This weekly update covers noteworthy restaurant openings and closings, dining news, culinary events, and entertainment news.
Events
Ada’s Food + Wine — July 26
Ada’s Food + Wine (recently awarded Wine Spectator’s “Award of Excellence”) in Tivoli Village will host Discovering Rosé: Journey Through Pink Perfection. The one-hour sommelier-led class will explore rosé wines, where attendees will learn about the rich history of rosé wine, from ancient traditions to modern-day popularity while discovering the unique techniques and methods used to produce rosé.
The class will begin at 2 p.m. and cost $75 per person. It includes a tasting of four wines, a bottle to take home, and charcuterie and cheeses. To purchase tickets, click here.
Grape Vine Café Wine Bar & Cellar — July 28
Grape Vine Café Wine Bar & Cellar will host a four-course wine dinner featuring Wente Vineyards. Jordan Wente will bring two exclusive limited wines not available anywhere else in Nevada.
Courses are Prawn, Mango and Avocado Salad with lime dressing paired with Wente Riva Ranch Vineyard Chardonnay;
Mushroom Ravioli in a mushroom cream sauce paired with nth DEGREE Merlot; New York Steak Tagliata with arugula, shaved parmesan, olive oil, and aged balsamic paired with Wente Charles Wetmore Cabernet Sauvignon and Wente Limited Release Cabernet Franc; and Tartufo Classico.
There will also be bottle signings, 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.
El Segundo Sol — July 30
El Segundo Sol at the Fashion Show Mall will present its five-course Summer Tequila Dinner, with each course paired with drinks from Espolòn Tequila.
Courses are Bloody Maria Shigoku Oyster from Taylor Shellfish Farms from Washington with anchovy, celery, and kimchi; Blue Prawn with Applewood smoked bacon, charred yellow peach, charred avocado, queso fresco, and Morita macha; Duck Carnitas Taco with foie gras, habanero pineapple glaze, and heirloom blue corn tortilla; Wagyu Carne Asada with mole negro, and caramelized cebollita; and Arroz con Leche with rice crispy, banana, mango, and horchata gelato.
The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. and costs $95 per person plus tax, tip, and a 4% event fee. To purchase tickets, click here.
New Restaurant
The team behind Nacho Daddy has opened Glitter Gulch Tiki, a 90-seat swanky tiki lounge in the former Nacho Daddy location at 113 N 4th St., just north of the Fremont Street Experience.
The name pays homage to the historical nickname for downtown Las Vegas and its neon-lit past. The design elements, crafted by renowned tiki bar designer Bamboo Ben and his son Blake Bassham, include a straw-hut covered bar, handcrafted blowfish pendant lights, custom leather and glitter seating, exotic wooden archways emulating the South Pacific islands, and a dance floor and stage for live music.
The tiki drink menu is a collaborative effort by longtime industry veteran General Manager Alfredo Delatorre and his team. Examples of the hand-crafted cocktails are The Old Jamaican with Appleton Estate Signature VX Rum, Clement Mahina Coco Liqueur, Supasawa Sour, and two dashes of Aroma Bitters garnished with coconut flakes and flamed lime peel; and Lili of the Valley Dole Whip, a variation of the famous Dole Whip with Telson Blanco Tequila, coconut cream, lime juice, and passion fruit puree.
The food menu features Coconut Shrimp, Lumpia, Grilled Wings with pineapple BBQ sauce, Kalua Pork Bowl with mixed veggies and teriyaki sauce, Spicy Tuna Tacos with lite firecracker sauce, and Poke Nachos with avocado wasabi and poke sauce on crispy wonton chips.
Glitter Gulch Tiki is open daily from 5 p.m. until late.
For more info, visit www.glittergulchtiki.com.
Dining News
Chef Michael Vakneen’s Døuble Zerø Pie & Pub combined its first-anniversary celebration with commemorating the recent accolade of placing #45 in the 50 Top Pizza US list (widely regarded as the pinnacle of pizza guides).
Chef Michael is no stranger to significant pizza awards, as he has been named a World Pizza Championship winner on multiple occasions. Renowned for his tremendous creativity and knack for surprising us with his ingenious pairing of ingredients you may not expect to see combined, he has unveiled a new antipasti, pizza creation, and dolce menu item.
The scallop crudo is an inventive combination of calamansi citrus, shoyu, toasted sesame aioli, micro cilantro, and shaved red onion. It is an excellent complement to the crowd favorite Wagyu Carpaccio with nori croutons, whisky barrel-aged fish sauce and matsutake marinated enoki mushrooms.
The new pizza is Salami Rosa with a mortadella and salami hybrid, garlic confit, white sauce, preserved lemons, crushed pistachios, stracciatella, and red pesto enlivened with Calabrian chiles.
If you like cannoli, or even if you don’t, you’ll likely be wowed by the new Døuble Zerø Cannoli, a deconstructed version layered like a thin cake with sweet delights such as pistachio mascarpone and a house-made crispy almond shell that shatters like glass when broken to mix in wonderfully with the other ingredients.
Major congrats to Chef Michael and Døuble Zerø on their first anniversary and on achieving such impressive recognition for the artisanal pizzeria’s excellence in such a short amount of time.
Bottiglia Cucina & Enoteca at Green Valley Ranch offers a Date Night deal on Mondays. For $65, couples can get a three-course meal for two and 50% off specialty cocktails and bottles of wine.
The menu changes weekly. For the next Date Night on July 29, you can choose between Meatballs or Caesar Salad, two entrees, chicken Marsala or Fettuccine Alfredo, and a Cannoli or NY-style cheesecake for dessert.
Bottiglia’s website lists the menu for several weeks out. Visit www.bottiglialv.com/menus/#date-night-menu
Entertainment News
Las Vegas’ iconic Jewish delicatessen Siegel’s Bagelmania is debuting The Bagelmania Backroom, a night of stand-up comedy in the restaurant’s private Back Room beginning Thursday, July 25 at 7 p.m. and continuing monthly through the end of the year.
Billed as where “you will laugh your bagels off,” the comedy show is hosted by the acclaimed comedic couple Noah Gardenswartz and Ester Steinberg. Both are nationally touring headliners with distinguished lists of credits, including The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Conan, Funny Girls, and Gotham Comedy Live.
The inaugural show will include comedians Ester Steinberg, Noah Gardenswartz, Jimmy McMurrin, Mary Upchurch, and headliner Michael Yo.
Designed to enjoy bites and laughs together, Siegel’s Bagelmania will offer a special Backroom Comedy limited menu and a full bar for each event.
The comedy shows are open to attendees 18 and older, and The Bagelmania Backroom seats approximately 50 guests to ensure an intimate comedy experience. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here, or at the door while supplies last.
