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  • Dining

    Wednesday, April 28, 2010

    Caffeine junkies and coffeehouse-dwelling hipsters will have two new places to hang their beanies this summer.

  • Dining

    Wednesday, April 21, 2010

    Fresh new patios prepare to face their first Vegas summer.

  • Tourism

    Wednesday, April 21, 2010

    The Siegel Group aims to revive, reintroduce and in some cases entirely reinvent older properties.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Friday, April 9, 2010

    There's a new star on the Las Vegas Strip and this one is an American-made, gluten-free, luxury vodka.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, April 7, 2010

    A sudden spike in April’s Pabst Blue Ribbon beer sales can only mean one thing: The Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekend was in town last weekend.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, April 7, 2010

    No bottle service here, partner.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, April 7, 2010

    An intimate, hip nightclub/entertainment hybrid that makes those three-song nightclub performances look like an ill-timed commercial interruption.

  • celebs

    Wednesday, April 7, 2010

    Oh no she didn’t! The Hills hath no fury like a reality-tainer scorned.

  • Nightlife

    Friday, April 2, 2010

    Led by the USBG, local bartenders and mixologists will raise funds to help one of their own.

  • A&E

    Friday, April 2, 2010

    Coffee, tea or Wi-Fi, free? Downtown's about to get some coffee with its art.

  • Dining

    Friday, April 2, 2010

    The return of Social House to the scene and the return of Chef Joe Elevado's corn ice cream?! It's almost too much.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, April 1, 2010

    Drink in three days of UNLVino tastings.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, March 31, 2010

    See: the man so drunk he can no longer regulate the volume of his voice! See: a woman with magical breasts that defy gravity!

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, March 31, 2010

    Ah yes, the perks, they are aplenty.

  • A&E

    Saturday, March 27, 2010

    Hot hot heat, en pointe! Canfield's latest is a wooing shoe-in.

  • Dining

    Thursday, March 25, 2010

    Saturday night left you a hot mess? High Society brunch will set you right: buffet, DJs and baby bottles of booze. Ohh... ouch...

  • Dining

    Thursday, March 25, 2010

    The Weekly's Team Hangover has late-night, post-party dining on lock.

  • Dining

    Thursday, March 25, 2010

    Chef-prescribed post-drinking and hangover-relief dining.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, March 24, 2010

    All the preparation comes down to the moment of truth, when you take your first step—or rather, your first roll.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, March 24, 2010

    The debut of Bare's Heaven weekly, gay poolside party packed in celebs, drag queens and a "purse bearer."

  • Nightlife

    Tuesday, March 23, 2010

    Jet's Cat’s Meow party is more circus than freak show, but beware the balloon-twisting clowness! She has crazy-eyes...

  • Nightlife

    Monday, March 22, 2010

    Nightclub chandeliers are where excess meets elegance. Ready to see the light?

  • Nightlife

    Sunday, March 14, 2010

    The Hard Rock's new pools are bringing a more sophisticated party into the sun.

  • A&E

    Saturday, March 13, 2010

    Las Vegas Safaris' Exotic Animal Encounters brings animal babies of the wild to the Strip.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010

    She’s big. She’s busty. She’s Sin City Sindy.

  • Dining

    Monday, March 8, 2010

    Wine ice cream?! Shut. Up.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, March 3, 2010

    Encore Beach Club is arriving Memorial Day weekend, and it's bringing Kaskade with it all summer long.

  • Music

    Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010

    Crown Nightclub will open in May for live concerts and nightlife.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010

    Scotty B knows what the boys like: porn. And scintillating X-rated Q&A.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010

    Pure Management Group announced last week that it would be closing the Pussycat Dolls Lounge; Meanwhile, Hawaiian Tropic Zone announced its closure.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010

    When Herlong isn’t pumping out 1,500-2,000 cocktails per day, he’s creating specialty cocktails.

  • Nightlife

    Monday, Feb. 22, 2010

    Your guide to National Margarita Day (plus recipes!)

  • Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010

    Time bathroom visits not to miss any Billy Joel or Neil Diamond covers and other lessons gleaned from a night at Pete's Dueling Piano Bar.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010

    Valentine's Day: It’s not as bad as the New Year’s Eve I spent in Disney World parking traffic one year, but it’s up there.

  • Dining

    Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010

    The Artisan is earning your patronage back one cocktail and cigar pairing at a time.

  • Nightlife

    Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010

    At the new “Listen & Learn” hour, Downtown Cocktail Room invites drinkers to class.

  • Dining

    Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010

    First Food & Bar's new ladies night is just the beginning of Chef Sammy D's new nightlife agenda.

  • Friday, Feb. 12, 2010

    Luxe denim, in-store parties, rockstar DJs—sounds like MAGIC’s in town!

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010

    Sin City will be well-represented at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver by Vegas’ own DJ Alpyne.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010

    A gin-based cocktail made popular in 1980s London by Dick Bradsell, the original recipe combines gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and Crème de Mure.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010

    XS has been named "New Club of the Year" in the Nightclub & Bar Awards.

  • Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010

    While the Barge makes ready for Matt Goss' arrival, Cleo's assets are still on display.

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010

    Vodka 7000 comes to you from High West, Utah’s first legally licensed distillery since the end of Prohibition and the world’s only ski-in distillery.

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010

    Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin made the intro that will bring crooner Matt Goss to the Las Vegas Strip.

  • Entertainment

    Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010

    Upon a mere handshake, singer/songwriter Matt Goss agrees to an indefinite run at Caesars Palace.

  • Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010

    Pop-up club, Tao Park City at The Lift may be a stargazer's dream, but I only have eyes for Lil Jon.

  • Friday, Jan. 22, 2010

    The Sundance Film Festival is officially on following last night’s mondo opening party at the Legacy Lodge

  • Nightlife

    Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010

    What does the bankruptcy of the Strip's only gay club means to its local regulars?

  • Cocktail of the Week

    Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010

    Whether you’re heading to the Sundance Film Festival this weekend or not, you can still drink like a “Utahn.”

  • Nightlife

    Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010

    A tiny, 132-seat boîte with three balconies overlooking the Town Square bustle, Caña—“sugarcane”—offers South American-inspired cocktails and cuisine.