Rinella, Heidi Knapp - Columnists

Heidi Knapp Rinella
is the restaurant critic for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She reviews restaurants on Friday in Neon and her column, "Taste of the Town," appears on Wednesday in Living/Taste.

Read her postings in the Vegas Voice blog.

• E-mail: HRinella@reviewjournal.com

'RESTAURANT REVIEW' COLUMNS - 2009

Nov 06: China MaMa
Oct 30: JR's Place
Oct 23: Company Kitchen and Pub House
Oct 16: Off the Strip
Oct 09: Wok On In
Oct 02: Marssa
Sep 25: Orchids Garden
Sep 18: Aranya Thai Bistro
Sep 11: Piero's Italian Cuisine
Sep 04: Tuscany Gardens
Aug 28: Peppermill
Aug 21: McCormick & Schmick's
Aug 14: Macayo's
Aug 07: Ibo Turkish & Mediterranean Restaurant
Jul 31: Bouchon
Jul 24: Mi Peru
Jul 17: Shari's Diner
Jul 10: Sergio's Italian Gardens
Jul 03: Raku
Jun 26: Via Brasil Steakhouse
Jun 19: The Grape
Jun 12: Tinoco's Kitchen
Jun 05: Simon Restaurant & Lounge
May 29: Don Antonio's
May 22: Cafe Heidelberg
May 15: Emperor's Garden
May 08: Sterling Brunch
May 01: Catfish Alley
Apr 24: La Focaccia
Apr 17: Marche Bacchus French Bistro and Wine Shop
Apr 10: Switch
Apr 03: Cafe Deia
Mar 27: Havana Grill
Mar 20: Burger Bar
Mar 13: Pips Cucina & Wine Bar
Mar 06: New York Chinese Restaurant
Feb 27: Espee's Gourmet Tamales
Feb 20: Mix Zone Cafe
Feb 13: Hugo's Cellar
Feb 06: Longhorn BBQ
Jan 30: Frediani's Italian Restaurant
Jan 23: Create
Jan 16: Texas de Brazil
Jan 09: Carmine's on the Hill
Jan 02: Indigo Joe's Sports Pub & Restaurant

'TASTE OF THE TOWN' COLUMNS - 2009

Nov 11: Spanish chorizo can't hide from readers
Nov 04: Readers point out place for perch
Oct 28: Large-curd cottage cheese spotted
Oct 21: Plenty of places to buy lemon curd
Oct 14: Sharp-eyed readers find Bosco syrup
Oct 07: Bison hot dogs corralled
Sep 30: Readers come through on souffle request
Sep 23: Readers point the way to sausage
Sep 16: Shanks available at meat market
Sep 09: Soft drinks with real sugar tough to find
Sep 02: Readers spot hull-less popcorn
Aug 26: Ginger ale options discussed
Aug 19: Readers address dressing search
Aug 12: Sweetbreads plentiful in valley
Aug 05: No need to travel for HP Sauce
Jul 29: Let the food hunt begin
Jul 22: No need to be crabby about seafood
Jul 15: Readers come through with HP steak sauce
Jul 08: Shopkeepers in the know about turtles
Jul 01: Readers have scoop on gelato
Jun 24: Readers find source for Wyler's drink mix
Jun 17: Deli-sliced Krakus ham available
Jun 10: Readers hip to fried zucchini
Jun 03: Costco brings back elusive Caspers dogs
May 27: Grapples can be found all over valley
May 20: Frozen rhubarb can be found in valley
May 13: Readers come through in muffin search
May 06: Readers seek Chinese food, bagel dogs
Apr 29: Halibut can be found in valley
Apr 22: Sardines plentiful in valley
Apr 15: Readers warm up to Italian beef sandwiches
Apr 08: Readers point way toward Lipton soup
Apr 01: Elusive chocolate soda found at Smith's
Mar 25: Make or buy wasabi mayonnaise
Mar 18: Readers divided on flavored syrup
Mar 11: Find large pasta shells at Italian delis
Mar 04: Pickapeppa Sauce revealed
Feb 25: Beef jerky easy to find
Feb 18: Readers in the know on peanut chews
Feb 11: No shortage of spots for meatloaf dinner
Feb 04: Readers uncover broasted chicken
Jan 28: Readers find sweet relish
Jan 21: Polly O cheeses found
Jan 14: Flavored kielbasa found
Jan 07: Time to hunt scrapple

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