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A James Beard Semifinalist Is Opening a Mexico City-Style Cocktail Bar

Fresh off his second consecutive year of earning a semifinalist nod for James Beard Award: Best Chef Southwest, Milpa chef DJ Flores will soon build

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Joe Lombardo’s predicament • Nevada Current

Governor Joe Lombardo has a problem, one that runs deeper than just tussling with a Nevada Legislature controlled by Democrats. It’s that his political situation

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The Best Bowls of Soup in Las Vegas

This French restaurant sets the stage for a memorable evening, starting with a stroll through the wine shop at the entrance. Choose to dine inside

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Former lawman calls defending rule of law mere ‘shameless political theater’ • Nevada Current

Early this week when the Trump administration inflicted chaos on Nevada and the nation by announcing a sweeping freeze on federal financial assistance that even

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Salt Bae Has Sprinkled His Final Golden Steaks in Las Vegas

Eight years ago, chef Nusret Gökçe became a meme incarnate when a video of him bouncing grains of salt off his forearm and onto a

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Let them eat memes • Nevada Current

What do Donald Trump and Joe Lombardo have in common? If you said they both gave speeches within one week of each other in which

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Celebrate Lunar New Year in Las Vegas With Parties and Special Menus

Like all good house parties, Angie Mar’s Lunar New Year bash in 2024 drifted into the kitchen — where guests eagerly pilfered dumplings and slices

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Elon Musk and the phony far-right narrative of ‘protecting’ women • Nevada Current

Across the 2000s, a series of child sex exploitation cases affected British towns, including Telford, Rochdale, Oxford and Rotherham, scarring the lives of hundreds of

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The First Las Vegas Restaurant Closings of 2025

The dining landscape in Las Vegas is ever-changing. Only a couple weeks into the new year, Las Vegas has already bid goodbye to Strip restaurants

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The time a Trump sympathizer radicalized into a violent extremist but nobody cared about that • Nevada Current

“This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call,” reads a line in written notes authorities made public last week from Matthew