What were some of your most memorable meals in 2013?
You wouldn’t recommend any place downtown?
La Comida. Breakfast, go to Eat. Phenomenal. Le Thai when it was on its game was fantastic, but I don’t know if it’s held up.
What makes you say downtown’s gonna pop? Andiamo Steakhouse in the D is really good.
What would be amazing downtown is a charcuterie and wine shop. That would get me out of the ’burbs on a Saturday.
I don’t see kale that frequently, but I don’t really look at the salad section.
I’m tired of kale, but I’m equally tired of people saying they’re tired of kale.
When are we gonna get the gourmet doughnut trend? I’m ready for that.
Rollin Smoke Barbeque. I don’t know where that place came from. We were the only ones there, there were flies, but we ate it the hell up. My husband has an expression: There’s white-people ribs, and there’s black-people ribs — and these are black-people ribs.
The Downtown Grand and Pizza Rock both opened. There are a bunch of new restaurants in Downtown Grand, and the people running Downtown Grand are from Wynn.
The food is fine at La Comida, but I feel like Michael Morton brought the Strip to downtown — all the girls look like they came from Wynn. Too glossy.
But the ones at Central. I’m all about those — with the white anchovies on top ...
I’ll still do that one at Flamingo, the bacon satay at the steakhouse.
I like Rx Boiler Room a lot. It’s a hugely fun place.
There’s a disconnect between the food that it’s serving and how the theme comes at your face. But of all the chefs doing their take on approachable food, Moonen’s was the most exciting.
It’s something grandma’s supposed to make me on the holidays.
I’m over bacon, just served as bacon. I don’t want to be able to make what I’m having.
I love deviled eggs.
You don’t find the theme gimmicky? I mean, we are in Vegas ...
There’s a certain playfulness to the theme that makes it forgivable.
One of my big disappointments was losing Rattlecan at the Venetian. It’s another indication of the Venetian not necessarily knowing what they’re getting into when something’s too hip and too cool.
What trends are you over?
Stop serving me deviled eggs.
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