The UFC 114 Rampage vs Evans  bout on Saturday May 29 at the MGM Garden Arena and was another sell-out for this increasingly popular sporting event.   I watched the event  as part of a standing room-only crowd at a viewing party in Lagasse’s Stadium at The Palazzo. The matches were hosted by Shane Carwin ,the [...]

Restaurants come and go in Vegas. Many are what I would call cookie cutter.  Whether they are Italian, Steak, Chinese, or Mexican themed, you often know what the menu will contain before opening it. But Nu Sanctuary is different.   The menu choices are multicultural and high quality.  The restaurant setting in Town Square is truly [...]

Chili Cook Off Held at Lake Las Vegas Resort There are always interesting events taking place in Las Vegas. On Saturday, February 13 I attended the second annual Silver State Regional Chili cook off at Lake Las Vegas. The event, which drew over 1,000 attendees, was co-sponsored by the International Chili Society and The Village [...]

Hash House A Go Go Opens At Imperial Palace With Good Food, Large Portions and Creative Menu Imperial Palace is now home to the second Las Vegas location of Hash House A Go Go, one of the city’s truly unique restaura nts. I have eaten at the first Vegas Hash House on Sahara and can [...]

Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant was one of my favorites when my business travels took me to Las Vegas during the 1990’s. The restaurant, opened on West Flamingo Rd in 1992 by Gino Ferraro and his wife Rosalba, focused on authentic Italian food prepared the way it’s made in Italy. The family closed the Flamingo location in [...]

Martini Time with Chef Tina Martini It’s All About Healthy Cooking I attended a preview of “Martini Time with Chef Tina Martini” at the M Resort Spa Casino which debuted on January 26. It’s Las Vegas so you would thin k I might have been enlightened as to how to make a perfect martini. Did [...]

The margaritas are strong, the décor copies the original cantina, and the food is Mexican-American with a Baja California twist. Hussong’s Cantina opened January 21 at the Shoppes at Mandalay Place.  The 3,700 square foot restaurant recreates all the charms of the original cantina in Ensenada ,Mexico including a replica of the original bar..  Located [...]

A packed crowd at Lagasse’s Stadium at The Palazzo welcomed former World Heavyweight Champion Boxer Joe Frasier last Friday at its initial “Legends of the Sport Program. Frasier, along with co-host Nehme Abouzeid, director of business development for The Venetian/Palazzo, commented during the showing of the critically acclaimed film “Thrilla in Manila.” The film depicts the [...]