There are lots of great restaurants on the Las Vegas Strip. From steakhouses to sushi, the choices are endless. But venture off the 2.5 mile stretch of road and you can find a few local hangouts that are easy on your wallet, and on your taste buds. Right off the Las Vegas Strip on Paradise Road is a...

Bigger is Better with food in Vegas By Nikki Neu Vegas.com When you come to the city of excess, everything is bigger—including the food. At the Peppermill, a Vegas institution, you can order a 10-egg omelet for breakfast — and still be eating it through lunch. At Hash House A Go Go, a 15-inch pancake...

The new Hard Rock Café on the Las Vegas Strip is three floors of rock ’n’ roll memorabilia and technology that lets you access much more than your drink order. One of my favorite things about the recently opened Hard Rock Café is that I can use the technology to learn more about the restaurant...

The Bar at Mesa Grill Want a free margarita? Sure, we all do. In celebration of Mesa Grill’s fifth birthday at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, the restaurant is giving away free margaritas on Wednesday, Sept. 23. In order to get your complimentary margarita, just tweet “Happy Birthday Mesa Grill...

On a recent visit to Caesars Palace, I ate at Beijing Noodle No. 9, a noodle bar and Chinese restaurant. As I approached the restaurant, I could see the floor-to-ceiling nine on the outside, so I knew I was in the right place. To the left, a busy chef prepared fresh noodles, and if I had been by myself,...

School might have been out for summer, but not for Le Cordon Bleu Las Vegas. The students at the famous culinary school are serving gourmet cuisine at reasonable prices. With instructors’ supervision, students at Le Cordon Bleu Las Vegas offer lucky diners that stumble upon the Café Bleu an up-close...

It’s hard out there for a picky (ahem, “selective”) eater. People make fun, people get frustrated, people…well, people have a lot of feelings about what other people put on their plates and into their stomachs. It’s even harder for a picky eater in Vegas where there are...

There comes a time in every young, grill-using person’s life when they fish their steaks off the rack only to find that what they’ve created is no longer food. It’s a horrible, charred, shoe-leather disaster and it’s not even deserving of the cheapest paper plate, let alone the...

Today is National Tequila Day and now you have just the excuse you were looking for to do some tequila shots and sip on a cold margarita. Vegas has no shortage of bars that will cater to your tequila cravings, so here’s my list of the top five places to get your fix: 1) What better place to indulge...

School is cool when Chef Osama “Fuji” Fujita is your teacher. The executive sushi chef at Marssa at Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, Fujita teaches SushiSkool for Kids ($25) at 3 p.m. every first, third and fourth weekend and Sushi and Sake School for adults ($50) on select dates through 2009...