Viva Las Vegas: The town is getting a pandemic revival thanks to local teens
Don J. Usner/Searchlight New Mexico Jonathan Roybal and Lauriana Vernon greet customers at the Swirl’s Rolled Ice Cream food truc LAS VEGAS, N.M. — A loud bass beat vibrated through the air in the kitchen of The Skillet, but line cook Kyle Conway worked in silence. The 18-year-old, a big kid with the suggestion of a mustache, spiralized potatoes into ribbon fries, dumped breaded green chile into bubbling oil and assembled hamburgers hour after hour in the busy back room of the small restaurant. “Things aren’t handed to you in life,” Conway said during a short break. “You have to w...
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