Canada’s Globe and Mail talks to author Matt O’Brien, author of Huntington Press’ internationally acclaimed bestseller, Beneath the Neon: Life and Death in the Tunnels of Las Vegas.
Jan. 18, 2013
“Vegas has built up a reputation as one of the meanest cities towards the homeless,” says Matthew O’Brien, a writer who runs a charity called Shine a Light that provides help to the people living there.
National restaurant blog Eater.com reviews Huntington Press’ Eating Las Vegas 2013.
Monday, Dec. 3, 2012
Bouchon is out, out, out of Eating Las Vegas 2013: The 50 Essential Restaurants, the sometimes biting, oftentimes carefully thought out dining out guide put together by competing restaurant critics John Curtas, Max Jacobson and Al Mancini.
December, 2013 issue of trade publication Las Vegas Food & Beverage Professional reviews Huntington Press’ Eating Las Vegas 2013.
Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants (Huntington Press, December, 2012) accomplishes what no other restaurant guide has, compiling the opinions of the city’s three most respected critics (John Curtas, Max Jacobson and Al Mancini) to create a reference book that lists their agreed-upon “Essential 50″ restaurants in Sin City. more than just a list of restaurants, as each entry receives a thoughtful and candid description from all three authors. The guide also includes a 44-page specialty guide dedicated to “Additional Recommendations” – from beer to buffets and from Sunday brunch to sushi – plus everything else in between. The contentious (and ever-popular) “Vetoes” section pits author-against-author, a literary version of a free-for-all food fight.
But it’s much more than just a list of restaurants, as each entry receives a thoughtful and candid description from all three authors. The guide also includes a 44-page specialty guide dedicated to “Additional Recommendations” – from beer to buffets and from Sunday brunch to sushi – plus everything else in between. The contentious (and ever-popular) “Vetoes” section pits author-against-author, a literary version of a free-for-all food fight. Continue reading
Los Angeles Times food writer S. Irene Virbila reviews Huntington Press’ Eating Las Vegas 2013 for the Daily Dish feature.
Jan. 4, 2013
“Eating Las Vegas 2013″ is just out. The third edition of the savvy guide to Vegas dining has three very different critics — John Curtas (KNPR Nevada Public Radio), Max Jacobson (dining critic for Seven magazine) and Al Mancini (Las Vegas CityLife) — putting their heads together to come up with a list of the city’s 50 essential restaurants.
Sin City’s top food critics name Vegas’s best high-end restaurants
Jan. 22 2013
USA Today Travel writer Kitty Bean Yancey reviews the 2013 edition of Huntington Press’ Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants.
December 1, 2012
What’s better than one food critic pointing the way to a city’s top restaurants?
Three, because when folk with sometimes different tastes agree, you have better odds of ordering a memorable meal.
For the third year, Las Vegas-based John Curtas, Max Jacobson and Al Mancini have cooked upEating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants — an opinionated guide to dining in what has become one of the restaurant capitals of the world with an ever-growing menu of dining options in all price and ethnic categories.
Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard site reviews sports-betting documentary Life on the Line, distributed exclusively via LasVegasAdvisor.com
Feb. 5, 2013
“Filmmaker Isaac Feder invites viewers into a world that typically grants very limited access to the average sports fan and gambler. While he does manage to accomplish the “insider’s look” into this fascinating world, Feder’s film plays out more like a character study of the colorful band of miscreants who inhabit it. And that, perhaps, is Feder’s greatest accomplishment: gaining the trust of a group of people that, in playing the odds, typically trust very few.”
The Hollywood Reporter on Travel Channel’s introduction of seven new series, including “All Fork’d Up,” the new restaurant-travel series hosted by Eating Las Vegas authors Al Mancini and John Curtas.
Dec. 11, 2012
All Forked Up, from O’Malley Productions with Julie McCully as executive producer, follows Las Vegas food critics Al Mancini and John Curtas who can’t agree on anything. In six half-hour episodes, the culinary odd couple explores a new city by forcing each other to their latest wild food find that reflects their differences. The one that finds the dish that best reflects each city will win bragging rights and the loser has to pay up on a crazy side bet. Continue reading
Gossip columnist Robin Leach previews Eating Las Vegas: The 50 Essential Restaurants.
Dec. 1, 2012
The much-feared and eagerly awaited “Eating Las Vegas 2013: The 50 Essential Restaurants” goes on sale next week, and Vegas DeLuxe has a preview of who’s in and who’s out.
Huntington Press title My Week at the Blue Angel is cited in a local CBS News story about strange statues and bizarre public art in Las Vegas.
Oct. 1, 2012
Travelers to the eastern part of Las Vegas cannot help but notice the gentle, loving and idly rotating figure of an angel overlooking the area. This striking angel dressed in blue was a beacon to tenants of the Blue Angel Motel and became such an icon to Las Vegas locals that it inspired the title piece in the book “My Week at the Blue Angel,” a collection of stories about lesser-known Las Vegas written by author and journalist Matthew O’Brien.
Travel writer Kitty Bean Yancey surveys the best buffets in Las Vegas, with help from some local experts.
Sept. 29, 2012
at the Wynn buffet, Las Vegas Advisor’s Curtis was surprised — in a good way. “This is pretty strong,” he pronounced, as he dug into watermelon salad with feta cheese served in glasses. Then came Thai beef, Korean kimchee, beef brisket, crab legs and crepes made to order with strawberries, homemade whipped cream and drizzled chocolate on top. Notable for Vegas: multiple vegan options that even meat-eaters lapped up. Curtis upped Wynn to the top of his personal buffet list. Continue reading
