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Does a Bar Stacked With Tequila Make Lolita's A Cantina?

The latest from our new contributor, Amanda. Last week she told us why she liked Carnaval Court. This week: why she doesn't rate Town Square newbie, Lolita's Cantina.

Lolita's Cantina might be the newest hot spot in Town Square but in my opinion, it's not living up to the hype, with serious issues as regards atmosphere, food and customer service.

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Tags: Restaurant Week / Restaurants / Fleur de Lys / Stratta / Food / Charity / → All Tags

VegasChatter's Top 5 Picks For Restaurant Week

Help feed America by feeding yourself at Fleur de Lys. Win/win?

As we mentioned yesterday Restaurant Week Las Vegas kicked off last night and continues through Sunday. It’s one of our favorite weeks of the year to eat out since we get to try new and old preferred spots alike at a discount. And know that we are helping Three Square by gorging ourselves in the process.

With more than 100 restaurants participating this year, up from 85 last year, narrowing your lunch or dinner plans can be an exercise in itself. Luckily, we’re here to help.

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Brunch at Max Brenner Isn't All About the Chocolate (But the Chocolate's So Good)

It’d be remiss of us to leave you on a bad food-related note when it’s coming up to lunchtime, so to redress the balance of our poor meatloaf experience, we present to you: Brunch at Max Brenner, A Yummy Experience.

Yes, we hit up Max Brenner at the Forum Shops last weekend to see whether we would eat the finest brunch in Vegas, as they’d promised. The verdict? We’re never ones for superlatives (unless we’re talking about the wunderbar Tom Lowe) so we won’t say that. In fact, we wouldn’t say it was spectacular, but it was very, very nice.

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When is Meat Loaf Not a Good Choice? When It's at the Studio Cafe

You can’t beat a good piece of meat loaf, right? No, not right. Not, that is, if the meat loaf comes from the Studio Café at MGM Grand.

We’re always on the lookout for cheap eats so when we ended up in the Grand the other night to see Ka, we thought we’d give the Caff a whirl. Normally we go for a burger as our restaurant litmus test, but this time we were tempted by the meat loaf, that we were assured by our server was very good. Which it had to be, really - because at $18.50 it was hardly being given away.

Woe was us – it was not very good. It was, in fact, very poor. It had the consistency of jelly and the only thing we liked eating was the mashed potato, which wasn’t very good, either. suffice to say, we didn’t ask for a box. Then during Ka, we started feeling sick. Was it the food or was it those kerazy kidz and their onstage turning our stomach? Who knows, but we doubt we'll risk it again.

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Vodka for Breakfast, What Else Would You Expect from a Buffet in Las Vegas?

Last weekend, Twitterer HeartBreakTheeo was thrilled to see that the Paradise Garden Buffet at The Flamingo gave out little vodka bottles during brunch. But we're not that surprised. This is Vegas! Of course, they are going to hand out little vodka bottles with breakfast.

Actually, this is probably a part of the buffet's "Bloody Mary" brunch which runs from 7am to 4pm and costs $24.99 per person. The first Bloody Mary is included but you have to pay up for the rest. You can, however, mix your morning hangover cure to your own delight as Paradise Garden provides the toppings and mixers.

Aside from alcohol, there is actual food at Paradise Garden. In the mornings, you can expect to find ade-to-order Omelets, several breakfast meats, buttermilk biscuits, waffles, country-fried potatoes and freshly baked pastries. The breakfast of champions indeed.

Tags: Classes / Restaurants / Food / Red Rock Resort / Hachi / Sushi / El Segundo Sol / Mexican Food / → All Tags

Time to Locate Your Inner Domestic God in Vegas Next Week

Little Sumpin Sumpin and LSD rolls at Hachi. Yumballs.

Sometimes we feel like getting lairy, watching shows and stalking Elvi isn’t enough in Vegas. Don’t you want to learn new skillz? (No, people, we're not talking Stripper 101.)

So as an appetite-whetter to the forthcoming Restaurant Week (more on that next week), we couldn’t help noticing that two restaurants we rather like are running cooking classes next week.

Off the Strip, Hachi at Red Rock Casino runs monthly sushi-rolling classes. A two hour class gives you all the ingredients, instructions from either exec chef Linda Rodriguez (who studied with the Nobu), chef de cuisine Martin Swift or head sushi chef Fernando Luna, and a roll to take home. It costs $85 plus tax, and the next one is August 26 at 6.30pm. After that, it’ll be September 23, October 21 and November 18. Space is limited as classes are small – 12 max.

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Steve Wynn Wants to Make Life Easier For Vegas Vegans

Yes, you can now eat here without harming any animals.

For anyone who loves animals enough not to eat them, finding good vegetarian eats always requires a bit of work when dining out. And for vegans and vegetarians, Las Vegas isn't the friendliest of places when it comes to eating--not with all these carnivorous Frenchie chefs in town! But it now looks like vegan and veggie folks have a new ally in Steve Wynn.

According to The Strip Podcast and the fragrant Johnny Kats (who is actually vegan atm), Wynn has introduced a vegan culinary program where every Wynn and Encore restaurant will feature a vegan menu. Some of the entrees include a fava been puree at Alex; a market chopped salad at Society Cafe, whole wheat primavera pasta at Stratta; vegetable gratin at Botero and grilled mushrooms at SW, Wynn's signature steakhouse.

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First Food and Bar May Not Be First in Our Hearts, But It's Well Up There

As big fans of Tasting Las Vegas, we normally think that anything the fine people behind that like, we should like too. And seeing as they’re always banging on about First Food & Bar at the Palazzo, and First always does interesting things like a wing eating contest and – its latest event – a Luau to celebrate the anniversary of Hawaii becoming a state on August 21 at 9pm, we thought it was time to go check it out.

So we checked it out a couple of weeks ago and you know what? It was so good we checked it out again, and then again. They may have taken off things like the Dobranksi Burger off the menu, but we’re glad to say there’s plenty more to accommodate your tastes.

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Breakfast at Rumor is Worth Waking Up For

Last week we told you about our rough intro to Rumor Resort when we tried to check-in. Surprisingly it turned out we still enjoyed the rest of our stay. Still undecided for yourself? The Hotel’s restaurant, Addiction, might sway you. Valet parking is free if you’re driving, so you can easily zip on in and check out the any of the four menus without ponying up for a room before you’re ready.

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Humpty Dumpty Sat On That Wall, Timpano Tavern Had A Great Fall

No one's waiting to get past this velvet rope.

We recently told you of our Vegas Mistake that almost caused us to get to a show late due to the kitchen dragging ass at Timpano Tavern. We were utterly disappointed with the service and not overly impressed with the food. But we hinted that maybe, just maybe if we were drugged and dragged we might visit again if the service got some major upgrades.

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We Like Good Food and We Like It Cheap. Thankfully, Sushi Roku and Boa Have Our Backs

We've been a couple of busy bees this summer scouting out the Best Budget Hotel Rooms in Vegas for you but while saving money on your room frees up your budget for other things like Chippendales, souvenir drinks and Elvis t-shirts gambling, drinking and eating, that doesn't mean you still need to pay full price for everything.

Fortunately, over at Sushi Roku and Boa inside the Forum Shops, we won't have to park it outside a food court to have a sensibly-priced meal.

That's because both restaurants have introduced a "Summer Breaks" pre-fixe dinner menu for $45 per person that includes a starter, entree and dessert. You only have to decide whether you want sushi or steak. But at these prices, if you're feeling particularly flush you can have both!

The menus are available nightly through Labor Day weekend. Keep reading after the jump for the menu descriptions.

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The Nosh is Good and WiFi Free at ZooZa Crackers

Yeah, the clientele is Wynn-y

Not that we have trust issues or anything, but when we heard the Wynn Las Vegas was adding more free WiFi spots on Friday, we thought we’d better check it out for ourselves. And specifically, check out this Zooza Crackers place, which we’d never actually eaten up, to make sure the fodder was up to scratch.

The verdict? Good WiFi and good fodder. Our laptop immediately connected to the Wynn Guest network (no password needed) and the connection was strong and fast, just as we like our internet.

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