Best of the City
Expert Opinion
Homa Safar
July 26th, 2012
The renowned makeup artist let us in on her favorite tips and tricks for attaining beauty and style in Las Vegas. She may have recently moved to Los Angeles, but she still knows how to look cool in the heat. Read more »
Expert Opinion
Xania Woodman
July 26th, 2012
The 10 cocktails that Vegas Seven mixology maven Xania Woodman is drinking now, and where she’s drinking them. Read more »
Dining
Best Appetizers
July 26th, 2012
Chef Sam DeMarco put small food on the map before the tapas craze ever crossed the Atlantic. First Food & Bar is a showcase for his appetizer genius. Read more »
Dining
Best Dessert
July 26th, 2012
Dessert was probably not what China Poblano executive chef Shirley Chung had in mind when she treated some of her traditional steamed pork buns to a hot oil bath. Read more »
Dining
Best Slice of Urbanity
July 26th, 2012
The Beat Coffeehouse & Records is the downtown mother ship of culture and progress. Grab a seat and a cup of locally roasted coffee, and keep your ears and eyes peeled for Zapp-sters, local musicians, paint-splattered artists and mumbling vagrants—or are they just misunderstood geniuses? Read more »
Dining
Best Breastaurant
July 26th, 2012
The concept of scantily clad, top-heavy female servers is hardly innovative (see Hooters … and pretty much every casino floor in town). But when the recession bludgeoned the restaurant industry, several establishments decided the best way to lift the bottom line was to lower the neckline—hence the increasing number of successful “breastaurants” such as the Tilted Kilt and Twin Peaks. Read more »
Dining
Best Grocery Store for Produce
July 26th, 2012
Trish & Ed’s Organics is a comely store that displays more than 40 varieties of USDA Certified Organic fruits and vegetables from a variety of sources, the principal one being Etheridge Farms of Dinuba, Calif. Read more »
Dining
Best Food Truck Event
July 26th, 2012
Combine a weekly late-night food-truck gathering with a little friendly competition between Strip chefs, and the toques are off. The Back of the House Brawl—the brainchild of Jolene Mannina, the Queen of Mobile Dining—has lured chefs better known for their haute cuisine and crammed them into the back of the city’s best gourmet trucks. Read more »
Dining
Best Wagyu Beef
July 26th, 2012
To be honest, this is a lot like picking the best stack of $100 bills. No matter which we select, it’s going to be money, thanks to the Australian ranchers who are painstakingly raising this prized breed of cattle according to Japanese protocol. Read more »
Dining
Best Downtown Restaurant
July 26th, 2012
Thai-American chef Dan Coughlin—scion of the restaurant family that owns The King and I chain—has created quite the urban rage at Le Thai. Read more »
