Last month, Makers & Finders tried out the idea of a pop up social dinner event on First Friday. It…read morewas invite only, Asian themed, and a success. This month, they made it a public event, went with a Cuban food and salsa theme, and brought in Chef Beni Velasquez! The event itself was successful in that there were a lot of people, great atmosphere with live salsa music and dancing, and an inspired menu. The dishes I tried were just okay (Crispy chicken skins, fried plantains, Latin chopped salad, Cuban sandwich), with the exception of the phenomenal Espresso Flan dessert. Friends said the drinks were good but I didn't partake. Staff seemed a bit overwhelmed by the crowd but service was still friendly. Looking forward to future CAMA events, knowing staff will learn and adapt as they go on. Hoping the host restaurant eventually expands their hours permanently with an evening menu, even if it's just tapas-style

I went to Soulbelly BBQ today for a pop up with Chef Joseph Cervantes of ArepaHeads. The pop up…read morewas sponsored through Secret Burger. I pre-ordered the flight--Barbacoa, smoked chicken in greens, and pulled pork. These were mini arepas and were served with the two signature sauces from ArepaHeads. The sauces were the green and the pink. The green is a spicy chimichurri and the pink is a roasted garlic aioli. After a brief wait, I was brought the flight. I started with the smoked chicken and some chimichurri sauce. Excellent! Next, I had the barbacoa and finished up with the pulled pork. All three were great. It has been a few years since I had arepas, and these made me want to get more soon. The masa bread was very hot and the meats were also. Lots of flavor and the sauces added to my enjoyment. I'll look for ApreaHeads to see where they're having another pop up. Thanks to Chef Bruce of Soulbelly and Chef Cervantes of ArepaHeads for this delicious pop up.

I love finding new little spots! Was downtown and decided to check out Vegas Test Kitchen and the…read morearepa flight was calling my name! Surprisingly the black bean and cheese was our favorite! The shredded beef and chicken were both delish. And the green chimichurri sauce pulled it all together! We will def order from here again!

Great pop up inside of Izakaya Tora selling different sandos and sides!…read more My bf and I tried every sando!! We preordered at least a day before. Each came in a little box and all except the king katsu sando were cut into thirds. They use super nice yum slightly sweet thicc bread for their sandos. Sandwich fillings were also great ideas and overall tasted amazing, though some I thought needed more salt or pow. You can tell it takes a lot of time to make these sandwiches bc of all the ingredients and parts! Stand out sandos!! -- Menchi Katsu Sando: yummmmm. THE SAUCE!!! Crispy and well seasoned. Our fave of the bunch. 10/10 -- King Katsu Sando: a king fo sho. Katsu was crispy and yum. What made it stand out was the squash mash! You can taste it and I thought it was unique. The ratio of katsu to slaw to pumpkin to bread was good. -- Strawberry Matcha Cream: one of my personal faves. Also I'm on a matcha train rn so.. but it's good! The texture was a dream bc of the soft bread and the thick but still light matcha cream. The slight bitterness of the matcha paired well with the slight sweetness of the bread. The strawberries were super sweet too. It was like eating a cake but not too sweet so was perf. Held up well. I really wanted to try their sides but didn't get to this time. They all sound really really good. I'd come back to try their sides. Overall highly recommend!

Saw ads on Instagram for a BOGO sando deal and decided to give this place a try. It appears to be a…read morepop up place within the Izakaya Tora restaurant. I placed an order to pickup for several sandos to try. I received to call to ask if we could reschedule the pick up for another day because due to volume they could not do orders without at least 24 hours in advance and wanted to make sure quality was the best as possible. I can respect that, so we rescheduled for the next day at 1pm. I arrive the next day at the scheduled time to find out that the restaurant wasn't even open yet, it has a totally different schedule compared to the pop up hours. I waited around for a bit and tried to call but the phone line was constantly just not available. I also tried to message the business via IG too. I was so confused and thought I fell for a scam. I eventually gave up waiting around because I was starving at this point. I called later in the night and someone in the restaurant did finally pick up the phone. I explained the situation and they explained that something with their systems caused this mix up. I requested for a refund or some way to fix this problem, which they agreed to issue and offered to give our order and 1 extra for free to pick up for the next day as an apology for the inconvenience. The next day comes around and I had my partner pick up because I had to work. She received some sandos but to our disbelief we didn't even get the order we originally put in correctly. We received 5 sandos in total, 2 of which were duplicated and the extra was one that wasn't what was in the original order. So we basically only received 3 out of the 4 sandos that were ordered. SJ (the chef or owner? not too sure of actual position) apologized profusely again and offered to give us one of each sando for free to pickup for any other day. I scheduled this for another day and on the day of I receive a message via IG saying that their deep fryer broke, needing to reschedule for tomorrow. At this point, I was so disappointed from all the rescheduling so I wanted to just give up on the order since I had to work. I asked to just make sure my refund was actually issued because I saw that I was charged. They agreed to double check and confirm the issued refund, then offered delivery as a way to make good. I wasn't opposed to a delivery since most of this inconvenience is also needing to drive 30+ minutes away to pickup. I accepted the delivery offer, gave my address and a drop off time. I was left on read and no one ever showed up the next day with anything. I wish I could give 0 stars for this atrocious service, but the one star can be for the sandos I did actually receive. The food was good and the menchi was the favorite. I'm incredibly disappointed by this experience, please don't give customers so many false promises and not follow through.

What a wonderful dining experience! The students at UNLV were top notch. We were welcomed and we…read moredecided to sit at the bar. Bronwhyn was an excellent manager and came by to say hello and check in on us. The bartenders and servers all made sure we had everything we needed. The food was super tasty and we enjoyed it all. The fried chicken sliders were perfect and the biscuits were so soft and delicious. The Baja fish tacos came in an order of 3 and for only $16 this was a steal. So good. We also ordered the raviolis and this was a large order of 3 cups Of ravioli. Another great menu item that was well worth the price. We also had a couple of drinks and the bartenders were very good and super friendly. This will become a yearly event for me. Many of these students I had classes with at UNLV so it was a special dinner service. Chef Chris does an amazing job putting this together with the students getting ready to graduate. Also, don't skip the cheesecake made by Chef Chris it was absolutely delicious and one of the best i have had.

The food and the students are excellent!! Service was exceptional, the manager stopped by and…read morechecked on me to make sure everything was okay and the bar manager was understand when i needed to change my order. The atmosphere was and is a vibe with music and excellent decorations!! You know I'll always be back to support.

Urbani Truffles Pop-Up Restaurant is located in Eataly (The Italian Marketplace) located in Park…read moreMGM. This restaurant is a Truffle Themed Restaurant and is only open for Truffle Season that is around November till the end of February. This restaurant offers a limited menu of Antipasti, Pasta, Piatti (entrees) Italian wines, and beer. They offer mostly seating at a small counter and there are a few high top cocktail tables. This restaurant does not take reservations. We arrived extra early for dinner for our best chances of being served. I found out that they were out of one third of the menu and were only two plates away of being out of another plate. We changed up our order and moved on. We started with the Burrata. This was my favorite dish of the evening. It had delicious flavors and textures. The Urbani Truffles went well with this dish. We also shared the Agnolotti Piemontesi (ricotta filled pasta with truffle butter). The pasta was perfection and delicious. I also thought it was a good portion size. For our main we shared the R.R. Ranch Beef Tenderloin with mashed celery root and carrots. This was good but the truffles sort of got lost in this dish. The beef was tender and nicely infused with flavors but missing a needed sear. The people working the counter were nice but we had to ask to get a clean plate for the steak. I'd highly recommend to try the burrata for a nice treat and a truffle pasta is always good. The Urbani Truffles do have a different unique taste compared to other truffles. This was a fun indulgent stop.

Good selection of craft beers. They have a great selection of their IPAs (Tropical Forrest is a top…read morechoice) and the Czech Plz is also really good. Have tried a few of their darker beers and they were also really good. They had a green melon milkshake IPA last summer (Sugoi! Green Melon), that really hit the spot in the heat. Hoping to see it or something similar back on the menu soon!

Hey yall, After going to FIRST FRIDAYS for my first time,…read morearound 9:30pm I was getting ready to leave to my car, and then BAM... this guy pulled up on me on his DIRT BIKE... Actually told him NO. Then he left and came back around so I gave him a 2nd chance actually lol then we went... Back to the story... I was just INVITED to this BREWERY, by this guy. He bought me a drink. Idk what I'm drinking. It came from the inside of the bar tho. It's good. It's called peach's something. I had one. I was BUZZED!!! He bought himself 2 beers and he said he didn't feel anything lol he wanted to buy another one, asked me if I wanted the slushy... but we were ready to leave by 10! A cute lil brewery! I always LOVED brewery places ever since they started poppin up!

The food is good but is only for employees from the fountainblue casino or VENDORS, is located down…read morethe stairs from the employees entrance, they have ice cream, salad bar, burgers, grill chicken, pizzas, etc etc, the tables are always busy but with enough room for more people, the service around is good cause they permanently cleaning tables .

This place is terrible to have in a residential neighborhood they take up all the parking in front…read moreof everyone's houses and play loud music all night this should be illegal!

Best caterer I ever used! Kiss the Cook is wonderful...helpful with menu, pleasant to work with,…read moreand the FOOD was simply wonderful! We had four appetizers..spanakopita, caprese crostini, filet mignon crostini, bacon wrapped scallops; two entrees, chicken marsala and glazed salmon and a chef salad.....Every food item was superb!!! And the amount of food was way beyond our needs despite having big eaters! They arrived exactly when promised, set everything up, (lovely disposable plates and napkins and cutlery) and could not have been lovelier. Kiss the Cook is a winner on all fronts. Thank you Al & Mary Grace Rook

Thank you for hosting our Holiday Event!!!…read more Everything was perfect, from the appetizers to the main course. The brisket, baked ziti and the jalapeno poppers were the talk of the event. Thank you to you and your team for your professional setup and your overall customer service. Roxanne, your advise and input for food choices during our pre planning was very helpful and much appreciated. Our team has added Kiss the Cook to our roster for our future engagements. All the best to you and your team! Boys & Girls Club of Southern Nevada!!!