Get ready for Naked City Tavern. Chef and restaurateur Chris Palmeri is getting ready to open the third location of his Naked City Pizza Shop on South Pecos Road in the space formerly occupied by the Blind Tiger bar. His trademark Buffalo-style pizza, wings and other menu staples will be available, but expect a more diverse menu focused on special dishes. It will also be bigger than the first two stores and will offer gaming. Business will continue as usual at the original Naked City, inside Moon Doggies on Arville Street, and at the Paradise Road location.
On January 26, longtime local favorite Nora’s Italian Cuisine broke ground on its new location at the northeast corner of Flamingo Road and Duneville Street, less than one mile east of the restaurant originally opened in 1991. Scheduled for completion in August, the new two-story restaurant will feature large private dining rooms, a wine cellar, an outdoor patio with bocce court and a new grill menu.
Aria refuses to stop opening new places to eat. Burger Lounge, a Southern California fast-casual burger chain, will open its first-ever Nevada location in March at the resort, replacing the Roasted Bean coffee spot near Aria’s poker room.
Executive pastry chef Carol Garcia grinds some fresh nutmeg onto an Aztec Cake at the Hexx chocolate room in Paris Las Vegas Tuesday, June 16, 2015.
February is National Chocolate Lovers’ Month … as if you didn’t know. Hexx at Paris is getting extra sweet all month long with complimentary dessert tastings every Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Behind-the-scenes tours of Hexx’s state-of-the-art kitchen and bean-to-bar chocolate-making facility are also available this month. For more information, call 702-331-5100.
Lagasse’s Stadium at Palazzo is pouring for charity beginning on February 4. Emeril’s sports palace is teaming with OneHope wines to uncork its new Signature Series varietals with a portion of the proceeds from every bottle purchased donated to charitable causes including Kershaw’s Challenge (hunger relief) and the Chris Paul Family Foundation (education, health and social responsibility).
Rivea at Delano began its Cocktail Dinner Series January 15, and it’s time for the second installment. On February 5 at 6 p.m., winter black truffles will be the ingredient theme throughout four courses of Mediterranean cuisine and craft cocktails. Tickets cost $100 and can be purchased at delanolasvegas.com.
The samba girls are coming back to Via Brasil Steakhouse for Carnival.
Via Brasil Steakhouse is bringing another Brazilian celebration to Las Vegas. The neighborhood restaurant will host its own version of Carnival on February 6 with dinner and a show from 6 to 9:30 p.m. There’s no extra cost for the samba dancer and entertainers on Friday night.
Aliante Casino will host a three-course wine dinner in its Grand Ballroom on February 18 at 6:30 p.m., featuring wines from Napa Valley’s Duckhorn Vineyards and a menu that includes grilled vegetables, Scottish salmon rolls, arugula salad with golden beets and duck confit and dry-aged New York sirloin with Portobello mushroom risotto. Tickets are $95 and can be purchased by calling 702-692-7777.
Husband-and-wife Kim Canteenwalla and Elizabeth Blau at their restaurant Made L.V. in Tivoli Village.
Honey Salt continues its Farm Table dinner with a winter event on February 23 at 6:30 p.m. The centerpiece of the limited-seating dinner by new executive chef Robert Camacho is whole braised shortrib in red wine glaze with fresh horseradish, Brussels sprouts and roasted potato Lyonnaise. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased by calling 702-445-6100.
Speaking of Honey Salt: Its award-winning restaurateurs, Elizabeth Blau and Kim Canteenwalla, are taking their talents to Parq Vancouver, the entertainment district adjacent to BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver. The Vegas squad will oversee the development and management of eight new restaurants, lounges and bars there, set to open in early 2017.
Bazaar Meat is definitely a restaurant where you want to go over the top. It’s all taken care of for you at the Vega Sicilia wine dinner on February 25 at 6:30 p.m., a six-course meal pairing rare and celebrated wines from one of Spain’s legendary Ribera del Duero wineries with dishes by executive chef David Thomas. For example, here’s one course, matched with 2009 Valbeuna 5 Tempranillo-Merlot: beef tartare with HP sauce, anchovy and Parker House rolls; A5 Kobe eye of the rib steak from the Hyogo Prefecture on an Ishiyaki grilling stone with mustard frill salad and fresh wasabi; and piquillo peppers confit. Tickets cost $300 per person and available by calling 702-761-7610.
