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📣 Good morning! You might’ve noticed our newsletter arrived in your inbox today with a new name attached ☝️ |
| We’re dropping “Hey Las Vegas” and rebranding the newsletter “City Cast Las Vegas” to match the podcast. It’s just a cosmetic touch that reflects the synergy of our entire team, who work together on both of these projects every day. |
| 👇 The rest of the newsletter is the same old stuff you know and love 🥰 |
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| What Las Vegas's Talking About | 💰 Could Nevada Nonprofits Run Out of Cash? | In today’s political climate, federal funding for nonprofit initiatives could loosely be described as … unreliable. City Cast Las Vegas takes a closer look at a recent scare — and what local nonprofits need to keep serving the community. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧] |
| | 🤖 Biolab Busted By Drones and Robots | The recent bust of an Eastside home as a suspected biological lab gave Metro police an excuse to show off a growing collection of high tech gadgets. Drones staked out the home and a robot went inside first, sampling air quality and transmitting video along the way. The FBI is still determining the nature of the chemicals confiscated from refrigerators — and the person arrested on site was described as a property manager. [KLAS] |
| 🏈 The Raiders (Probably) Have a Coach | According to oddsmakers, the next Raiders coach will win the Super Bowl. No, not for Las Vegas (at least not anytime soon), but Seattle this weekend 🏆 Klint Kubiak, the offensive coordinator for the Seahawks, is expected to sign on as the Raiders’ head coach once the big game is out of the way. Apparently, he hit it off with Raiders minority owner Tom Brady. [Sports Illustrated] |
| 🥂 Caesars Palace Gets a New Pool Party | There’s a new opportunity to take a swim on the Strip — and blow a paycheck on bottle service. After months of construction in plain sight, Caesars Palace has officially announced the new OMNIA Dayclub & Skybar — right in front of the resort and connected via bridge to OMNIA nightclub. [KSNV] | |
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| 'Hell's Kitchen' Champ Ellie Parker's Top 5 Dishes at Main St. Provisions |  | Elllie Parker on the “Hell’s Kitchen” set. (©2026 FOX Media LLC.) |
| The past few weeks have been a wild ride for Ellie Parker. The executive chef of Main St. Provisions received a James Beard Award nomination for “Emerging Chef” on January 21 — one day before the world learned she was the latest winner of “Hell’s Kitchen” on Fox. Has she had time to settle down and let all the attention sink in? |
| “I feel like the chaos is just beginning,” she counters. As part of her TV triumph, Parker earned a spot helming the Hell’s Kitchen restaurant at Connecticut's Foxwoods casino — with a projected start date in May or June. |
| “One of the biggest things I took away from ‘Hell's Kitchen,’ just learning under Gordon Ramsay, was don't overcomplicate food. Sometimes less is more. Let your ingredients shine.” | Ellie Parker | Executive Chef, Main St. Provisions |
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| So, with some time left on the clock here in Vegas, what are the dishes that best define the chef’s run at Main St. Provisions? |
| 😋 5 Must-Try Dishes at Main St. Provisions |
| Tomahawk Pork Chop | Parker says the Tomahawk pork chop is her favorite dish to both prepare and eat. The chef lays a 16-ounce Kurobuta pork chop on the broiler for some grill marks and char before adding a molasses and dark rum glaze. “It’s sticky, it’s sweet, it’s got that rum-like tang to it, ” she says, noting how good pork can taste when it isn’t dry. The meat is served with sauteed green beans and grilled golden apples. |
| Cajun BBQ Shrimp | The Cajun BBQ shrimp was added to the menu at the request of Main St. Provisions owner Kim Owens and turned into a huge hit. “ I honestly think there would be a riot if I took that off the menu today,” Parker says. “So many people love it.” The shrimp sits in a spicy marinade for two days before it’s pan seared with white wine, lemon juice, and butter. |
| Oven-Roasted Chicken | The latest recipe for the oven-roasted chicken, served with a fried polenta cake and braised kale, was influenced by Parker’s time filming “Hell’s Kitchen.” |
| “ I got some inspiration while I was on the show,” she says. “Because we worked a lot with kale and polenta.” |
| Seared Hokkaido Scallops | Her time on “Hell’s Kitchen” is also felt in the seared Japanese Hokkaido scallops — the only kind Parker will use — served with celery root puree and bacon jam. |
| “Gordon Ramsay is kind of known for yelling about scallops,” Parker says. “So I took a little more time, love, and care in the scallop dish after filming. I just had a new sense of appreciation for the protein itself.” |
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| Sticky Toffee Pudding | Ramsay is also famous for his sticky toffee pudding, but the version on the dessert menu at Main St. Provisions actually wasn’t influenced by Parker’s time on “Hell’s Kitchen.” It was on the dessert menu at least a year before shooting began. While the pudding itself is sweetened with dates, Parker mixes piloncillo (or raw sugar cane) into the caramel sauce instead of traditional white or brown sugar. “It has a different mouth feel, a different sweetness to it,” she says. |
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| 🍕 Congratulations to Carmine’s Pizza, which celebrates 50 years in Las Vegas! |
| The business is throwing an anniversary celebration at its Henderson location on Thursday, 4-7 p.m. with throwback prices on cheese pizzas and other items. Anyone who buys a qualifying large pizza through Feb. 4 earns a chance to win a cash prize worth $10K, $15K, or $25K 🤑 |
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