Filed under: CitySpoon, Travel | Tags: Cityspoon, Coupons, deals, hiking, oil, savings, travel, vacation
CitySpoon’s CEO and founder recently took a much needed vacation with friends to a popular African tourist spot. He returned to CitySpoon headquarters this morning elated to tell us he found something during a hike you don’t see every day. No, not a unicorn or a leprechaun. He found oil! We’re not exactly oil experts but we do know how much it costs these days to fill our gas tanks and he’s not letting us leave our days jobs just yet (we like spooning too much to leave anyway). We’re not sure if the mystery oil has already been claimed but the idea of liquid gold got us talking. What would you do if you found mystery treasure?
Take a look at this video, let us know what you’d do, and come check out our day jobs at CitySpoon.com
Filed under: CitySpoon, Uncategorized | Tags: Cityspoon, deals, Media, Spooner, spooning, United States
Now that word is getting around about who we are, what we do, and more importantly the relationships we’ve built; quite frankly, people want in – can you blame them? We offer an inside look at the city of Las Vegas through the eyes of its people; whether attending the events or not, registered users can live vicariously through the site.
Best part is that you can sign up now, for free, to be ahead of the rush, find out what we have in store (awesome contests and campaigns coming up), and start saving your money through our growing network of affiliations.
Click here to sign up now and earn that well deserved title!
Filed under: CitySpoon, Events, Spooning People | Tags: awesomesauce, campaign, Cityspoon, Creative, Las Vegas Nevada, start-up, US
Last post we spoke about Las Vegas being a city synonymous with fun and partying – talking about a night out our team had at a local hot spot and the fun we had. One thing we didn’t mention, however, is that Las Vegas is also a hub for start-up creativity which is quite literally bursting at the seams. Said start-ups thrive off being first to market with their creative ideas – hoping (and praying) that their idea will hit and make everyone involved wealthy. While this is a great mentality to live by, it’s very rare that things actually transpire as forecasted.
We here at CitySpoon are looking to change that perception and not be a “statistic”. We have ideas; great ones at that, ones that we can’t wait to flaunt – but not yet. We’re developing a campaign to not only introduce ourselves to the city of Las Vegas, but also wow you and give a sense of the innovative things we have in store for you. So sit back, keep an eye on us, maybe even register here and become a “spooner”. Either way you’ll want to be around for everything – including our contest coming up in a few short weeks.
Till then…stay tuned!
Filed under: CitySpoon | Tags: Car Accident, Cityspoon, Drinking, Driving, Events, family, Friends, Jackass, Johnny Knoxville, Local, Ryan Dunn, TMZ
34 year old Ryan Dunn died in a car crash in Pennsylvania early Monday morning. Many of you know Ryan from Jackass The Movie along with the MTV Series Jackass.
Prior to the crash, Dunn posted a photo to Twitter, that shows him drinking with friends. 
An unidentified passenger also died in the crash. TMZ reported Dunn was the driver of the car and the story is still developing.
Twitter has been overrun by the subject of Ryan Dunn and his death the past few hours. It’s also followed by the trend of drunk driving and people who are victims or have lost people in accidents.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Ryan Dunn and his family as well as the entire Jackass family. He will be missed.
Filed under: CitySpoon | Tags: Arts District, artwalk, Cityspoon, Events, First Friday, Las Vegas, Nickhole Arcade, pomona, tattoos
Recently I took a trip to Pomona to visit one of my favorite friends and Tattoo Artist Nickhole Arcade and it was a complete suprise. Growing up in LA the one thing I knew Pomona for was the LA County Fair. I never realized what kind of scene that city has. She tattoos at a Tattoo Shop called Ink’d Chronicles. But that’s a whole different story.
The real story is the town of Pomona. Just 3 hours away from our home base in Las Vegas. Pomona was incorporated in 1888. It has a rich past and exciting future where at times we don’t expect to find these gems glistening if you don’t stop to take in the sights. What was exciting was pulling into town and seeing all the people out and about, not all dressed up just being themselves. Music all around. Arts and culture everywhere. That’s what drew me to love this city. What really gets me too are all the antique shops. I wish we had the time to go to every one. Arg. Another time.
Pomona’s got this great Artwalk that we were fortunate enough to check out. It occurs every second Saturday of the month. It’s just like Las Vegas’ First Friday.
The moral of this story is: Don’t count out the diamonds in the rough. I can’t wait to have cityspoon.com there.
~myke
Filed under: CitySpoon, Events, Spooning People | Tags: Alize, Bar Masa, BOA Steakhouse, charity, chef, City Spoon, Cityspoon, foodies, Holstein's Wazuzu, Island Sushi, Jet Tila, Lavo, mixologist, No Kid Hungry, Nobu, NOVE, Palms, Roy's N9NE Steakhouse, Sushi Roku, TAO, Taste of The Nation, Union Steakhouse, Vegas, Wazuzu
The official CitySpoon website will be up and running on June 1st. What better way to kick off the site than help support No Kid Hungry in Nevada at Taste of the Nation inside Rain at the Palms. It was a wonderful even filled with great food, great chefs, mixologists, and non the less great supporters all for a great cause. One hundred percent of funds raised went to local Las Vegas beneficiaries Three Square Food Bank, Project Mana, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, and UNCE Chefs for Kids 
Las Vegas is the home of some of the best restaurants in the world, and many of them were at the Palms that evening showcasing their exquisite recipes for food and cocktails in which CitySpoon will share the hottest deals and places throughout Las Vegas for the benefit of the people.
Restaurants including Alize, Island Sushi and Grill, Bradley Ogden, Union Steakhouse, Bar Masa, Roy’s, N9NE Steakhouse, TAO, NOVE Italiano, BOA Steakehouse, Nobu, LAVO, Sushi Roku, Holstein’s, Wazuzu and many more contributed and created the most mouth watering dishes I have ever been in the presence of in one area. 
Above is Executive Chef Drew Terp with Bar Masa, which offers a Modern Japenese Cuisine, located in the ARIA Resort and Casino. Chef Terp had prepared Australian Kobe Beef skewers with a yuzu spice among a other flavorful dishes that included the highest grade beef you can get in the United States. Thanks Bar Masa, Delicious!
The pool outside the Palms was surrounded by aroma’s of mojitos, food trucks, and an overwhelming amount of 5 star dishes.
Inside Rain Nightclub, many other unique dishes were being created by a whole bunch of creative and hard working chefs. If I only had enough room in my stomach to try it all, trust me I would have. From dishes that I could not pronounce to red velvet mini cupcakes with cream cheese frosting as well at mini meatball sliders with fried mozzarella and pepperoncinis from Simon’s Restaurant Lounge inside Palms Place there was nothing that I would eat five of. 
Filed under: Events | Tags: Big Badass Burrito, Burrito, city, Cityspoon, Closing, Coupons, deals, employment, Event, Hotel, Las Vegas, Man Vs. Food, NASCAR Cafe, Nostalgic, Old Vegas, spoon, The Sahara
It’s official today at 1:40pm Sahara closed it’s doors today. 20 minutes ahead of schedule. It’s a sad day when workers are hugging and saying their “goodbyes” and “good lucks.” The last guests checked out at noon. Sahara was also put on the map from the Rat Pack and Sinatra. It had so much nostalgia of Old Vegas. They even have a street named after it.
Man Vs Food had the Nascar Cafe with the 2 foot burrito. Adam takes on one of Sin City’s wildest food creations: The Big Badass Burrito at the NASCAR Cafe. This monster is loaded with beef, vegetables, nacho cheese, and topped with scoops of sour cream and guacamole.
I didn’t frequent the Sahara, but I remember being 10 years old and the old Sahara being my first trip to Vegas, that’s where my family and I stayed. My uncle would get wicked deals from it. My cousins and I would get quarters to play video games, and once in a while we snuck a quarter into a machine to gamble. Then we’d do the touristy walk around and eat thing. We would end up back at the room renting a movie till us kids passed out and the aunts, uncles and parents would sneak off to feed the Vegas economy.
Yes folks the Sahara is no longer open for business. The end.
Filed under: CitySpoon | Tags: ABC, city, Cityspoon, Coupons, deals, Event, Fatherhood, Joseph Simmons, Las Vegas, Lavo, MTV, Palazzo, Rev Run, Run DMC, Run's House, spoon
It’s tricky…Joseph Simmons aka DJ Run aka Rev Run transformed from rapper to a minister and reality TV star. The Run-D.M.C. member shared his inspiring words of wisdom to Las Vegans May 14th and 15th at Central Christian Church. He spoke to old and new fans about his journey to entering fatherhood and becoming the grandfather of hip hop,from getting high to finding God and sharing his positive healthy newfound family life on the hit reality series Run’s House on MTV. The show was originally set to air on ABC until P. Diddy called with a better offer with MTV. Rev Run was skeptical because he wanted to the show to be family oriented, however, it could still accomplish that on MTV. He wanted to show the public the possibilities of reaping the benefits from living a virtuous lifestyle.
Simmons also spoke about the struggles in his own personal life, including the passing of his daughter in 2006 and the adoption of his youngest daughter Miley, now three years old, which he said was one of the best decisions he has ever made.
With over 2 million followers on twitter, Rev Run tweeted about finishing speaking at 5 services Sunday and will perform at Lavo nightclub inside the Palazzo on Wednesday the 18th. With the energy and comical relief Rev Run expressed in the church, it can only be imagined what he can do in a nightclub. Nonetheless, the rapper turned Reverend still knows how to get down.
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