Janna Karel

2 days ago | vegas.eater.com | Janna Karel

Janna Karel is the Editor for Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region, covering the Las Vegas culinary landscape. With three stories of sports bar action, sweeping views of Las Vegas Boulevard, and the towering figure of a blonde pin-up model embracing an equally oversized beer bottle, Bottled Blonde will make its Strip debut on Thursday, June 26.

4 days ago | vegas.eater.com | Janna Karel

Janna Karel is the Editor for Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region, covering the Las Vegas culinary landscape. A beloved weekend destination for street food, live music, and bargain finds went quiet over the weekend. Broadacres Marketplace, a sprawling open-air market in North Las Vegas, temporarily closed on Saturday, June 21, citing safety concerns within the local immigrant community amid a wave of federal immigration raids.

1 week ago | vegas.eater.com | Janna Karel

It’s been an impressive year for Las Vegas’s dining scene. So far, 2025 has introduced restaurants that have immediately soared to must-visit territory, like Jeremy Ford’s Michelin-starred Stubborn Seed, a new food hall that not only revitalizes the trend but introduces a slate of big-deal regional fare, the latest in the highly-anticipated James Trees culinary universe, and a lakeside stunner with serious seafood prowess.

1 week ago | vegas.eater.com | Janna Karel

The smash burger spot from the team behind Sorry Not Sorry Creamery still draws nightly lines — eight months after opening. Now, With Love, Always will expand with a second location in southwest Las Vegas, set to open later this year at the Bend. Owners Drew Belcher, Damian Ocampo, and Kevin Whelan leaned into their social media savvy to launch the burger brand, leveraging a combined 1.4 million followers across their two popular accounts, @unlokt and @hookedlv.

2 weeks ago | vegas.eater.com | Janna Karel

Southern California’s beloved pastrami destination, the Hat, is finally moving forward with plans to open in Las Vegas — six years after the chain announced it would expand to Southern Nevada. Construction is now underway on a 4,122-square-foot restaurant at 6239 South Rainbow Boulevard — the same space it staked out in 2019 — with a drive-thru and outdoor patio.