Dishing
Buffalo Ricotta with Honey at Due Forni
This departure is a healthy scoop of creamy, sweet, imported Italian buffalo milk ricotta cheese. It’s whipped, chilled and served drizzled with locally sourced organic honey and sprinkled with toasted pistachio nuts. Read more »
Basil Pesto Grilled Chicken Panini at Wolfgang Puck Pizzeria & Cucina
It starts with the appreciably crisp panini bread, fresh greens and tender chicken, but it’s the creamy basil pesto that makes this sandwich a real treat, and it comes with a plentiful pasta salad. Read more »
LSD Roll at Hachi
Whether you prefer the Quaalude, Ecstasy or Marijane roll, ordering at Hachi can be a trip back to an ill-spent youth. One of the tastiest rolls on Hachi’s low-priced menu won’t make you hallucinate but it is delicious. Read more »
Frrrozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity 3
This specialty of the house was a secret recipe that even Jackie O. couldn’t get hold of. An icy blend of rich cocoa and 20 different varieties of chocolate are topped with whipped cream. Read more »
Crispy Baked Mozzarella at Union
Officially debuting May 12, Union’s new small-plates menu features seven fun, shareable items, including this ooey-gooey wonder. A generous slab of mozzarella is coated in perfectly salted Parmesan-garlic breadcrumbs and baked until the thin shell can just barely contain the molten deliciousness. Read more »
Salt Selection at Nora’s Wine Bar & Osteria
Presented to each table, the salt selection is an added touch that helps the popular local joint stand out. The most noticeable is the gray Salish salt imported from Washington state; the smokey flavor complements grilled meat. Read more »
Raw Desert Honey from the Pahrump Honey Company
Rich amber in color and deeply sweet is PHC’s finest thanks to bees working the Great Basin Desert, collecting nectar and pollen from desert plants such as yucca, mesquite, wild flowers, orchards and alfalfa fields. Read more »
Borscht at Tverskaya
Most people are probably more familiar with the dairy version of borscht eaten by the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. But there is also a lesser-known beefy version done well here with carrots, beets, cabbage and potatoes, with a sour cream float. Read more »
Original Pollo Bowl at El Pollo Loco
The chicken is flame-grilled right before your eyes and served over Spanish rice and pinto beans, topped with onions, cilantro and your choice of salsa. Read more »
Finger Licking Fix Buffalo-Style Wings at Fix
They don’t call ’em finger lickin’ for nothing. Frenched “2-bone” chicken wings—13 of the little beauties per order—are brined and then quickly fried. Read more »
