The new restaurant, from the owners of a top Las Vegas ice cream shop, began as a parking lot pop-up in 2021.
Johnathan L. Wright

Johnathan L. Wright joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a restaurant reporter in March 2022. Before that, he covered the emerging food and drink scene in Northern Nevada, with frequent trips west to write about the California wine country. Johnathan is a native of Honolulu, where he attended the Punahou School. Johnathan has a B.A. in art history from Yale University and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Nevada.
A new neighborhood bar — a spot its owners hope will offer a “five-star dive bar experience” — recently opened in downtown Las Vegas.
The restaurant offers a prime perch for viewing the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix racing by beneath its windows.
The menu features breakfast, lunch and brunch items, many drawing on Mexican cooking.
New York City pizza, sandwiches out of Italy, ramen from a Tokyo shop and the best new restaurant in America for 2017 are among the offerings.
The healthy seasonally changing menu features salads, bowls, wraps, build-your-own entrées and family-size meals.
The restaurant, showcasing housemade pastas, seafood and Mediterranean-inspired dishes, takes its name from one of Italy’s greatest wines.
Get set for more malasadas, Korean fried chicken and chili over rice from the beloved Hawaiian diner chain.
A former professional motorcross rider started the chain in San Diego. Henderson is its first Nevada location.
The restaurant is relocating, after a decade at one Strip casino, to a luxury tower in another Strip property.
One of the spots, famous for its heaps of wings, is expanding after 40 years.
One of its signature ingredients is flown from warm coastal waters to the Nevada desert for an appointment with mustard sauce.
The restaurant, headed by a James Beard Award finalist, topped the list of Yelp’s top 100 taco spots in the U.S. for 2023 and came in at No. 2 among the platforms’s top 25 Mexican places for 2024.
Spendy steakhouses are among the group, but so are a brunch destination, coffee shops, high-end Latin and a Mexico-inspired party place.
The Italian restaurant replaces a spot that mostly flew under the radar for years, despite enjoying a prime location.