This weekly update covers noteworthy restaurant openings and closings, dining news, culinary events, and entertainment news.

Events

Grape Vine Café Wine Bar & Cellar — October 20

Grape Vine Café Wine Bar & Cellar will host a four-course dinner featuring Turnbull Wine Cellars in Napa Valley.

Courses are:

Grilled Lemon Garlic Shrimp Caesar Salad paired with Turnbull Oakville Sauvignon Blanc
Sausage Ragu over Creamy Polenta with fresh cheese matched with Turnbull Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Prime New York Steak with chimichurri and fall vegetables paired with Turnbull Oakville Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
and Chocolate Cream Cheese Mousse with Chantilly cream.

There will also be raffle prizes and discounted bottles. The dinner will begin at 6 p.m. and cost $125 per person (plus tax and tip). To reserve, call 702-228-9463.

Ferraro’s Ristorante — October 23

Ferraro’s Ristorante will host a truffle dinner by Executive Chef Mimmo Ferraro featuring the world-renowned wines of La Spinetta, and the winery’s owner, Giorgio Rivetti, will be in attendance. In addition to La Spinetta’s celebrated wines (with prices ranging from $500-$700 per bottle), Rivetti’s sparkling wines from his Contratto winery will also be showcased.

The dinner will start with a welcome toast featuring “For England” Pas Dosé 2017.

Courses are:

Butternut Squash Risotto with seared scallops, stracciatella, saba, squash blossoms, and black truffle paired with Timorasso 2022
Wagyu Carpaccio with enoki mushroom, Parmigiano Reggiano, citrus aioli, cured egg yolk, micro greens, and white truffle matched with Bordini 2020
Rabbit Ravioli with Parmigiana reduction, leeks, and white truffle paired with Barbaresco, Starderi 2015
Braised Wild Boar with goat cheese polenta, fennel, and white truffle matched with Campe 2007
Assortment of Italian cookies paired with Moscato 2023.

The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. and cost $350 per person (plus tax and tip). To RSVP, call 702-364-5300.

1228 Main — October 24

1228 Main in the Arts District continues its themed dinner series. The October event will feature an Oktoberfest theme and will be served family-style with seatings at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Priced at $80 per person, the menu includes:

Appetizers: Giant Pretzel with mustard and beer cheese; Austrian Cheese Ravioli with brown butter sauce; and Potato Latkes with smoked salmon and dill crème fraiche.
Entrees: Roasted Baby Chicken & Grilled Peppers with braised red cabbage; Grilled Beer Bratwurst with house-made sauerkraut; Pork Wienerschnitzel with German potato salad and gherkinsalat (cucumber salad); and Braised Beef Goulash and Horseradish with crisp herb spaetzle and Gruyere.
Dessert: German Chocolate Cake; Kaiserschmarrn (sweet pancake); and Apple Strudel.

The meal includes Founders Brewing All Day IPA and Solid Gold Premium Lager.

Tickets are $80 per person (plus tax and tip). To purchase tickets to the 6 p.m. seating, click here, and for the 8:00 p.m. seating, click here.

Pick of the Week: Honey Salt

Honey Salt, the renowned eatery of husband-and-wife team executive chef Kim Canteenwalla and restaurant consultant Elizabeth Blau, opened 11 years ago and has become one of the most popular eateries in the burbs. It offers upscale dining in a casual and relaxed setting.

The brunch menu was updated over the summer. New décor elements leading to a warm and cozier feel include new upholstery for the booths, new bookshelves, and new color changes to dark brown and blue. New plaid wallpaper harkening to Elizabeth’s New England roots is also on one of the dining room walls, atop the bar and in the private room. New lamps are also included, as is a shelf above the kitchen with knickknacks.

New menu items include:

Corned Beef Hash with sweet potatoes, sweet peppers, caramelized onions, and farm-fresh sunny eggs
Strawberry Dutch Pancake with macerated strawberries, whipped cream, basil, and mint
Bananas Foster French Toast with brulee bananas, cornflake crust, candied pecans, and rum caramel whipped cream
Poutine Dutch Pancake, in which Chef Kim shows his Canadian origins by covering smoked bacon, cheese curds, and farm-fresh egg with black peppercorn bacon gravy
Corn Bisque with chili oil, sweet corn, and popped corn
Burrata Salad with heirloom tomatoes and seasonal stone fruit

Crowd pleasers that remain on the menu are:

Monkey Bread – brioche with bourbon caramel sauce
Eggwhite Frittata – a delicious mix of spinach, roasted tomato, fromage blanc, and market greens
BELT—an enhanced version of a BLT with thick-cut steak bacon, soft scrambled eggs, arugula, tomato, and lemon aioli served open-faced on sourdough toast
Vegan Avocado Toast with pickled Fresno chili, avocado, cherry tomatoes, and arugula served with Green Goodness Juice made with kale, celery, apples, lemon, fennel, cucumber, and ginger.

Prices are reasonable, with nearly all menu items priced between $5 and $17 and all but two below $20. A good deal is “Bottomless Therapy” for $25, which includes a two-hour time limit on all-you-can-drink bellinis, orange or blood orange mimosas, or several bloody Mary options.

The weekend brunch is served Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. To view the complete brunch menu, click here.

Dining News

Famous Foods Street Eats Introduces New Concepts and Kiosk Ordering

The Famous Foods Street Eats food hall at Resorts World, inspired by street markets of Southeast Asia, now offers 20 diverse food stalls and 29 kiosks (one at each restaurant and several more throughout the food hall) from which you can place your food order.

New concepts include:

Salad Jack’s focuses on healthy options featuring abundant locally sourced ingredients, such as Asian Chicken Salad with rotisserie chicken, cabbage, edamame, sliced almonds, mango, wonton chips, and Asian sesame dressing.
Yaya’s Mediterranean Café offers a selection of hummus, falafel, tabbouleh, and gyros such as Famous Gyro with beef and lamb, crumbled feta, and tzatziki sauce.
Burger Barn serves classic favorites and bold choices, including the Lucky Burger with teriyaki, tobanjan slaw, and kimchi mayo.

Other standout dishes from the classic stalls include:

Char Kuey Teow with rice noodles, Chinese sausage, shrimp, Manila clam, crispy pork, and egg from Googgle Man
Roast Duck Street Tacos with roasted duck, cucumber, orange, avocado salsa, hoisin, and Fresno chilis in red corn tortillas from Fuhu Shack
Mushroom Claypot Rice with maitake mushroom, peppers, yu choy, and vegan oyster sauce from Geylang Claypot Rice
Cod with fries from Han’s Fish and Chips.

Also within Famous Foods is Here Kitty Kitty Vice Den, a hidden speakeasy with Japanese-inspired décor serving over 20 Prohibition Era cocktails and over 100 whiskies. You find it by locating the Fuhu Cha Chaan Teng Café, which has a bookshelf that turns into a door leading to the speakeasy.

El Dorado Cantina Celebrates 10^th Anniversary

El Dorado Cantina will celebrate its 10^th anniversary with throwback specials at all three locations. Offered from October 21 to 25, the deals are $5 Street Tacos, $5 Don Julio 1942 shots, $10 House Margaritas, $15 Tableside Guacamole, and $20 Surf & Turf Tacos.

Locations are 430 S Rampart inside Tivoli Village, 3025 Sammy Davis Jr. near the Strip, and The Cantina by El Dorado at 8349 W. Sunset Road near the 215 Beltway.

Entertainment News

4NR: The Foreigner Concert Experience — October 26

4NR: The Foreigner Concert Experience, featuring special guests Armageddon (San Diego’s premier Def Leppard tribute band), will perform at Veil Pavilion at the Silverton Casino Lodge at 8 p.m.

4NR, led by Kyle Frost, delivers a tribute to Foreigner with iconic hits like “Cold as Ice” and “Juke Box Hero.” Opening the night, Armageddon will entertain with flawless renditions of Def Leppard classics like “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Photograph.”

Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets are $25. General admission seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

To purchase tickets, click here.