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18 Neighborhood Gems to Explore in Las Vegas and Henderson

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Locals know the secret neighborhood spots where to find a good Italian meal, a great oyster shack, or even Asian favorites. Bonus, many of these restaurants offer takeout and/or delivery so customers can order ahead and take their meal home. Here, a look at 18 neighborhood gems that span from Summerlin to Spring Valley and beyond.

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米ezzo Bistro & Wine

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米ezzo Bistro & Wine in the northwest features a family-style menu offers a variety of Italian favorites such as chicken Parmesan, chicken piccata, and lasagna for takeout and delivery. All come with fresh-baked house bread, salad, and dessert.

Champagne pan chicken at Mezzo Bistro & Wine
Champagne pan chicken at Mezzo Bistro & Wine
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Americana Restaurant

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Located on Lake Jacqueline, Americana blends European flavors with American fare. The restaurant in Desert Shores offers the crowd-favorite smoked salmon tartare to start, with the filet mignon sliders as a main course. Do sit on the lakeside patio for some socially distanced dining.

Americana
Americana
Americana

Ohlala French Bistro

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Ohlala French Bistro serves authentic French fare with the atmosphere of a cozy bistro. Patrons here rave about the warm crusted pistachio goat cheese appetizer, served with onions confit jam, honey, and crostini and the bavette a l’echalotte, a flank steak served with French fries. Order curbside takeout and free delivery at 702-222-3522

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Bavette a l’echalotte at Ohlala French Bistro
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Every Grain

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Two-time James Beard Foundation nominee for Best Chef West Sheridan Su and his wife Jenny Wong serve lunch for takeout. Order lu rou fan with braised minced pork rice made with hand cut pork belly, dan dan noodles, and milk tea at this Taiwanese gem. Orderonlinefor takeout.

Taiwanese pork chop rice plate
Taiwanese pork chop rice plate at Every Grain
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Salud Mexican Bistro & Tequileria

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This family-owned restaurant on the west side features a combination of modern and traditional Mexican cuisine. A craft tequila bar, $5 daily happy hour, and popular brunch menu all add to the appeal of this gem. Fans of Salud repeatedly order the octopus salteado, lobster enchiladas, and the churro waffles for dessert. Diners can order online for takeout.

Churro waffles at Salud Mexican Bistro & Tequileria
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Edo Gastro Tapas & Wine

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Edo Gastro Tapas & Wine from Barcelona-raised chef Oscar Amador Edo and his partner Roberto Liendo offers Spanish tapas and charcuterie plates. Try hot tapas such as picanha with a top sirloin on an ishiyaki stone or Iberico secreto tsukune, cold tapas including spicy tuna tartare and fermented tomato salad, paellas, and oysters while admiring the full-wall mural or ordering from the rolling gin-and-tonic cart.

An overhead view of tapas on blue and gray plates
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Robata En

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Former Yonaka owner Ramir DeCastro’s Robata En in Chinatown describes his restaurant at one part local and one part global. The seasonally changing menu brings back some Yonaka favorites such as crispy Brussels sprouts, miso buttered corn, and avocado nigiri. Other favorites include shishito peppers grilled with Binchotan charcoal, Jidori chicken served with pickled veggies and house made bread, yuzu tea brined ribs, and miso black cod. Robatayaki dishes, a sashimi platter, and an omakase menu that comes with an appetizer, sashimi salad, sushi, sashimi, a cold dish, a warm dish, and dessert, served with rice and soup, make up the menu. The restaurant also features a range of Scotch and Japanese, and American whiskies behind the bar.

Robata En
Sushi and sashimi at Robata En
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Pasta Mia West

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This Spring Valley gem features Northern Italian cuisine such as linguine with fresh mussels, lasagna Bolognese, and gnocchi alla Romana with sausage and porcini mushrooms. Some of the house specials include pollo dello chef with a chicken breast with eggplant and prosciutto as well as a pollo pizzaiola with a light tomato sauce and veggies.

Pasta Mia West
Pasta Mia West
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Forte European Tapas Bar & Bistro

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從尼娜Manche福特歐洲餐前小吃酒吧和酒館v features a mix European comfort foods and wines as well as sangria and craft beers. Most dishes come as tapas meant to share such as the marcona almond stuffed dates, mixed Spanish olives, chorizo simmered in red wine, truffle mashed potatoes, and French fries covered in beef stroganoff.

Folded pastry on a plate
Chebureki at Forte Tapas
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DW Bistro

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綠草mercy’s DW Bistro from Bryce Krausman and Dalton Wilson offers curbside pickup and delivery for its Jamaican and New Mexican cuisine. Order a New Mexican chile burger, fried chicken bowl, vegetable curry, or New Mexican red chile pork. Yes, the restaurant’s famous brunch is also available to go.

Todd's Unique Dining

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Chef Todd Clore changes his menu weekly, and diners can keep tabs on the daily dishes by signing up for the newsletter or visiting the restaurant’sFacebook page. The restaurant offers curbside pickup for dishes such as seared salmon, Alaskan halibut, togarashi seared Ahi tuna, and grilled filet with gorgonzola cream.

Ahi tuna
Ahi tuna at Todd’s Unique Dining
Todd’s Unique Dining [Official Site]

Crab Corner Maryland Seafood House

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Crab Corner in Spring Valley advertises that it’s the only Maryland style crab house on this side of the country. Seafood is flown in daily, where the fresh blue crabs can sell out before the end of the day. Customers also love the bacon-wrapped scallops, calamari, and hush puppies. Diners can order online for takeout.

Crab fries
Crab fries atCrab Corner Maryland Seafood House
Crab Corner Maryland Seafood House [Official Site]

Pier 215

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Those in the Spring Valley area love Pier 215, a fusion restaurant mixing Japanese influence with Italian flavors. Popular menu selections include the crispy pork belly, the Hawaiian breeze roll, the Kobe beef short ribs, and the miso-glazed salmon with brown rice risotto. Call 702-274-6177 for takeout orders.

Crispy pork belly at Pier 215
Pier 215

Table 34

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Table 34 in the southeast features small versions of comfort food. Some of the most popular dishes on the menu include the macaroni and cheese with pancetta, bacon pizza with Gouda, and Buffalo fried shrimp.

Salmon with cauliflower purée, a Caprese salad, and bread
Salmon with cauliflower purée and lemon-dill butter at Table 34.
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Graffiti Bao

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Chef and co-owner Marc Marrone specializes in Chinese-inspired dishes ranging from Sichuan chicken dumplings and bao buns stuffed with barbecue pork. Crispy garlic noodles, a vegan kung pao, and braised short ribs are all available for curbside pickup.

A bowl of chicken with vegetables in a white vessel with red on the rim
Kung Pao chicken at Graffiti Bao
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Prosecco Fresh Italian Kitchen

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Prosecco features traditional favorites such as Caprese salad, capellini Pomodoro, and of course, Margherita pizza. Some of the most requested menu items however, include the ruby salad, a mixture of beets, a spring mix and goat cheese and the lobster ravioli on the brunch menu. The restaurant offers a takeout menu on its website.

Ruby salad at Prosecco
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Gaetano’s Ristorante

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Order takeout daily from 5 to 8 p.m. at this Italian gem in Henderson. Head to the website for the ever-changing menu that recently included risotto with saffron and four jumbo sea scallops, stuffed salmon with Dungeness crab, and branzino Mediterranean striped bass.

Gaetano’s Ristorante
Gaetano’s Ristorante
Gaetano’s Ristorante [Official Site]

Spaghetty Western

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In the Southwest part of town, customers love Spaghetty Western for its successful blend of classic American Western with Northern Italian. Menu favorites include the sage butternut squash ravioli, the antipasto platter, and the pink vodka sauce paired with any type of pasta. Diners can call the restaurant for takeout at 702-834-4611.

Italian dishes
Spaghetty Western
Spaghetty Western/Facebook

米ezzo Bistro & Wine

米ezzo Bistro & Wine in the northwest features a family-style menu offers a variety of Italian favorites such as chicken Parmesan, chicken piccata, and lasagna for takeout and delivery. All come with fresh-baked house bread, salad, and dessert.

Champagne pan chicken at Mezzo Bistro & Wine
Champagne pan chicken at Mezzo Bistro & Wine
米ezzo Bistro & Wine/Facebook

Americana Restaurant

Located on Lake Jacqueline, Americana blends European flavors with American fare. The restaurant in Desert Shores offers the crowd-favorite smoked salmon tartare to start, with the filet mignon sliders as a main course. Do sit on the lakeside patio for some socially distanced dining.

Americana
Americana
Americana

Ohlala French Bistro

Ohlala French Bistro serves authentic French fare with the atmosphere of a cozy bistro. Patrons here rave about the warm crusted pistachio goat cheese appetizer, served with onions confit jam, honey, and crostini and the bavette a l’echalotte, a flank steak served with French fries. Order curbside takeout and free delivery at 702-222-3522

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Bavette a l’echalotte at Ohlala French Bistro
Ohlala French Bistro [Official Site]

Every Grain

Two-time James Beard Foundation nominee for Best Chef West Sheridan Su and his wife Jenny Wong serve lunch for takeout. Order lu rou fan with braised minced pork rice made with hand cut pork belly, dan dan noodles, and milk tea at this Taiwanese gem. Orderonlinefor takeout.

Taiwanese pork chop rice plate
Taiwanese pork chop rice plate at Every Grain
Every Grain/Facebook

Salud Mexican Bistro & Tequileria

This family-owned restaurant on the west side features a combination of modern and traditional Mexican cuisine. A craft tequila bar, $5 daily happy hour, and popular brunch menu all add to the appeal of this gem. Fans of Salud repeatedly order the octopus salteado, lobster enchiladas, and the churro waffles for dessert. Diners can order online for takeout.

Churro waffles at Salud Mexican Bistro & Tequileria
Facebook

Edo Gastro Tapas & Wine

Edo Gastro Tapas & Wine from Barcelona-raised chef Oscar Amador Edo and his partner Roberto Liendo offers Spanish tapas and charcuterie plates. Try hot tapas such as picanha with a top sirloin on an ishiyaki stone or Iberico secreto tsukune, cold tapas including spicy tuna tartare and fermented tomato salad, paellas, and oysters while admiring the full-wall mural or ordering from the rolling gin-and-tonic cart.

An overhead view of tapas on blue and gray plates
Edo Gastro Tapas & Wine
Edo Gastro Tapas & Wine/Facebook

Robata En

Former Yonaka owner Ramir DeCastro’s Robata En in Chinatown describes his restaurant at one part local and one part global. The seasonally changing menu brings back some Yonaka favorites such as crispy Brussels sprouts, miso buttered corn, and avocado nigiri. Other favorites include shishito peppers grilled with Binchotan charcoal, Jidori chicken served with pickled veggies and house made bread, yuzu tea brined ribs, and miso black cod. Robatayaki dishes, a sashimi platter, and an omakase menu that comes with an appetizer, sashimi salad, sushi, sashimi, a cold dish, a warm dish, and dessert, served with rice and soup, make up the menu. The restaurant also features a range of Scotch and Japanese, and American whiskies behind the bar.

Robata En
Sushi and sashimi at Robata En
Louiie Victa

Pasta Mia West

This Spring Valley gem features Northern Italian cuisine such as linguine with fresh mussels, lasagna Bolognese, and gnocchi alla Romana with sausage and porcini mushrooms. Some of the house specials include pollo dello chef with a chicken breast with eggplant and prosciutto as well as a pollo pizzaiola with a light tomato sauce and veggies.

Pasta Mia West
Pasta Mia West
OpenTable

Forte European Tapas Bar & Bistro

從尼娜Manche福特歐洲餐前小吃酒吧和酒館v features a mix European comfort foods and wines as well as sangria and craft beers. Most dishes come as tapas meant to share such as the marcona almond stuffed dates, mixed Spanish olives, chorizo simmered in red wine, truffle mashed potatoes, and French fries covered in beef stroganoff.

Folded pastry on a plate
Chebureki at Forte Tapas
Forte Tapas/Facebook

DW Bistro

綠草mercy’s DW Bistro from Bryce Krausman and Dalton Wilson offers curbside pickup and delivery for its Jamaican and New Mexican cuisine. Order a New Mexican chile burger, fried chicken bowl, vegetable curry, or New Mexican red chile pork. Yes, the restaurant’s famous brunch is also available to go.

Todd's Unique Dining

Chef Todd Clore changes his menu weekly, and diners can keep tabs on the daily dishes by signing up for the newsletter or visiting the restaurant’sFacebook page. The restaurant offers curbside pickup for dishes such as seared salmon, Alaskan halibut, togarashi seared Ahi tuna, and grilled filet with gorgonzola cream.

Ahi tuna
Ahi tuna at Todd’s Unique Dining
Todd’s Unique Dining [Official Site]

Crab Corner Maryland Seafood House

Crab Corner in Spring Valley advertises that it’s the only Maryland style crab house on this side of the country. Seafood is flown in daily, where the fresh blue crabs can sell out before the end of the day. Customers also love the bacon-wrapped scallops, calamari, and hush puppies. Diners can order online for takeout.

Crab fries
Crab fries atCrab Corner Maryland Seafood House
Crab Corner Maryland Seafood House [Official Site]

Pier 215

Those in the Spring Valley area love Pier 215, a fusion restaurant mixing Japanese influence with Italian flavors. Popular menu selections include the crispy pork belly, the Hawaiian breeze roll, the Kobe beef short ribs, and the miso-glazed salmon with brown rice risotto. Call 702-274-6177 for takeout orders.

Crispy pork belly at Pier 215
Pier 215

Table 34

Table 34 in the southeast features small versions of comfort food. Some of the most popular dishes on the menu include the macaroni and cheese with pancetta, bacon pizza with Gouda, and Buffalo fried shrimp.

Salmon with cauliflower purée, a Caprese salad, and bread
Salmon with cauliflower purée and lemon-dill butter at Table 34.
Table 34/Facebook

Graffiti Bao

Chef and co-owner Marc Marrone specializes in Chinese-inspired dishes ranging from Sichuan chicken dumplings and bao buns stuffed with barbecue pork. Crispy garlic noodles, a vegan kung pao, and braised short ribs are all available for curbside pickup.

A bowl of chicken with vegetables in a white vessel with red on the rim
Kung Pao chicken at Graffiti Bao
Graffiti Bao/Facebook

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Prosecco Fresh Italian Kitchen

Prosecco features traditional favorites such as Caprese salad, capellini Pomodoro, and of course, Margherita pizza. Some of the most requested menu items however, include the ruby salad, a mixture of beets, a spring mix and goat cheese and the lobster ravioli on the brunch menu. The restaurant offers a takeout menu on its website.

Ruby salad at Prosecco
Prosecco/Facebook

Gaetano’s Ristorante

Order takeout daily from 5 to 8 p.m. at this Italian gem in Henderson. Head to the website for the ever-changing menu that recently included risotto with saffron and four jumbo sea scallops, stuffed salmon with Dungeness crab, and branzino Mediterranean striped bass.

Gaetano’s Ristorante
Gaetano’s Ristorante
Gaetano’s Ristorante [Official Site]

Spaghetty Western

In the Southwest part of town, customers love Spaghetty Western for its successful blend of classic American Western with Northern Italian. Menu favorites include the sage butternut squash ravioli, the antipasto platter, and the pink vodka sauce paired with any type of pasta. Diners can call the restaurant for takeout at 702-834-4611.

Italian dishes
Spaghetty Western
Spaghetty Western/Facebook

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