SLS Las Vegas to host Food & Wine Festival

The Las Vegas Food &Wine Festival will be Sept. 15 to 18 at SLS Las Vegas. Events include a 10-course tasting dinner at Bazaar Meat on Sept. 15, food and wine tastings at the pool and on the front driveway Sept. 16 and 17 and a Champagne brunch at Cleo on Sept. 18. Tickets, which will benefit Operation Smile, start at $50. Visit vegasfoodandwine.com. …

Trevi at the Forum Shops at Caesars will celebrate National S’mores Day on Wednesday with s’mores gelato, $4.50 a scoop. …

Coup de Foudre wines will be featured in a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Marche Bacchus, 2620 Regatta Drive. The four-course dinner with an entree of oven-roasted filet mignon is $125, plus tax and tip. Call 702-804-8008. …

Tickets are on sale for the Epicurean Charitable Foundation’s MENUS fundraiser at 8 p.m. Sept. 16 at Mandalay Bay Beach. Tickets for the poolside dine-a-round are $500 each; go to ecflv.org or call 702-932-5098. …

Barbecue team registration is open and tickets available for Pigs for the Kids, set for noon to 9 p.m. Sept. 17 at Craig Ranch Regional Park. Registration fees range from $175 to $600; tickets are $10 each (admission free for kids 12 and younger) and include one Piggy Buck, redeemable for food, drink or kids activities. Go to www.pigsforthekids.org. …

Elixir at 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway in Henderson has introduced some new dishes, such as goat cheese dip with mango salsa and a Buffalo chicken sandwich topped with blue cheese cole slaw. …

Sunshine Cafe, late of North Decatur Boulevard, has re-opened at the North Las Vegas Airport.

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