Las Vegas Dining and Entertainment News – January 14

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

Events

Vegas Valley Winery — January 18

Vegas Valley Winery will celebrate seven years of producing award-winning wines in classic old Las Vegas style with a casino-themed party with live music, dancing, food trucks, and surprise entertainment.

Held from 7 to 10 p.m. at the winery’s Henderson Booze District location, general admission tickets are $35, including a glass of wine and a keepsake logo glass to bring home. The VIP pre-party admission ticket, priced at $85, includes early entry at 5:30 p.m., a welcome sparkling wine, access to a charcuterie station, port-tasting station, dessert table, a glass of wine, a keepsake logo glass, and exclusive wine tastings from Vegas Valley Winery’s winemaker Mike Schoenbaechler.

Guests are encouraged to dress in cocktail attire inspired by Vegas icons like the Rat Pack and Ann Margaret, with colors including black, white, red, and gold. Special pricing on wine and hard cider will be offered all evening.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit Eventbrite.

Grape Vine Café Wine Bar & Cellar — January 19

Grape Vine Café Wine Bar & Cellar will host a four-course wine dinner featuring the wines of Herman Story Wines and Desparada with Winemaker/Owner Russell P of Herman Story Wines and Vailia from Desparada.

Courses are:

• Vine-ripened Tomatoes with burrata, fresh basil, aged balsamic, and basil-infused olive oil paired with Desparada Fragment Sauvignon Blanc
• Crab Cake with Dill Scallion Sauce matched with Desparada Wayfinder Chardonnay
• Tenderloin of Beef with brown butter truffle sauce and mashed potato paired with Herman Story Milk & Honey and Herman Story Bolt Cutter Cabernet Sauvignon
• Limoncello Truffle coated with crushed meringue.

There will also be raffle prizes and discounted bottles. The dinner will begin at 6 p.m. and costs $125 per person (plus tax and tip).

To reserve, call 702-228-9463.

Pick of the Week: China Mama Palace Station

The family-owned China Mama, which has established a local following serving the community with traditional Chinese cuisine, now has five restaurants, including its newly opened location within Palace Station.

Set in the former space of Boathouse Asian Eatery across from Tailgate Social on the northeast side of the property, the décor features hanging paper lantern lights, a sushi bar, an open kitchen, floor-to-ceiling windows, several TVs, a private dining room, and a beige, brown and red color scheme.  

While the offerings are mainly traditional Chinese dishes from the Shandong province of Northern China (from where Owner Ivy Ma hails), a sushi bar offers a mix of sashimi and rolls. I highly recommend the Mama Roll with spicy bluefin tuna, “krab,” salmon, avocado, tobiko caviar and Mama Sauce.

Must-haves on the traditional Chinese menu include Crispy Beef with beef strips, carrot strips and minced garlic; Sizzling Beef in Black Pepper Sauce with beef tenderloin, celery, carrot slices, onion, and crushed black pepper; Fresh Shrimp Spring Roll;  Twice Cooked Pork with pork belly, Napa cabbage, green and red bell pepper, and chili bean paste; Soup Dumpling with options of shrimp, pork, and sea urchin; and Orange Chicken with white meat chicken, orange peel, and broccoli.

There are also live seafood offerings of Geoduck, Dungeness Crab, Poached Santa Barbara Spot Prawns, Steamed Soon Hock Fish, and Steamed Coral Cod.

China Mama is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

For more info and to view the complete menu visit www.palacestation.com/eat-and-drink/china-mama.

Dining News

Petite Boheme is Now Open in the Arts District

Co-owners James Trees and Keith Bracewell have unveiled their latest venture, Petite Boheme, a precursor to their Bar Boheme opening this spring. Housed in a reclaimed transmission shop at 1407 S. Main Street, a few blocks south of Trees’ iconic Esther’s Kitchen Italian restaurant, the small non-gaming bar aims to recall Paris, France, with a twelve-seat polished marble bar, original street art by local artist Rocky Asbury, eclectic wicker and velveteen seating, vintage Persian rugs, and outdoor seating accented by strings of café lights and heaters.  

The bar program under Bar Manager Jonah Gibbs includes uncommon classics, new inspirations, and a martini program offering several varieties – all served with chilled sidecars. Examples are the Metro de Paris with rum, nocino, and amontillado; and French Pearl with gin, Pernod, lime, and mint. The craft cocktails are complemented by a dozen or so snacks curated by Executive Chef Ramtin Yashar.

For more info and the menu, visit www.petiteboheme-lv.com.

Hakkasan Offers Year of the Snake Special Menu

Hakkasan at MGM Grand will celebrate the Year of the Snake with special menu items from January 14 through February 12.

The specials, which are available as a $158 per person prix fixe or a la carte, include:

• Golden “Yuan Bao”—baked dim sum with king crab, caviar, and rice berry rice crisp
• Snake Fruit, Persimmon, and Avocado Salad with muscat grapes, barley, and kumquat dressing
• Grouper with Preserved Vegetable Sauce with sponge gourd, coriander, and red chili
• Smoked Duck Breast with Chinese Five-Flavored Sauce, maitake mushroom, pickled date, and purple and Romanesco cauliflower
• Plum Braised Beef Short Ribs with a pineapple plum glaze and garnished with dried pineapple
• Sauteed Eight Treasure Vegetables in XO Sauce with bean curd, snake gourd, mushroom, chestnut, and lotus seed
• Golden Lobster Fried Rice with bell pepper, lettuce, pineapple, and chili
• Lucky Red Envelope is a dessert featuring mango curry mousse, cashew peanut praline, and mango passion fruit sorbet.

In addition, a lion dance performance will occur at 9 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, with guests receiving red envelopes to feed the lion. During the month-long offerings, guests will be given wishing ribbons to hang on the intricate latticework throughout the restaurant.

UnCommons Hosting Las Vegas Farmers Market

The popular Las Vegas Farmers Market has added a new location, having launched its community-focused experience to the open-air mixed-use development UnCommons, across from the Durango Casino & Resort.

Launching on January 12 and continuing on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Las Vegas Farmers Market will bring an eclectic mix of fresh seasonal produce, handcrafted gifts, fresh-baked goods and locally made sauces.  

For more information, click here.

Entertainment News

Micky Dolenz of The Monkees at The STRAT Theater for Valentine’s Day

Micky Dolenz, best known as the vocalist and drummer of the 1960s pop group and television phenomenon The Monkees, will bring his celebrated stage show, “Micky Dolenz: Songs and Stories,” to The STRAT Theater for a special Valentine’s Day performance on February 14.

The Monkees sold more than 65 million records worldwide with hits such as “Last Train to Clarksville,” “I’m a Believer” and “Daydream Believer.” Beyond his work with The Monkees, Dolenz’s solo releases included “King for a Day” and “Remember.”

The show will begin at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m. Ticket prices start at $65, with an option to add on a VIP soundcheck experience priced at $250, and are available for purchase here or through The STRAT Theater Box Office.