Matt Meyer, the chef behind Served and 138 Degrees in Henderson, is opening Tender Mercy on East Windmill Lane in the south valley, and it's set to open Dec 1, the Review-Journal reports. The plan is dry-aged steaks, burgers in six styles, steak frites and meat to take home from a butcher counter, with the aging lockers right out where you can see them. The menu also has wagyu chops, dry-aged Ora King salmon, duck à l'orange, Duroc pork chops and small Korean-style banchan, plus fries cooked three times and thick milkshakes and frozen custard for dessert. It's a small place with 40 seats and a terrace, and Meyer told the paper he wants it serious about the meat but more fun than formal.
KJ's Social, the restaurant that took over Todd English's old Pepper Club space at The English Hotel in March, has closed after about seven months, and the hotel confirmed it to the Review-Journal. Its website now only talks about private events by appointment, and the hotel says it hasn't picked a new restaurant for the space yet.
The Museum of Ice Cream at AREA15 now has a Pinkmas Hot Cocoa Bar with Food Network, pouring pink hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, edible pink glitter and peppermint, and it runs through Jan 18. It's an easy add-on if you're already taking kids or out-of-town family to the sprinkle pool this season.
On Thursday, Nov 26, La Madre Canyon Grill in Spring Valley is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a $55 three-course menu of butternut squash soup, a roast turkey plate with cornbread stuffing and gravy, and pumpkin flan, and kids under 10 can get a $20 turkey dinner. Downtown in Symphony Park, Vic's Supper Club serves a $49 three-course dinner from 1 p.m. until close with turkey and honey Dijon ham, a choice of pumpkin, pecan or apple pie, and a Las Vegas Academy jazz trio playing 1:30 to 4 and 5 to 8. Call Vic's at 725-755-5299 to book.
TGI Fridays says a Las Vegas company, LVP Food Service Concepts (part of LV Petroleum), will open five new Fridays here over the next three years, in regular spots and inside hotels and casinos. No locations or dates are set yet, and the Review-Journal notes the last Vegas Fridays closed in January 2025.
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