Classically trained French chef Laurent Tourondel, who did a stint at a three-star restaurant in New York and at Caesars Palace, gives the traditional American sandwich gourmet treatment at the BLT Burger in The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
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Readers share favorite ideas for quick weeknight dinners.
Aurelio’s Pizza, 7660 W. Cheyenne Ave., received 19 demerits Aug. 19. Violations included dirty knives stored with clean in knife rack. GRADE: B
Seafood in the desert? Isn’t there something a little … well … oxymoronic about that? “I love that question,” said Rick Moonen, executive chef/owner of rm seafood at Mandalay Bay. “And it does come up often.” But Moonen and other local chefs say that thanks to modern transportation and technology, the seafood served in their Las Vegas restaurants is as fresh as that ’70s East Coast spot purported its to be. “Halibut’s off the boat one to two days from the time we get it,” Moonen said.
Wine: d’Aragona Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Red Wine
Interested in doing good while eating well? During Las Vegas Restaurant Week from Monday through Sept. 7, 79 top Las Vegas restaurants will offer special lunch and dinner menus and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Three Square, which works to provide nutritionally balanced meals for hungry people in the valley.
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