Our second annual list of the top 100 restaurants in the valley ranges from mom-and-pop storefronts to neighborhood standouts to high-style spots on the Strip. Let us be your guide to the flavors of Las Vegas.
Dining Out
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Johnathan L. Wright dines out every night in Vegas so you don't have to. He authors the annual Top 100 Restaurants guide for rjmagazine and is always looking for the next great dish. Contact him at jwright@reviewjournal.com.
When most of us remember our college days, it’s with not-so-fond memories of college student food: Ramen noodles. Soup cooked in a popcorn popper. Ramen noodles. Government cheese. Ramen noodles. Frozen pizza. Oh, and let’s not forget ramen noodles.
Amato’s Bakery, 3300 Meade Ave., received 19 demerits Jan. 29. Violations included dirty food contact surfaces. GRADE: B
Entertainer turned restaurateur Tony Sacca wasn’t worried about Neonopolis when opening Las Vegas Rocks Cafe there last year.
The struggling entertainment venue at 450 Fremont St. — opened in 2002 — was built before its time, Sacca says. “Now, on Fremont Street it’s like Disneyland.”
Maui, wowee. Maui onion potato chips, with their mellow but assertive flavor, are available locally, fellow readers tell Barb Cherewaty.
Years of catering experience helped Tirzo Hernandez cook up an idea for his own restaurant: food that customers would make for their own families if they only had the time.
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Johnathan L. Wright dines out every night in Vegas so you don't have to. He authors the annual Top 100 Restaurants guide for rjmagazine and is always looking for the next great dish. Contact him at jwright@reviewjournal.com.
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