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Playing at LAVO’s Infamous Party Brunch
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Let us introduce you to the magical world that is LAVO Party Brunch. This is not a quiet, airy table with plates of breakfast for over-exposed Instagrams of your benedict. Think more of a bombastic, post-Apocalyptic EDM music video designed with the class of a Vanity Fair shoot mixed with the debaucherous curves of sexy patrons dancing around silver towers of fresh seafood, bubbly mimosas and the delectable noms of the Gods.

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Ben’s Southern Kitchen Neighbors Up To Atomic Liquors
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One of the Food Network’s shining stars, Ben Vaughn, is joining the Las Vegas family of culinary geniuses with a new restaurant addition to the Downtown scene.  More specifically, the new restaurant, Ben’s Southern Kitchen, will be occupying the space directly next to Atomic Liquors.

For those that haven’t heard of Atomic Liquors, it’s a staple dive bar that has been in Vegas for decades. In fact, it got its name as patrons used to sit on the rooftop drinking alcoholic concoctions while watching the atomic blasts at the Atomic Test Site.

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New Year's Eve's Glamorous Eats
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For some, New Year's Eve means confetti, Champagne, and dancing. The closest thing to a dining experience in this night out would be the olives in your martini. For those of you who proudly tout your foodie flag or are turned on by the words “caramelized,” “caviar butter sauce,” or “truffles,’ then you’re going to need one of these amazing New Years Eve menus to choose from. Good luck trying to determine which of these tasty meals gets your stamp of approval, because they’re all eager to get your attention with gorgeous filets and lobster.

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The 5 Best Las Vegas Dim Sum Restaurants for 2014
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Dim Sum, the Chinese dish of small steamed or fried dumplings containing an assortment of fillings, is a delectable trend and we’ve scoured Las Vegas in search of the best Dim Sum. Spending many man-hours discovering the good, the bad, and the ugly. Below you’ll find the five best places to get the delectable small bites in town both on the Strip and off of the Strip.

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How Life Is Beautiful Lives On Even After The Festival Ends
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The Life Is Beautiful 2014 festival recently welcomed 90,000 attendees to Downtown Las Vegas for it's second annual music, food, and art fest on Oct. 24 - 26. The event is part of an annual movement to inspire people to live life to the fullest, to overcome issues and to fight against bullying as well as to learn, love and grow as individuals.

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The Top 7 Places To Eat After Partying All Night in Las Vegas
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It’s 2:00 am, you’re drenched in sweat, and your dancing feet ache like a mofo.  You head back to your table and notice the bottles are empty, the cocktail waitress trying to shoo you away, and all your friends scattered like confetti throughout the club. “I’m in Vegas dammit and I’m not gonna let this party end!”

Don’t let it end. Grab some grub, and one last drink while you’re at it. Have the best after-hours nightcap at the seven best places to eat after drinking in Las Vegas.

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The Low Down On Life Is Beautiful Festival
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The second annual Life Is Beautiful festival is kicking off this weekend on Friday, Oct. 24. This year’s event is all about inspiring people to recognize the beauty in life – wherever they are in their personal lives – it is about embracing life, finding happiness and seeing the world from a different lens. To achieve this, the creator of Life is Beautiful enlisted local Las Vegas chefs to inspire patron’s palettes, a bounty of musicians to inspire the soul and they’ve grouped together world-renowned artists to invoke the heart and mind with unifying artistic themes.

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Exploring the Duroc Pig at Delmonico Steakhouse
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Ronnie Rainwater, Delmonico Chef de Cuisine and Duroc pig exhibitor, softly-stated our journey for the next 90 minutes in one sentence: “We used every part of the pig and just tried to be true to our restaurant and showcase the whole hog, using everything but the squeal.”

Hearing this made me a bit fearful as we anxiously awaited to travel the mapped menu of the hog’s carcass. I’m not a big fan of pork – except for the mainstream cuts of pork belly, bacon, and carnitas – and I was curious to see if this menu tasted roughly the same. Pork is pork, right? ‘The other white meat.’

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Aria Offers Rare Cognac & Champagne Dinner Pairing
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Sage at Aria is uniting with A. Hardy U.S.A. for a one-of-a-kind dinner party on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m. The event is offering the opportunity to sip on rare cognac and Champagne – all paired with a five-course meal.

Executive Chef Richard Camarota designed the menu for this event with Craig Shoettler, Aria’s master mixologist, and Benedicte Hardy, CEO of A. Hardy, as hosts guiding guests through the dinner, explaining the history of each cognac and the thought process behind each Champagne pairing decision.

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Templeton Rye & Pork Pairing at Delmonico Steakhouse
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For one night only, one of the Venetian's shining restaurant stars – Delmonico Steakhouse – is hosting a five-course Templeton Rye Whiskey and pork dinner pairing. The menu infuses pork items with Templeton Rye Whiskey, which was the same whiskey that Al Capone used to flood the streets of Chicago and New York City during the Prohibition Era. Menu items for this dinner include like Cajun Boudin Boulettes, Caramelized Porchetta, Butterscotch Bacon Pudding, and Panéed Pork Chops, to name just a few.

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