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: CitySpoon, Spooning People | Tags: Bradley Cooper, Bridesmaids, Cityspoon.com, deals, Ed Helms, Events, Hangover II, Ken Jeong, Mike Tyson, Sin City, Sin City Memorial Day Weekend, spooning, trailer, Vegas, Zack Galifianakis
I just saw Bridesmaids last week and thought it was absolutely hysterical, like pee myself in the theater hysterical. Between the disastrous diarrhea scene to getting completely obliterated on a flight to Vegas and kicked off the plane, the ladies in Bridesmaids made me laugh until I cried. Some may even refer to it as the female version of the Hangover, I don’t know if I would necessarily say that but I did find it equally as funny. So we shall see this Thursday (5/26) when the Hangover II premiers nation wide what Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Ed Helms and Mike Tyson can bring to the big screen this go around. It’s a little unfortunate, judging from the trailer, that the stomping grounds will not be in good ol’ Sin City, however they needed to to go global which I can understand…taking it to a different level. This should make for interesting situation for the fellas. And how appropriate that it is premiering Memorial Day Weekend. Judging from the trailer there is bound to be some “ohhhhh sh**” moments.
Filed under: Deals | Tags: Atlantis, Caesar's Palace, cheap, circus, city, Cityspoon, coupon, deals, family, Fountain, fountains at Bellagio, free shows, Fremont St, fun, Las Vegas, lions, show, Sirens at TI, spoon, The Rio, the spoon theroy, TI, Treasure Island, Vegas
Over the last few years Las Vegas has gone through so many changes. Celebrity Chefs have come in to open restaurants; Jose Andres, Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, etc. Even high end shopping has expanded with places like Barney’s, Jimmy Choo, Tiffany’s, etc. One of the biggest changes is bringing Broadway shows into town. We lined the strip with The Phantom of The Opera, The Lion King, Jersey Boys. But we have a tip for you for some free shows when you come into town! Yep free is a deal!
Sure it’s not Cirque or Les Miserable, but it’s free and it’s fun.
The Fall of Atlantis Fountain Show
3570 Las Vegas Blvd S
866.227.5938
www.caesarspalace.com
Located in the Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace. They have lifelike animatronic figures who are fighting it out to who gets to rule Atlantis. Is it fire or ice going to be dominant? You decide…Other than that, there’s a cool 50,000 gallon saltwater aquarium there with over 100 species of fish and plants.
The Festival Fountain Show
3570 Las Vegas Blvd S
866.227.5938
www.caesarspalace.com
An animated show of Roman Gods starring Bacchus, Apollo, Venus, and Plato. It’s almost a Three’s Company sitcom, that plays every hour on the hour 7 days a week.
The Fountains at Bellagio
3600 Las Vegas Blvd S
702.693.7111
www.bellagio.com
If you’re visiting Bellagio or cruising by. You definitely want to catch the Fountains. You can watch the fountains dance and shoot water hundreds of feet into the air to the sounds of Sinatra, symphonies, or songs like Nessun Dorma
It’s a beautiful site. Great date place to walk hand and hand, feel all warm and fuzzy romanticlike. Shows are usually every half hour starting in the early afternoon and every 15 minutes 7pm to midnight. Subject to change during high winds.
Sirens of TI
2200 Las Vegas Blvd S
702.894.7111
http://www.treasureisland.com
The Sirens is located outside TI, it’s like this Electronica high seas adventure that happens nightly. They sing and dance and they’re scantily clad women and washboard ab master seamen that put on a show usually 6pm, 8pm, and 10pm. It’s not America’s Best Dance Crew, but it’s fun to see and F-R-E-E! Who doesn’t like that deal?
World’s Largest Permanent Circus at Circus – Circus
2880 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702.734.0410
800.634.3450
Further down the strip in Circus Circus there high above the casino floor, the World’s Largest Permanent Circus performers do death-defying stunts every half-hour between 11 a.m. and midnight.
Acts include jugglers, unicyclists, trapeze artists and acrobats, oh my! Each act lasts about 10 minutes.
When you walk through the casino, follow the signs toward the midway – Otherwise you will be stuck joining the Circus and it could be dangerous.
The midway features Carnie games of more than 200 games of skill and chance; In the evening, the rotating “Horse-A-Round” bar featured in the movie “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” is definitely a must see if you’re a big Hunter S Thompson Fan
Masquerade in the Sky
Rio Hotel
3700 W Flamingo Rd
866.746.7671
www.riolasvegas.com
At the Rio there’s a huge stage with floating “Floats” overhead with dancers, singers, and people who like to chuck beads at you. No you don’t have to take your top off. It’s family friendly. But it’s a smaller version replica of Carnival or Mardi Gras….So where’s the kingcake?
Freemont Street Experience
425 Fremont St
702.678.5600
www.vegasexperience.com
If you’re up to it, a short cab ride downtown, or even if you’re driving…it’s where old Las Vegas is. A place to get cheap drinks, cheap food, and fun times. Freemont Street Experience is a covered area with Ziplining, free concerts on weekends and an awesome lightshow above. It plays accordingly with the song they blast nightly on a 500,000 watt sound system and 12.5 million lights. It usually starts every night from 8pm to midnight on an hourly basis. Yes I said Ziplining. It’s cool and new and fun! I did see some people get stuck once. It was pretty funny!
The Lion Habitat
MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
702.891.7777
To honor the lion and help safeguard its preservation for future generations, MGM Grand Hotel and Casino has created a one-of-a-kind Lion Habitat as a showcase for public education and appreciation for this majestic creature of nature. The lion has been a part of the MGM heritage for many years, beginning with the legendary Leo, whose roars have welcomed generations of moviegoers to epics of the silver screen. The Lion Habitat is open daily from 11am-7pm. It’s pretty cool to see them close up and laying there. Sometimes I just wanna see them go crazy! But it doesn’t happen that often. It’s free and a must go!
Filed under: Events | Tags: Attractions, audition, Cityspoon, Dance, Electronic Daisy Festival, Electronica, Events, Festival, insomnia, June, Las Vegas, Music, Techno, Trance, Vegas
Amazingly enough there’s a new festival coming into town. Should we call it a festival? The Electronic Daisy Festival is looking to Las Vegas to house their music extraveganza. Now amazingly enough there were about 160k in attendance. There were carnival rides, music, dance, food, dance, music, food, dance, food, drinks, music, and bathrooms….did I mention music?
There’s no lineup annouced yet, but this may be a good thing for Vegas. It’s got this subculture of DJ underground and it will be successful. Economically, it should bring a lot of business into town. Ultimately you’ve got over 100k of people showing up in the summer for this. It’s gonna be a crazy, crazy 3 days. Hopefully Las Vegas will be able to make this event fun and safe for everyone.
To get updates and ticket info click here
There has been a date set for June 24-26, 2011 however the venue or lineup has not been determined. I think we here at Cityspoon will make an appearance. But hey why not? We hope we can dish out some deals for this event!
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