitchen is a locally sourced Italian Cuisine Restaurant located in downtown Las Vegas Nevada in the Arts District. They made their own sourdough, breads, pastas, pizzas, and more. This restaurant recently moved from a smaller location next door. The restaurant is named after the chef’s aunt.

WOW! It’s at least triple the size of the old Esther’s.

Past the hostess desk are dining tables and a large bar with more tables. To the left of the hostess desk is part of the open kitchen where I can see they are making pasta.

This is the dining area and open kitchen by the entrance. You can’t see it in my photo but there is a smaller dining area to the left of this area. Wow it is really loud in here…not music either…just a lot of people in conversation.

We started out by sharing a smoked ocean trout toast.

The made-in-house toasted sourdough is very good and so is the creamy thick cream cheese. Silky fresh smoked Ocean Trout, sweet heirloom tomatoes, onion, and fresh herbs complete the toast.

I tried the Cauliflower Alla Romana because it sounded interesting and not too heavy (anchovy, chili, garlic, fried capers, parsley).

It’s different……..The cauliflower has a starchy coating but the cauliflower is almost raw. The pieces on the top are just hard and starchy. The bottom pieces have a lot of anchovy and maybe capers and some are too salty. This is far more filling than it looks. I brought a bunch home.

My husband ordered one of the dishes that they do best……They called it rigatoni (house. made) Carbonara (egg yolk, house made guanciale & peas….((not sure if it had peas in it?)))

Well whatever this pasta is my husband said that it was very good.

That was Brunch at the NEW Esther’s Kitchen.

Esther’s Kitchen

1131 Main St. Las Vegas NV – 702-570-7864

www.EsthersLV.com

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The Millside Tavern is located in North Las Vegas. They offer 24/7 gaming, 24 beers on tap, all day breakfast, happy hour, taco Tuesday, and a full mostly American food menu.

.On one side are high top tables and pool tables. There is a door to a patio but the patio doesn’t have tables yet.

To the other side are more tables and a bar.

And somewhere in the middle is a troll collection.

Happy Hour is very reasonable and 4-7 daily.

Tried chicken pot stickers and a glass of house wine.

The pot stickers are steamed and fried on one side like they should be.

These aren’t very flavorful potstickers and the dipping sauce is unappealing. It taste like a 5 year old mixed up an odd concoction.

For dinner I tried the fish and chips.

The fish is fried to perfection. The fish is nice, mild, and seems fresh. The crust is nice and thin and shattering crisp. Tartar sauce can pass as bland ranch dressing. The fries are ok but only Luke warm. BUT THE VEGETABLE SALAD IS UNPALATABLE…..It’s a mix of all kinds of things that don’t go together.You’d have to pay me LOTS OF MONEY to taste it again so I can tell you more about it.

My husband tried the bacon wrapped meatloaf with tater tots and vegetable. (we were told that it is a beef meatloaf)

My husband said that the meatloaf was ok but the broccoli was plain and unseasoned.

Not the best………Maybe better for beer drinking.

Millside Tavern – 702-202-2921

5710 Losee Rd North Las Vegas NV

www.MillsideTavern.com

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Riva’s Mexican Grill is a fast growing local chain of Mexican Restaurants with around 20 locations in Nevada and they’ve spread out to California, Arizona, and Utah. There are THREE Riva’s locations in North Las Vegas. We went to the 6885 N. Aliante Pkwy location because that might be the only North Las Vegas location with a community patio. This is a casual Mexican Restaurant. You order and pay at the counter or order and pay on-line.

They offer most of your usual Mexican favorites. Some of the offerings are combo plates, soups, salads, fajitas, burritos, tortas, tacos, quesadillas, chile rellenos, fries plates, nachos, Mexican beverages, and water.

We sat on the community patio that this strip mall offers right in front of Riva’s.

My dog looks happy to me here.

I tried a chicken, steak, and a fish taco (so did my dogs).

The soft tacos are double shelled with thicker tortillas so I removed one tortilla from each and they still held together. They are all very mildly flavored tacos. The chicken and steak come with guacamole. The fish taco comes with ranch dressing but was left off at my request. They do give you grilled citrus, a spicy hot pepper, and two salsas for enhancement.

My husband tried a shrimp and a carnitas taco and a Riva’s Burrito.

He said like 10X that the carnitas was really very GOOD! So I reckon that the carnitas is very good!

We also shared a chile relleno. Now this was very good and really cheesy.

We liked some things here better than other things but feel that Riva’s Mexican Grill is Worth a Try!

Riva’s Mexican Grill 702-586-2251

6885 N Aliante Pkwy North Las Vegas NV

www.RivasMexicanGrill.com

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Tokyo Cafe is a small casual order-at-the-counter ramen & curry restaurant located in North Las Vegas Nevada. Some of the other offerings are appetizers like octopus balls, edamame, and gyoza. They also offer soups, salads, fried rice dishes, and teriyaki. Soft beverages and boba are also available.

The chicken katsu curry is a double serving of chicken breast (in TWO layers) over maybe FOUR servings of steamed white rice with a small garnish of ginger dressed lettuce and a cup of mild or spicy curry on the side.

The tonkatsu ramen is adorned with three half jammy eggs, noodles, pork belly, mushrooms, and more.

The noodles aren’t the chewiest but the rest is pretty good.

Tokyo Cafe is Worth a Try!

Tokyo Cafe – 702-388-8838

2595 E Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV

www.TokyoCafeLV.wixsite.com

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