My first stop during Restaurant Week 2012 was Joe’s Seafood. Located deep, deep within the Forum Shops (at least if you’re walking from the garage) it has an old-school atmosphere and a menu full of classic dishes. And, of course, their specialty… stone crabs. We got an a la carte order of stone crabs to… Continue reading Joe’s Seafood Prime Steak & Stone Crab
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Todd’s Unique Dining Restaurant
I’m way behind on my reviews. This one is from Spring Restaurant Week ’12. Dining out at any half-decent, upscale place should be relaxing. That wasn’t the vibe I got as we entered. It was a madhouse with servers and hostesses running around frantically with overwhelmed and panicked looks on their faces. Granted, it was… Continue reading Todd’s Unique Dining Restaurant
Vintner Grill
Best high-end restaurant on the westside? It might be a toss up between Marche Bacchus and Vintner Grill. Thanks to some much needed vacation time between Christmas and New Years I had the pleasure of dining here for lunch on a weekday. The place is hidden in an office park and doesn’t look like much… Continue reading Vintner Grill
Jean Georges Steakhouse
Restaurant Week 2011. This was the final place we dined for RW. It wasn’t as good as our dinner at Scarpetta a few days earlier, but was good enough to make me want to go back to experience more. Located on the second floor of Aria behind the escalators, it’s tough to find but definitely… Continue reading Jean Georges Steakhouse
Scarpetta
Restaurant Week 2011. The wife and I only planned on going out once for Restaurant Week, but after perusing all the menus we were persuaded to try one more place — Scarpetta at the Cosmopolitan. We were seated at a two-top by the window overlooking the Bellagio fountains. One of the better views in town,… Continue reading Scarpetta
Charlie Palmer Steak
Restaurant Week 2011 was in full effect a couple weeks ago, where many restaurants have lunch specials for $20.11 and dinners for either $30.11 or $50.11, with part of the proceeds going to charity. It may be for a good cause but at most restaurants you really won’t be saving much when you compare the… Continue reading Charlie Palmer Steak
Craftsteak
Restaurant Week 2010. Unlike other RW menus where you choose one option for each of the three courses, at Craftsteak they give you everything and serve it family style. That makes it one of the better values for RW, in my opinion. The first course consisted of four dishes. The best of the group was… Continue reading Craftsteak
Aureole
Restaurant Week 2010. Walking into Aureole their famous wine tower is an impressive sight. However, when you’re seated in the dining area it almost becomes an afterthought because many seats are far removed from it. The whole time we were there we only saw a wine angel go up once — and only about 15… Continue reading Aureole