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SPOTLIGHT ON: Elephant Bar

2270 VILLAGE WALK DRIVE, THE DISTRICT AT GREEN VALLEY RANCH, 361-7468.

There are more than 40 Elephant Bar restaurants throughout California, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and elsewhere. There is only one in Nevada, but judging from its busy dining room, that soon could change.

The menu features Asian, Pacific Rim, tropical and regional favorites. It's an eclectic read that can immediately be seen in its appetizers featuring wok-fried chicken and lettuce wrap, artichoke dip, Vietnamese shrimp spring rolls, coconut shrimp skewers and potato skins. There is a homemade chicken noodle soup, Oriental chicken salad, Santa Fe barbecue chicken salad, Thai sweet and spicy chicken salad, and teriyaki chicken Caesar salad.

There is something for everyone: grilled smokehouse chicken sandwich, Miso-Yaki grilled salmon, Bangkok pad thai with shrimp and vegetables, crispy honey orange shrimp, kung pao chicken, stir-fried sesame chicken, Kona barbecue pork ribs, chicken and shrimp jambalaya, grilled beef tri-tip, hamburgers, turkey melt, French dip, Baja fish tacos, and chicken and mushroom fettuccine.

Large desserts are chocolate molten lava cake, giant cookie ice cream sandwich, mud pie and fudge walnut brownie. A kid's menu comes complete with an entrée, soft drink and ice cream sundae. Seniors can apply for a 20 percent VIP card. Elephant Bar is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. -- Jack Bulavsky

Al's Garage, 2235 Village Walk Drive, No. 147 320-5870

American

24 hours

Burgers, fries, chicken sandwiches and chicken wings in hot, medium and mild.

Ambiance French Bistro, 3980 E. Sunset Road 454-3020

French

Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; closed Sunday.

Croissants are big favorites in traditional, almond, chocolate and raisin varieties. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is served on a menu featuring egg dishes, salads, steaks, seafood and fresh baked pastries.

Balboa Pizza Company,

2240 Village Walk Drive

The District at Green Valley Ranch

407-5273.

American

24 hours. Happy hour daily from 4 to 6 p.m. and at 10 p.m.

A Balboa pizza is thin and oblong. There are 39 options with various toppings, and if you include the Wedge, a made-to-order pizza that is folded and baked, there are 78 choices. They include spinach, anchovies, red onion, all types of meat, spicy sauce, and more. The salads come in regular and full size with a regular looking like a full size. Suffice to say, these salads (roasted shrimp, chopped, Chinese chicken, Caesar, lemon chicken Greek, crispy Buffalo, oven roasted salmon) are ample meals. There are pizza bread sandwiches and Buffalo wings that can be ordered in a variety of flavors including Hawaiian barbecue, honey mustard, teriyaki, original (mild, spicy, wild) and tropical coconut with mango dipping sauce.

Bob's All Family Restaurant, 761 Nevada Way 294-2627

American Monday-Saturday 6:45 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday 6:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cranberry, pumpkin, banana, blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes are served. At lunch, the Southwest wrap is a big hit with turkey, lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese and guacamole wrapped into a chipotle tortilla.

Bonefish Grill,

10839 Eastern Ave.

228-3474 Seafood Opens daily at 4 p.m. Eight fresh fish available daily; entrées are prepared on a wood-burning grill and served with one of four sauces. Nonfish customers can enjoy beef, chicken and pasta. Desserts include chocolate macadamia nut brownie cake, deep-dish Key lime pie and crème brulee topped with cream and berries.

Bootlegger Bistro, 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. South 736-4939

Italian

24 hours

Live entertainment offered nightly with karaoke on Mondays, piano music on Tuesdays, blues and jazz on Wednesdays, blues and soul on Thursdays, Freddie Bell on Fridays and Saturdays and Kelly Clinton's celebrity spotlights on Sundays.

Coachman's Inn, 3240 S. Eastern Ave. 731-4202

American

24 hours

Prime rib, chicken piccada, and be sure to ask for nightly specials not listed on the regular menu.

The Cupcakery, 9680 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 100 207-2253

Specialty bakery

Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Fresh-baked cupcakes offered in flavors such as red velvet cake, Mimi's Perfect Pumpkin Cupcake or the signature Tickle Me Pink! Now cupcake lovers can place an order for pickup or delivery.

Don Antonio's Restaurant Pizzeria, 8810 Maryland Parkway 818-3789

Italian

Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Pizzas, pasta, sandwiches, calzones, rolls, chops, seafood, deli specials and desserts. Restaurant has seating for more than 120 people.

Ellis Island Casino & Brewery 4178 Koval Lane

733-8901

American

24 hours

Karaoke daily from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m.; assorted wines and microbrews; old-fashioned root beer; menu features appetizers, sandwiches, dinner favorites and all-day breakfast.

Emerald Island Grille, 120 Market St. Emerald Island Casino 567-9160

American

24 hours

Seniors and military personnel get two-for-one from noon to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Players Club card holders get half off dinners from noon to 10 p.m. Thursdays. All-you-can-eat spaghetti is offered Saturdays for $4.95.

Evos,

10895 S. Eastern Ave., 269-1389

American

11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily

Hamburger made from grass-fed beef without added growth hormones or antibiotics. The turkey burger is 100 percent lean white meat. Airfries, chicken strips and corndogs are air-baked, not deep-fried. Wraps are the tomato basil chicken, spicy Thai trout, Southwest soy taco and spicy Thai chicken. Salads, such as chicken Caesar, Mediterranean, spicy Thai and crispy chicken are made with organic field greens. Fresh-cut fruit shakes include strawberry-banana, mango-guava and multiberry. Organic milkshakes are available in vanilla, cappuccino and chocolate flavors.

Gaetano's, 10271 S. Eastern Ave. 361-1661

Northern Italian

Sunday 5 to 9 p.m.; Monday-Thursday 5 to 10 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 5 to 10:30 p.m. Homemade pastas and desserts, seafood, steaks and more. Most main course entrees served with fresh vegetables and mashed potatoes. Monthly wine dinners offered. Private parties welcomed. Video poker offered.

Kaizen Fusion Roll & Sushi,

10271 Eastern Ave., 492-0216; 4480 S. Paradise Road; 641-7772.

Japanese

Eastern Avenue location open daily from noon to 3 p.m. for lunch and 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. for dinner. Happy hour from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily. Paradise Road location open for lunch Monday through Friday 11:30 to 2:30 p.m.; dinner Sunday through Thursday 5:30 p.m. to 4 a.m.; dinner Friday and Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. Happy hour Sunday through Thursday from midnight to 4 a.m.

Cold and hot appetizers, tempura, fresh fish rolls, baked rolls, tempura rolls and non-sushi entrees. Kaizen also carries various warm and cold sake and "saketinis." House favorites include the Korean BBQ roll, with a barbecue short rib, avocado and cucumber; the lobster tail tempura roll, in which deep-fried lobster is rolled with avocado and cucumber; and the spicy tataki roll, with seared tuna placed on top of a spicy tuna roll.

Harbor House Cafe, First marina past Boulder City

NPS entrance gates at Hemenway Harbour, Boulder City 293-3081

American

Monday-Thursday 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Burgers and steak sandwiches are popular. Weekend breakfast specials are offered.

LaDuca's NY Italian Deli, 72 W. Horizon Ridge, No. 105,

870-0071

Italian

Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Homemade breads and sausages; catering available.

Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que, 2235 Village Walk Drive #141, 257-7427

Southern American Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 11 a.m. to midnight.

Pan blackened catfish, BBQ black tiger shrimp, steaks, ribs, jambalaya, Southern fried chicken, gumbo and sweet ice tea.

Macayo's Mexican Restaurant, 1375 E. Tropicana Ave. 736-1898

American/Mexican

Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

A selection of 15 lunch specials is offered weekly.

Marssa, 101 MonteLago Blvd. Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort

567-6000

Asian

6 to 10 p.m. daily Signature dishes include tuna tartar cocktail, opakapaka, seared bay scallops, sashimi, tiger rolls and Kobe beef sushi. The restaurant also offers an extensive wine and sake list to match the flavors of Chef Fuji's cuisine.

Matteo's, 1305 Arizona St. Boulder Dam Hotel 293-0098

Italian/Continental Monday-Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; closed Tuesday night; Saturday, Sunday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Steaks and chicken parmigiana are popular as is the crab-stuffed orange roughy. A full wine menu is offered. Live music is played in the downstairs lounge on weekend evenings.

McCormick & Schmicks, 335 Hughes Center Drive 836-9000

American

Monday-Friday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday 5 to 11 p.m.; Sunday 5 to 10 p.m.

Fresh steak, lobster and chicken specialties offered. Monday through Friday happy hour includes a $1.95 appetizer.

Memphis Championship Barbecue, 2250 E. Warm Springs Road 260-6909

Southern American Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Pit-style baby back ribs, smoked chicken and hot links and barbecued beef and pork shoulder.

Metro Pizza, 1395 E. Tropicana Ave. 736-1955

Italian

Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Metro's Tropicana restaurant now features Ferrara's Specialty Desserts, made in Little Italy, New York, since 1892. Monday through Thursday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. all pizzas are half off, dine in only.

Origin India, 4480 Paradise Road, Las Vegas 734-6342

Indian

Opens at 11 a.m. daily

Vegetarian dishes, including aloo nazakat (baby potatoes in yogurt sauce) and bahaduri kofta (vegetable dumplings in spinach sauce with nuts and raisins); and paneer shabnam (homemade cottage cheese with ginger, garlic, bell peppers, onions and tomatoes). Nonvegetarian dishes highlighted by a variety of lamb entrees made with turnips, spinach, cashews and spices. Appetizers are bhajia (shredded spinach, potato and onion fried to a golden brown); kolhapuri murg yakhni (mildly spiced chicken soup with saffron); mushroom salad; crispy shredded chicken flavored with curry leaves; potli samosa (pastry stuffed with green peas and caulifower wrapped in the shape of a money bag); and bhuna baigan (grilled eggplant topped with chikcpeas and sour cream).

Original Pancake House,

2300 Paseo Verde Road

Green Valley Ranch

614-7200

Breakfast

Daily 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Apple pancakes, specialty crepes, specialty omelets.

Panera Bread,

605 Mall Ring Circle, Galleria at Sunset mall, 434-4002.

2235 Village Walk Drive, The District at Green Valley Ranch, 896-2294.

9911 S. Eastern ave., 263-1136. American, bakery

Daily 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Restaurants at the Galleria and The District close at 8 p.m. on Sundays.

Fresh breads baked daily, including focaccia, French, sunflower, honey wheat, multi-grain, stone-milled rye, tomato basil, Asiago cheese, ciabatta, cinnamon raisin, country, raisin pecan, kalamata olive, sesame semolina and sourdough. Signature sandwiches are turkey artichoke, garden veggie, Sierra turkey, Tuscan chicken, tuna salad, chicken salad, and even a peanut butter and jelly. Five soups are served daily with broccoli cheddar, French onion and chicken noodle always on the menu. Soup comes with a large slice of French baguette, or is served in a sourdough bread bowl. Brownies, large cookies, Danish, croissants, mini bundt cakes, muffins, scones and coffee cake.

Paymon's Mediterranean Café, 4147 S. Maryland Parkway 731-6030

Mediterranean

Daily 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Kabobs, salads, hummus and pita.

Roy's,

620 E. Flamingo Road

691-2053

Hawaiian fusion

Seating begins at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and at 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Last seating is at 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Sushi, including Auntie Lei's Aloha roll ($13), with yellow tail, salmon and avocado wrapped around spicy tuna with garlic ponzu sauce; and the Lakanilau roll ($16) that features seared Kobe beef wrapped around Dynamite crab, tempura asparagus and avocado.

Appetizers include tender, wood-grilled, Szechuan-spiced baby back ribs ($10) and Thai-style chicken spring rolls ($8). Dinners include herb-fire-grilled Hawaiian swordfish ($28); Macadamia-pesto-grilled chicken breast ($19); a Shitake-dusted filet mignon with wasabi sour cream reduction ($30); and surf and turf with filet mignon and teppanyaki-seared shrimp ($38).

For dessert, try Roy's melting hot chocolate souffle ($8.50; and island crumble with fresh mangoes, apples and seasonal berries under a crisp oatmeal crust ($7). Both desserts are served with vanilla bean ice cream.

Shabu-Shabu Paradise 1716 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway 385-4567

Japanese

Daily 11 a.m. to midnight Patrons cook meat, seafood or vegetables in a pot of boiling broth at their table. Extensive sake list.

Steak, 76 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway 567-8325

American

Daily 11 a.m. to 1 a.m.

Gourmet cuts of beef, extensive wine list, a variety of tapas and cocktails in a lounge atmosphere.

Sushi Club, 10720 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 100

837-6727

Asian

Daily 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

All-you-can-eat lunch $14.95 until 3 p.m.; all-you-can-eat-dinner $19.95 after 3 p.m.

Todd's Unique Dining, 4350 E. Sunset Road

259-8633

Steak, seafood

Monday-Saturday 4:30 to 10 p.m.

Seafood; goat cheese wonton with raspberry sauce; ahi tuna with garlic soy butter; Kobe short ribs.

Tuscany Grill

11105 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 100, 940-1400

Italian, steak, seafood Monday-Friday 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 4 to 11 p.m. Eggplant canneloni; prime rib; veal marsala; chicken Angelo; Tuesday night osso buco special.

Two Gals From Cal 1632 Nevada Way 293-1793

American

Daily 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Breakfast and lunch dishes including omelets and sandwiches.

Viaggio 11261 S. Eastern Ave. 492-6900

Italian

Open daily for lunch: noon to 4 p.m., dinner: 4:30 to 10 p.m. Huge wine selection. Top dishes include crab-filled ravioli, phyllo-wrapped prawns, lobster-tomato soup, petite osso bucco and oven-baked gnocci Bolognese.

Weiss Restaurant, Deli and Bakery, 2744 N. Green Valley Parkway 454-0565

American

7 a.m. to 8 p.m daily

Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner; daily specials; homemade matzo ball soup and cabbage soup; mile-high deli sandwich with pastrami and corned beef; homemade hollandaise sauce; catering available.