Local Corner—New York Street Dogs 300 Stewart Ave., 702-930-9540 We’ve been roamin’ these streets for decades and have made a lot of culinary discoveries, but one thing we’ve never come across is a street cart selling New York City-style hot dogs topped with kraut and red-onion sauce. Sure, the dog itself has made its way […]
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Greater Vegas — the Soul of Carson City
What is it about godforsaken patches of the Nevada desert that give men visions of booming metropolises? It’s hard to say. Myron Lake bought a collapsed bridge and proceeded to found the world’s biggest little city. Don Laughlin bought a bankrupt bait shop and built, in a few short years, one of the largest gambling […]
Greater Vegas — Stewart Indian School
One of the highlights of Carson City, the Nevada state capital, is a visit to the Stewart Indian School. Thirty full years after the complete dislocation of Nevada’s Native population, the U.S. Senator from Nevada, William Stewart, acquired federal funds to open this school in 1890 on a 240-acre campus south of the town. At […]
Deli Night at the Rampart Buffet
Though not kosher, Rampart’s Thursday specialty night is about as authentic a Jewish buffet as you’ll ever eat; whoever came up with the selections is almost certainly Jewish or at least knows a whole lot about the food. Not only won’t you get chicken livers, noodle kugel, gefilte fish, knishes, and pickled herring at any […]
Local Corner—Jackpot Bar and Grill
Local Corner—Jackpot Bar and Grill 4360 S. Decatur, 702-463-0333 A lot of bars in Las Vegas have 24-hour kitchens. The food tends to be good and they’re always handy as late-night dining options. They’re also relatively similar, so when we find one that stands out, we like to shine a light. What makes Jackpot different […]
Behind the Curtain — Excitement Over the Golden...
Exciting times here in Las Vegas — for the first time, we have a professional team to cheer for. As of the time of this writing, the Vegas Golden Knights are 7-1 and second place in the Pacific Division. Yes, the season is young with many games to go, but no one could have predicted […]
Greater Vegas — Thousands of Pronghorn? In Neva...
Pronghorrn are unique for a number of reasons. They’re not related to antelope, deer, elk, caribou, sheep, or goat. The resolution of their eyes, extremely wide-set, as big as an elephant’s, and sharp, has been compared to eight-power binoculars. But mainly, these graceful creatures are fast. Pronghorn are the fastest land animal on the continent. They […]
Greater Vegas—Lehman Caves Part 2
Park naturalists take you and up to 19 other visitors into the Lehman Cave complex at Nevada’s Great Basin National Park, 300 miles northeast of Vegas. The 60- to 90-minute tours ($8, $10) take place every day of the year except holidays and let me tell you, this is an excursion to the inside — inside […]
Greater Vegas — Lehman Caves Part 1
In a previous blog, I described the ancient bristlecone pines that inhabit the upper reaches of Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada. But neither these beautiful trees, nor Wheeler Peak (pictured below), second highest in Nevada at 13,065 feet, are the main attraction at Great Basin. That accolade belongs to Lehman Caves. For those […]
Greater Vegas—State of Illusion Final
Bringing the Nevada-illusion theme back to Las Vegas in the present day for this fourth and final part of the series, we have casino gambling, an industry based, primarily, on smoke and mirrors. Though it’s touted as a benign form of indoor recreation, the price of admission gets higher year by year: what with resort […]
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