Food and Loathing Restaurant Guide -- Ep 3: Mambo Italiano!

We open the show on location at Oscar’s in The Plaza (although I'm not sure if we ever mentioned we were there),

There’s an interview with the new owners of Artisanal Foods, which has moved to Eastern Avenue, near Tropicana Avenue. 


Jason tells us about his visit to the first Las Vegas location for Dave’s Hot Chicken (on Sahara Avenue), and shares an interview with Michael Stamm of Cured & Whey, in which they discuss a slaughter-fest.

Rich interviews the owner of a new English Butcher known as Featherblade, on Charleston and Durango.

The centerpiece of this show is a discussion of Italian cuisine in Las Vegas, recorded at local landmark Piero’s, with Piero’s chef Chris Conlon and Chef/Partner Gina Marinelli of Summerlin's La Strega. But we open this segment with an interview with Bobby Flay, recorded during a dinner at his new Caesars Palace seafood restaurant, Amalfi.




Our discussion with Chris and Gina included talk of the red-sauce cuisine of Al Solito Posto in Tivoli Village, piadina at Pizza Forte in Virgin and the live music at BootleggerBistro.

We wrap up the show with some more discussion of the places we’ve been, including how I nearly missed my chance to have dinner at the gorgeous Delilah in Wynn Las Vegas and Jason’s trip to the new Vesta Coffee Roasters location of Ft. Apache and Sahara.

We shared some news about a new location for the Spring Mountain Road Thai place Lamaii.

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