Fleur
Cocktail Culture
The Big Chill
Where to get your liquid-nitrogen fix
September 20th, 2012
These cocktails take on a tongue-tingling sorbet-like texture thanks to a healthy dose of liquid nitrogen. With just a little recipe adjustment, almost any cocktail can be turned into a semi-frozen treat. Here’s where to chill out right now: Read more »
Diner’s Notebook
Fleur finds the sweet spot, Central is grillin’, and Milos makes a mean lamb
July 19th, 2012
Before I get into three interesting dinners I ate recently, just a few notices. First, if you haven’t already heard, Café Heidelberg, a German restaurant and market at 610 E. Sahara Avenue, shuttered earlier this month after a 40-year run. The owner lost her lease. Cafe Heidelberg wasn’t a gourmet restaurant, but it had a large local following. It’s a pity that we don’t always give our colorful ethnic restaurants enough support. Read more »
Dishing
In the Shower Mac & Cheese at Fleur by Hubert Keller
August 25th, 2011
Gourmet mac and cheese is all the rage. Just about every high-end restaurant on the Strip offers up a version of the childhood favorite. Hubert Keller’s “In the Shower” mac and cheese is a much-loved holdover from his upscale Fleur de Lys restaurant that formerly occupied the space of his new concept, Fleur. Read more »
Diner's Notebook
Beard winners, Sedona revised and high-tech ice cream
March 3rd, 2011
Kudos to Vegas’ 2011 James Beard Award semifinalists Saipin Chutima of Lotus of Siam and Mitsuo Endo of Raku (both for Best Chef Southwest), Picasso for Outstanding Restaurant, and its sommelier Robert Smith for Outstanding Wine Service, and finally China Poblano for Best New Restaurant. Read more »
Dining
Television That Sizzles
Chef Hubert Keller shares his secrets with a hungry nation
February 17th, 2011
Watching Chef Hubert Keller prepare the kitchen set for filming is delicious torture. The smells are divine, but the food is forbidden; this is a television set and not a restaurant, after all. In case you’ve been living under a pizza stone, Keller is a San Francisco-based French chef who runs multiple restaurants, two of which are in Las Vegas: Fleur (formerly Fleur de Lys) in Mandalay Bay and Burger Bar in the Shoppes at Mandalay Place. He garnered fame beyond the restaurant realm as both a contestant and judge on Bravo’s Top Chef. He’s working on his third cookbook (due out in 2012) and is passionate about his favorite charity, the Make-A-Wish Foundation. But today, his focus is on filming Secrets of a Chef. Read more »
Feature
Early Fleur
Waiting for Hubert Keller’s new bloom
January 27th, 2011
Hubert Keller is a star, a fan of rock music and a Mr. Nice Guy. He launched the upscale burger phenomenon in Las Vegas with Burger Bar in 2004, has his own PBS show, Secrets of a Chef, and owns a successful San Francisco restaurant, Fleur de Lys. Read more »
Diner’s Notebook
A new Fleur blooms, a good deal at Lupo and a little Cuban treat
December 23rd, 2010
It’s easy to get lost in all the excitement surrounding the opening of the Cosmopolitan, but many things, new and old, are swirling on the local dining scene. Read more »
