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Helping those overcome fear in Las Vegas valley Asian community after recent string of home invasions

This week, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported a recent string of violent home invasions targeting Asian households. It's sparking new fears amongst the Las Vegas Asian community, with worries about other attacks or if they could be the next target.

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2022 Restaurant Awards

Last year, we introduced our annual restaurant awards with guarded optimism that the dining scene was (finally!) back to normal — or, at least, had found a new, possibly better-in-some-ways normal. And here we are. A year later, it still seems appropriate to note that, yep, the world has changed, food has changed, the way we live our lives, including eating out, has changed. So, this feature has, too.

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2022 Restaurant Awards

Last year, we introduced our annual restaurant awards with guarded optimism that the dining scene was (finally!) back to normal — or, at least, had found a new, possibly better-in-some-ways normal. And here we are. A year later, it still seems appropriate to note that, yep, the world has changed, food has changed, the way we live our lives, including eating out, has changed. So, this feature has, too. Practical matters, such as the labor shortage, led us to nix a couple categories. Hidden Gems got its own full section.But the most significant change may be in the way our critics nominated and debated winners — the subtle shift in their thinking about what’s important. These awards have always been aspirational; we’re here to honor excellence and innovation. But emerging from our discussions was something else that matters more than it used to. Call it longevity, tradition, even warmth — the impulse to include a place not only because the food is superb, but also, the maître d’ remembers people’s name, asks about their kids.Group hug, guys! And cheers to all the pioneers, past and future.♦Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year (tie): Khoury’sThe hallmark of a good neighborhood restaurant is that sense you get the moment you step through the door: You feel like you’re home. And there’s good reason for that here. The Khoury family has been cooking up authentic Lebanese cuisine from recipes passed down through generations and has been sharing it with the rest of us since 2006. (Previously located in the southwest, Khoury’s has been happily ensconced in the Village Square shopping center on Sahara for a few years.) All recipes are made from scratch in-house, from sauces to pickles to that piping hot-air balloon of a pita that arrives at your table accompanied with a za’atar and olive oil blend. Bring family and friends (of six or more) and dig into the Mediterranean Feast — mezza, salads and meat courses are served family style — or opt for a four-course meal for two on date night. No matter the size of your crew, like a good relative, Khoury’s welcomes all with open arms. GD9340 W. Sahara Ave. #106, 702-671-0005, khouryslv.com♦Neighborhood Restaurant of the Year (tie): Rosa RistoranteThere are money restaurants, and there are passion restaurants. Because of the hegemony of the Strip (and our franchise-friendly suburbs), Las Vegas is full of the former, while the latter are sometimes hard to find. Rob Moore, a Strip veteran who spent 18 years feeding well-heeled tourists at top-flight steakhouses (Prime and Jean-Georges), probably loves money as much as the next classically trained, über-talented chef, but these days he’s more interested in single-handedly challenging the notion that the words “great food” and “Henderson” don’t belong in the same sentence.Rosa Ristorante is Moore’s passion project — a sleek, modern space on a busy commercial stretch of St. Rose Parkway, serving, as Moore puts it, “the food I grew up with, cooked the way I like to eat it.” He’s the first to admit that his location is a bit “scary,” and mighty far from northern New Jersey, where he first took to cooking (at age 12). From the day he opened though, early this year, his cuisine has been a hit, featuring the usual suspects (pizzas, chicken parm, etcetera), and other East Coast Italian standards, tweaked and refined with superior groceries and technique. In this way, Moore brings a sparkle to a too-often cheapened cuisine, making it taste the way it is supposed to, while reminding you why it became famous in the first place. These are pizzas, pastas, and proteins made with feeling — and commitment to something other than the bottom line. One bite of his cheesy risotto fritters, crispy calamari, or rigatoni with sweet and hot sausages tells you right away you are no longer in franchise land. Moore is putting his food where his neighbors are — a place starved for authenticity — and in doing so gives us high hopes for Henderson’s gastronomic future. JC3145 St. Rose Pkwy. #120, 702-478-9200, rosaristorante.com♦Asian Restaurant of the Year: Trattoria Nakamura-YaVegas’ diverse Asian dining scene has been buoyed for the last decade (and beyond) by one of the best Japanese food cultures outside of Nippon itself. Its diversity ranges from the ubiquitous — think sushi and ramen — to the more obscure, such as tonkatsu and curry. But possibly the most remarkable Las Vegas Asian cuisine is the wafuu pasta served at Trattoria Nakamura-Ya.Wafuu pasta — Tokyo-style pasta — originated in Japan after World War II, melding Italian preparations with common Japanese ingredients. And Kengo Nakamura cooked in some of Tokyo’s best Italian restaurants before bringing his skills to the States, eventually opening his namesake restaurant, where he delivers dishes that are familiar … yet different.That means multiple spaghetti preparations: clam-laden and swimming in dashi dotted with shiso, or delivered in a carbonara endowed with the funkiness of miso. It means bruschetta layered with seafaring ingredients such as mentaiko (spicy cod roe), octopus and anchovies, or mussels served escargot-style with sweet miso and even more mentaiko. And in one of the menu’s most memorable dishes, it means tomato cream sauce linguini laced with uni — sea urchin gonads — delivering sweetness and brininess.Nakamura-Ya has longevity, holding a place in Chinatown’s Seoul Plaza for more than 10 years. Because it’s unique, it tends to fly under the radar, unlike its flashier brethren. There are very few restaurants of Nakamura-Ya’s ilk outside of Japan, and because of this scarcity, Las Vegas diners should know just how lucky we are to have it.With the recognition of Trattoria Nakamura-Ya, it’s important to acknowledge the man who was instrumental in establishing Vegas’ Japanese culinary scene: restaurant stylist Martin Koleff. Working with Japanese chefs from a variety of backgrounds to establish roots in Vegas, Koleff was at the forefront of our Japanese revolution. And while Martin-san unexpectedly died earlier this year, his legacy lives on in Trattoria Nakamura-Ya and numerous other noteworthy Japanese restaurants across the Valley. JB5040 W. Spring Mountain Rd. #5, 702-369-2305, nakamurayalv.com♦Restaurateur of the Year: John Arena John Arena has been called the Yoda of pizza, but he figures he’s more of a Forrest Gump — someone who “managed to be in the room when something happened.”The introspective co-owner and -founder of five Metro Pizzas may have been blessed with good timing. But it didn’t hurt that five decades in the industry and a deep well of patience formed a uniquely effective teacher of all things pizza, his wisdom shared with students at UNLV and throughout the world. Fresh out of college, Arena and his cousin and business partner, Sam Facchini, left their family of proud New York pizzaiolas for Las Vegas in 1980, as the city was passing out of the mob era and into one of unprecedented growth. They were here when the International Pizza Expo was born in 1985, and their avid participation would eventually bring the world to their doorstep.And it would be here, in a city of transplants — bolstered by research forays into pizza communities everywhere — that he would learn how universal pizza is, despite what those Brooklyn roots told him.“Las Vegas was an eye-opener for us,” Arena says. The first customers — regulars today — of their Original New York Pizza hailed from Detroit and Philadelphia. Soon the partners stopped seeing the world like the old New Yorker cartoon, as a wasteland beyond the Hudson River. This increased awareness led to the inevitable evolution of Original New York into Metro and Arena’s welcoming attitude toward competitors.“If I’ve had any influence at all, it’s been in fellowship,” says the habitually humble Arena. “You can either circle the wagons, or you can open the circle and let everybody in.” This cosmopolitan outlook is reflected in Metro’s menu, where pizzas like the cheese-indulgent Olde New York are joined by The So

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'마약 투약·은퇴 번복' 박유천 5년 만에 스크린 복귀…주연 '악에 바쳐' 내달 개봉

마약 투약으로 집행유예를 선고받은 가수 겸 배우 박유천(사진)이 스크린에 복귀한다. 2017년 개봉한 ‘루시드 드림’ 이후 5년 만이다. 주연으로 나선 것은 2014년 ‘해무’ 이후 처음이다. 박유천은 내달 개봉하는 영화 ‘악에 바쳐’로 관객을 찾는다고 배급사 블루필름...

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Cortez Masto meets with local AAPI community; talks hate bill

Cortez Masto meets with local AAPI community; talks hate bill
Jeff Gillan
Some of the leaders of the Las Vegas Asian American/Pacific Islander community sat around a table at the Service Employees International Union offices off Rancho Wednesday morning. They’re here for a dialogue with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, about the hate the AAPI community has been experiencing in the wake of COVID-19: "the China virus," as some call it, because of its origin.
At the end of this table sits Gloria Caoile, the president of the Asian Pacific America Labor Alliance. Later, outside, I ask her, “are you seeing things get better, are they staying the same, are they getting worse,” referring to the climate her community is facing.

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