Cocktail Culture
Cocktail Culture
Nobu's MIA Margarita has the Spice of Life
March 20th, 2013
Bartenders don’t have to go far at Nobu to find fresh, intriguing ingredients to incorporate into their cocktails. The new restaurant and bar in Nobu Caesars Palace is a mixology playground of exotic fruits, herbs and spices, such as yuzu, shiso leaf and shichimi. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Cask Masters, Blackadder Matters, and the Nth’s Finest
March 13th, 2013
I’ve been spending a lot of time at the Whisky Attic recently. The crowd at proprietor Adam Carmer’ private monthly Freakin’ Cask Tastings holds steady and grows more dedicated with each event. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Park it Here
March 13th, 2013
It’s been a minute since something new debuted on Fremont East. We’ve had a little time since Commonwealth cocktail bar opened its shiny red doors. But the moment has come for Commonwealth’s little sister, Park on Fremont, to put her carefully curated 1940s jukebox and pedal-up bar window to use. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Scotch. Scotch. And, Yes, Even More Scotch at Universal Whisky Experience
March 6th, 2013
I should have recognized the February 23 performance by the bagpipers of Scotland’s 3rd Battalion of the Black Watch as a harbinger of what was to follow: a week of eye-catching kilts, interesting accents and nonstop luxury whiskey tasting. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Grains of Truth
Poppy Den nourishes Relyn Timbal’s passion for sake
February 28th, 2013
Growing up in Hawaii, Relyn Timbal fell in love with the Japanese culture that pervades her homeland. At Kamehameha Schools, the private college prep she attended from kindergarten through high school, she chose Japanese as her language elective, hoping this would lead to class trips across the Pacific. Read more »
Cocktail Culture
Orient Express
February 28th, 2013
If whiskey makes you frisky, gin makes you sin and brandy makes you randy, then what does dedicating one casino bar entirely to vodka make you? Smart. Before they queue up to get down, partiers heading to Surrender can first slip over to VDKA, the new vodka bar at Encore, to get the party started. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Power Wining, Dom Pérignon Dining and Craft Brew News
February 28th, 2013
I received a visit from America’s first Master Sommelier last week. Eddie Osterland stopped by to talk about Power Entertaining, his new book about how to strategically use wine and food in business situations. Read more »
Scene Stirs
Brown Spirits, A Cocktail Fest, and the Velveteen Rabbit Lives
February 21st, 2013
• Ealanta, the newest private-edition release from Glenmorangie, rolled out in Las Vegas on February 13 at an invite-only tasting in the Laundry Room, the speakeasy at Commonwealth. Read more »
