Neil Cooney

1 week ago | whatnow.com | Neil Cooney

With its “unmatched homestyle recipe,” Birria Bros Tacos has grown from a COVID-era backyard project to an award-winning food truck. And now, it’s preparing to launch its first brick-and-mortar restaurant. “We started in the COVID years, around 2020,” co-owner Jason Espinoza told What Now on Thursday. “It started in my brother’s backyard, pickup orders from there. It was all following our mother’s recipes, which we really believed in.

1 week ago | whatnow.com | Neil Cooney

Lynden Square, the retail center located on the southwest corner of South Fort Apache Road and West Patrick Lane, boasts a food and drink roster with several big Las Vegas favorites, including Tacotarian and Jjanga Steak & Sushi. Now, a new mainstay for breakfast and brunch is in the works there: Butterface, opening at 6115 S Fort Apache Rd, Suite 110-112. “We’ve got pretty much all the breakfast favorites, with an Italian twist,” owner Gia Schultz told What Now on Thursday.

1 week ago | whatnow.com | Neil Cooney

With its “Craft Made, Curiously Delicious Ice Cream,” Salt & Straw has made a name for itself all over the country, from California to New York, with many more scoop shops in between—including a location at UnCommons Las Vegas. Now, the brand is preparing to make its debut on the Las Vegas Strip, and it’s doing so with aplomb. According to coverage by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Salt & Straw is planning not one but two locations for the Strip.

1 week ago | whatnow.com | Neil Cooney

Last week, What Now came across a trove of licensing documents submitted to the City of Las Vegas for six different restaurants: For the Win, Pearls Oyster Bar, Tacos 1986, Wineaux, Nom Wah, and Ai Pazzi Pizza—all of these to open in the Rampart Casino at the Resort at Summerlin, according to the submitted paperwork.

1 week ago | whatnow.com | Neil Cooney

Legendary New York City tea house and dim sum brand Nom Wah has a long history, one that began more than 100 years ago, in the New York City of 1920. “Nom Wah’s first location was not always about dim sum,” says the brand’s website.