Las Vegas Culinary Events
Hungry? Need to fill your culinary calendar? Here is where you will find all the restaurant and culinary happenings in Las Vegas. We feature a calendar of special dinners, tasting menus, prix-fixe meals, food festivals and other events, including regularly occurring food events as well as special one-time-only events featuring top chefs. Keep checking back so you can know all that's going on in the world of restaurant and food events in Las Vegas. We've also got the latest Las Vegas Restaurant News and Wine Events.
February 11
Executive chef Geno Bernardo will host The Joy of Making Fresh Pasta cooking class at NOVE Italiano inside the Palms Casino Resort at noon. Chef Geno will share insider tips on preparing pasta and will demonstrate five different regional pasta recipes. Courses will include pigoli pasta with duck ragu, ricotta cavatelli with truffle sauce, corzetti with walnut sauce, Nana’s secret-recipe ravioli and agnolotti. The cost is $75 per person. For reservations, call 702-942-6856. NOVE Italiano, Palms Casino Resort, Fantasy Tower, 4321 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89103, 702-942-6800.
February 14
Oscar’s Beef ∙ Booze ∙ Broads, situated in the Plaza’s iconic dome overlooking Fremont Street, will offer a three-course menu for Valentine’s Day. Priced at $120 per couple, courses will include mixed green salad with poached golden and red baby beets and champagne vinaigrette; entrée of traditional Chateaubriand for two or herb crusted rack of lamb; and dessert of chocolate lava cake or chocolate-covered strawberries. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 702-386-7227. Oscar’s Beef ∙ Booze ∙ Broads, 1 Main Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101, 702-386-2110.
February 14
Fleur by Hubert Keller at Mandalay Bay will craft a Valentine’s Day tasting menu consisting of ahi tuna tacos, salmon sashimi, foie gras cappuccino, rock shrimp with toasted orzo pasta, diver scallops, filet mignon with lobster ravioli, pineapple carpaccio and a chocolate and passion fruit dome. The cost is $75 per person. Fleur by Hubert Keller, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89119, 702-632-7777.
February 14
Comme Ça at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will feature a Valentine’s Day prix-fixe dinner for $99 per person, with the option of adding wine pairings for an additional $50 per person. The three-course dinner will be created by chef/owner David Myers and executive chef Brian Howard, and includes a choice of roasted beets or seared dayboat scallops; a main course of lobster thermidor or beef Wellington; and a tasting of chocolate truffles for the dessert course. The restaurant is well-positioned, offering romantic views of the Eiffel Tower and the lights of the Vegas Strip. Comme Ça, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, 3708 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109, 702-698-7000.
February 14
Phil’s Italian Steak House at Treasure Island will serve a four-course Valentine’s Day menu for $75, consisting of a choice of lobster chowder or Caesar salad; oysters on the half shell or tuna tartare; herb-crusted halibut, an eight-ounce filet or Chateaubriand for two; and dessert of chocolate coeur a la crème with a raspberry compote. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 702-894-7351. Phil’s Italian Steak House, Treasure Island, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109, 866-286-3809.
February 18-20
SUSHISAMBA strip will kick off a three-day celebration of Carnaval February 18. The festivities will feature live performances by samba dancers and drummers, DJs and a live feed from Carnaval in Brazil projected on screens throughout the restaurant. Brazilian-themed items added to the menu will include a crab palmito salad with hearts of palm, papaya, passionfruit vinaigrette and candied cashew; a crispy red snapper with lime, chili, cilantro and coconut rice; and the Carnaval roll, consisting of tuna, salmon, shrimp, yellow chimichurri and Brazil nuts. SUSHISAMBA strip, The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino, The Shoppes at The Palazzo, 3325 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109, 702-607-0700.
Ongoing
Osteria del Circo at the Bellagio is offering a pre-theater, three-course menu, available nightly from 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m., and priced at $49. Osteria del Circo, Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109, 702-693-8150.
Second Saturdays
The El Cortez is hosting the Vegas StrEATs Food Truck and Music Festival the second Saturday of every month from 6 p.m.-2 a.m. The event features free admission, eight different food trucks, streetwear artists and live music. The street fair takes place outside of the El Cortez. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Vegas StrEATs, 600 E. Fremont St., Las Vegas, NV 89101, 702-385-5200, 800-634-6703.
Ongoing
Johnny Smalls at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is featuring an all-you-can-eat-tapas deal for $19.99 for its Rockstar Players Club members (or $24.99 for non-members). The special is available Mondays through Sundays, and the club is free to join. Johnny Smalls, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, 4455 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89169, 702-693-5000, 800-HRDROCK.
Ongoing
Ferraro's Italian Restaurant Wine Bar is offering 50-percent off its "antipastini" tapas menu, daily from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. The menu features more than 20 items regularly priced at $10 or below. Ferraro's Italian Restaurant Wine Bar, 4480 Paradise Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89169, 702-364-5300 .
Ongoing
Munchbar at Caesars Palace has extended its happy hour to twice daily, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. and midnight-2 a.m. Half-priced appetizers include the popular tiny grilled cheese sandwiches, nachos and Chef Ogden’s signature “naked” wings. Munchbar , Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89119, 702-731-7544.
Ongoing
Nu Sanctuary Lounge at Town Square is now offering a happy hour menu daily from noon-5 p.m. Some of the items on offer include ahi tuna and watermelon bites with shiso, mint and yuzu with toasted sesame for $8, and the calamari and shishito peppers with sumac salt and pepper, avocado and roasted tomato sauce also for $8. Nu Sanctuary Lounge also offers half-priced signature cocktails during happy hour. Nu Sanctuary Lounge, Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. S. , Las Vegas, NV 89119, 702-527-7851.
Ongoing
Hussong's Cantina Taqueria is giving back to Las Vegas locals with a 20-percent discount on food every day, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., for those who can show a Nevada ID. The restaurant is also offering a new happy hour Sunday through Thursday from 4 p.m.-7 p.m., where locals and visitors can enjoy buy-one-get-one-free traditional margaritas or draft beers, or a $5 combo of a 24-ounce Tecate and a taco. Hussong's Cantina Taqueria, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. S. , Las Vegas, NV 89109, 702-553-0123.
Monday through Friday
Simon at Palms Place has introduced a new $6 happy hour menu featuring appetizers, a choice of six sushi rolls, wines by the glass, beer and premium well drinks. Appetizers include wok-charred edamame, grilled shishito peppers, calamari, meatball sliders and personal margherita pizza. The happy hour takes place weekdays from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Simon at Palms Place, Palms Place Hotel & Spa, 4381 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89103, 702-944-3292.
Monday through Thursday
Michael Mina's American Fish at Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter is now offering a happy hour, Monday through Thursday, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. All food from the Bar & Lounge Menu is $5, cocktails $7, wine by the glass $7 and beer $4. American Fish, Aria Resort & Casino, CityCenter, 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109, 877-230-2742.
Monday through Friday
Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., J.C. Wooloughan Irish Pub at the JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa offers a $5 Max Happy Hour. All appetizers, premium draft beer and select martinis and cocktails are $5 each and domestic beer is $5 with a two-for-one offer. J.C. Wooloughan Irish Pub, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89145, 702-869-7777, 877-869-8777.
Tuesday through Thursday
Twin Creeks Steakhouse at the Silverton Casino Hotel Lodge has introduced a happy hour every Tuesday through Thursday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m, featuring half-price tapas, cocktails, beers and house wine. Twin Creeks Steakhouse, Silverton Casino Hotel Lodge, 3333 Blue Diamond Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89139, 702-914-8594, 866-946-4373.
Third Thursdays
Executive chef Linda Rodriguez, husband and chef de cuisine Martin Swift, and head sushi chef Fernando Luna are presenting monthly sushi-making classes at Hachi at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa. The two-hour classes convene the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. and cost $85, plus tax. Students are provided with their own area to work under the supervision of the international team of chefs, and a sampling of sushi rolls. Space is extremely limited. For reservations, call 702-797-7054. Hachi, Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89135, 702-797-7576.
Saturdays & Sundays
Dragon Noodle Co. & Sushi Bar at the Monte Carlo has expanded its sushi hours and sushi menu, and will celebrate by offering all sushi rolls for 50-percent off Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. The deal is continued at the sushi bar only on Sundays until 10 p.m. Some of its more popular rolls are the dragon roll with crab, cucumber, eel and salmon roe; the tiger roll with shrimp tempura, cucumber, spicy tuna, avocado and teriyaki; and the spicy ocean with spicy crab, topped with spicy tuna, sliced jalapeno and sweet soy. The sushi menu is served weekdays from 4 p.m.-closing, and all day on Saturday and Sunday. Dragon Noodle Co. & Sushi Bar, Monte Carlo Resort & Casino, 3770 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89109, 702-730-7965.
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