The Coronado Cafe at the South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering $7.95 daily specials from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. through the end of the month. The schedule: Monday, roast pork loin or chef’s salad; Tuesday, meatloaf or Greek chicken salad; Wednesday, Swiss steak or barbecued chicken salad; Thursday, chicken a la king or grilled steak salad; Friday, seafood creole or citrus-glazed chicken salad. …
I have the utmost respect for Chef Carla Pellegrino and the work she’s done locally, formerly at Rao’s at Caesars Palace and currently at Bratalian in Henderson. I thought the Meatball Spot at Town Square was a brilliant concept and have heard tons of good things about it.
This week’s lead item brought to mind a recent newsroom conversation about how many food companies have gone multinational, and how seemingly a handful own many old familiar brands.
Wines from North and South America will go head to head this weekend at the Golden Nugget, 129 Fremont St., beginning with a dinner at 7 tonight on the pool deck. Tickets are $95 and include the Poolside Champagne & Wine Kick-Off from 8 to 10 p.m. (tickets for that event alone are $35).
Reader Pat Swanson was looking for a recipe from a Swift’ning (a shortening that was made by Swift and Co.) booklet from the ’40s-’50s. I found it online at rocknrecipes-rockn
quilts.blogspot.com, where the blogger reports finding it in her grandmother’s Swift’ning book from 1950. Here’s the version I adapted:
The Roadrunners at 9820 W. Flamingo Road and 921 N. Buffalo Drive are offering a $10.95 filet mignon special on Thursday evenings, with a 6-ounce steak with chipotle butter, creamed spinach and spicy potato wedges and the option of a domestic draft beer or house wine at half off. …
