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Vegas Eats: Carbone at Aria
Posted by Chuckmonster on 12 Nov 2015
Long time VT reader Dorian dined at Carbone restaurant at Aria on opening night and brought back this once in a lifetime report. Thank you Dorian! Take it away... -Chuck
One of my earliest...
Vegas Eats: Rx Boiler Room at Mandalay Bay
Posted by Chuckmonster on 10 Nov 2015
I've had my eyes on Rx Boiler Room at Mandalay Bay since it opened, but one thing kept me away. No, it wasn't Chef Rick Moonen, tv's Top Chef Master and heavyweight champion of...
Is SLS About To FU Ku?
Posted by Chuckmonster on 1 Oct 2015
SLS' Northside Cafe sent out an email announcement touting their new Chinese Menu.
Everything happens for a reason. Here are two possibilities:
Player: There is so much demand for Chinese dining at SLS that it required...
Vegas Eats: Yusho at Monte Carlo
Posted by Chuckmonster on 24 Sep 2015
Before I moved to the 'burbs and relinquished my awesomosity to a guy who puts product in his beard, my lovely wife and I had one last fling with urbanity. We moved to an artist...
Vegas Eats: Bardot Brasserie at Aria
Posted by Chuckmonster on 25 Aug 2015
When I heard that Aria was tossing Chef Michael Mina's American Fish into the compost bin and replacing it with French bistro Bardot by... uh... Chef Michael Mina... I was uhm... sort of excited. MGM...
Vegas Eats: Cheeseburger Cupcake at Harrah's Fulton Street Food Hall
Posted by Chuckmonster on 24 Aug 2015
I waddled from Casino Royale over to Harrah's in the hopes that I might find a cup of coffee or something equally toxic that might aid in boiling down the sea chicken & waffles, cheeseburgers,...
Vegas Eats : White Castle Hamburgers at Casino Royale
Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Aug 2015
Shortly after checking in to a really well designed room at the Linq Hotel I headed out in search of penny slots food. Casinos may as well just throw the slot machines into Lake...
Vegas Eats Preview: Smoke's Poutinerie
Posted by Chuckmonster on 10 Jul 2015
Canada. Either you love it or you're an idiot. Home of the coolest, strangest people with hearty laughs, great record collections, steel livers and open minds. For a short time, I lived up...
The Bon Appetit Vegas Uncorked Slideshow
Posted by Chuckmonster on 12 May 2014
Last week, foodie magazine Bon Appetit assembled Las Vegas' greatest chefs in their annual Vegas Uncork'd event, which we lovingly call the Food Porn Convention.
They've assembled a(n unlucky) 13 item slideshow of The Best Things...
New Feature Posted: Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace - The VT Review 2013
Posted by Chuckmonster on 22 Jul 2013
Just a quick note to those tuned into RSS and Twitter feeds that we've posted a new hotel feature, Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace - The VegasTripping Review 2013.
VT's resident architect, and by resident I...
New Feature Posted: Caesars Palace: The VT Review 2012
Posted by Chuckmonster on 30 Jul 2012
Just a note to those tuned into RSS and/or @vegastripping that we've posted a new feature article, a review of our recent stay in a Deluxe Palace Tower Room at Caesars Palace.
The review and tons...
Lakeside Fires The Grill
Posted by JohnH on 21 Sep 2011
File this one with the "I Couldn't Make this Shit Up if I Tried" Department, everybody. According to EaterLA, David Walzog's almost-a-year-old Lakeside Grill has officially shortened its name to the arguably more parsimonious...
Essential Listening: Bourdain And Rogan
Posted by Chuckmonster on 13 Sep 2011
Anthony Bourdain and Joe Rogan, two of the most fascinating, outspoken, honest surfers of the furthest reaches of the human experience. One is a man who stands by smirking as guts are consumed...
Las Vegas Restaurant Week Coming August 29 - Sept 11
Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Jul 2011
Hot off the press releases comes the news that the 2011 edition of Las Vegas Restaurant Week (actually two weeks) will take place from August 29 - September 11th, 2011 and will benefit the Three...
Vegas Chefs Gets Their Just Desserts
Posted by Chuckmonster on 21 Jul 2011
Speaking of food pr0n, Bravo has announced the contestants on this seasons Top Chef: Just Desserts. The show features two chefs who work in the Las Vegas casinos we love and adore.
Chef Craig Poirer...
Flamingo To Open Carlos'n Charlie's Mexican/Tequila Joint
Posted by Chuckmonster on 29 Jun 2011
For those keeping score at home at the end of the first period it is Tequila 1, Keno 0.
Flamingo is on the verge of closing their Keno room and converting it into a tacos/tequila joint...
VegasEats: Trop Watch: Winner, Winner, Snapper Dinner at Biscayne
Posted by Chuckmonster on 23 May 2011
VT uberreader Big Hoss won one of our fabulous TropTripping prize packages last year and brought back this most excellent review of his meal at Biscayne. Thanks Hoss! Take it away...
Nothing strikes you...
Eat Bambi at Luxor's Tender Steakhouse
Posted by Chuckmonster on 15 Jun 2010
Calling all foodies and/or other folks who like to eat weird stuff... did you know that Tender Steak & Seafood at Luxor has "wild game tasting" on their menu?
The current tasting menu includes Northern...
Mandarin Oriental's Chef Gagnaire at Twist May 4-9
Posted by Chuckmonster on 19 Apr 2010
All the Michelin stars in the world don't count if the Chef who earned them isn't in the kitchen. For the first time since the opening weeks of Twist at Mandarin Oriental, Chef Pierre...

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