On the Menu: Apples

Upside-down cake

Vintner Grill

The caramelized-apple upside-down cake is served with yogurt gelato and caramel sauce, $8.

Apple Pie Waffles

Sugar Factory American Brasserie, Town Square

Two warm waffles are topped with roasted apples, creamy caramel sauce, whipped cream and toasted pecan crumble and served with vanilla ice cream and warm maple syrup, $10.95.

Apple Bacon Fritter

O Face Doughnuts, John E. Carson Hotel

Applewood-smoked bacon, oven-roasted apples and house-made apple butter are folded into the signature fritter and topped with a creme fraiche glaze, $2.25.

Apple Cider Margarita

Willy and Jose’s Cantina, Sam’s Town

Sweet apple cider is mixed with Grand Marnier, tequila and muddled oranges, garnished with apple slices and cinnamon sticks and served in a glass rimmed with sugar and cinnamon, $7; available this month only.

Apple Pie Doughnuts

Fix, Bellagio

Apple-filled doughnuts are served with rum raisin sauce and apple Anglaise, $12.

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