On Today’s Menu:

• Midtown Madness — The crew debates what exactly counts as Midtown...
• Ash’s Birthday Wine Game — Should we bring it to the show?
• BBQ Crawl Updates — Logistics, strategy, and smoky plans — John’s ready, Ash is nervous.
• Dunlap Disease — When your belly “done lapped” over your belt… John’s got jokes and zero shame.
• White Truffle Season — Luxurious, aromatic, and expensive enough to make your wallet cry. Worth it? You decide. (Yes..)
• No Pet Peeves This Week... But IN or OUT? — New segment alert! The crew picks the trends that stay or get the boot.

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On Today’s Menu:

• Sam’s not-so-great time — let’s just say it wasn’t the highlight of his week.
• Tamba scores some diamonds.
• Red Rock’s resurrection — is it a comeback or just a facelift?
• Top Taco List drops… and yeah, not everyone’s impressed.
• Next up: BBQ Crawl! The crew lines up 15+ spots for smoky, saucy judgment day.
• Pet Peeves — you guessed it, new gripes incoming.
• Politics on the plate — a Vegas chef stirs up controversy.
• John’s fired up (again) — plus a rapid-fire round of listener comments you won’t want to miss.

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On Today’s Menu:

• Tamba on-site recording — spicy food, spicier commentary… coming soon on the podcast!
• Bazaar Meat… FINALLY. Was it worth the wait? Oh yes.
• Mid coffee at The Coffee Class — John’s real takeaway? Finding his Halloween costume: a Summerlin pilates mom.
• Greek Fest continues — ouzorita in hand, video on deck.
• Pet Peeves: the yin and yang edition (balance = impossible).
• Listener spotlight — your comments, emails & questions steal the show this week.

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On Today’s Menu:

• Sam is BACK from vacation — but the Venetian may never recover.
• Pizza Fest déjà vu — will the crew get kicked out again? Place your bets.
• Greek Food Fest keeps the ouzo flowing (yes, John’s still claiming heritage).
• Shoutout to Josh & Rachel for their mini burger crawl — inspired by our chaos.
• Kat Thomas uncorks a fine wine update you’ll want to sip on.
• Rio making a comeback? Or just rolling the dice on nostalgia.
• French Food Renaissance — are baguettes and Bordeaux finally cool again?
• Windy City Wet Dogs… yes, that’s actually a thing.
• Anti–Southern Highlands Club, proudly led by John (applications open).
• New segment alert! Spill the Tea — got insider Vegas food gossip? Send it our way.
• Pet Peeve: anti–cocktail menus, courtesy of the women in Sam & John’s lives.

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On today’s episode of Eat. Talk. Repeat. we’ve got a wild menu...

🍹 John’s Pet Peeve — influencers taking paid gigs without disclosure. Fake hype or fair play?

⭐ Yelp is always right… or is it? (Spoiler: heavy sarcasm included).

🍻 Downtown Las Vegas air = instant BAC — Ash swears you get buzzed just by breathing it in.

🇬🇷 Greek Food Fest — John claims his Greek roots, and don't forget the ouzo shots on deck.

🎷 Echo Taste & Sound brings back jazz — but John’s mad it doesn’t open early enough for his pancake cravings.

🌮 Restaurant of the Week: Carajillo — Mexican plates worth talking about.

🍖 Soulbelly BBQ heads to Miracle Mile Shops — smart move or risky gamble?

🚽 Fremont Street confessions — two things you’ll always find: puke and piss.

🍴 Rapid-fire favorites & dislikes — the latest bites, banter, and battles.

👉 Got a food take, question, or hate mail? Email us at [email protected]

👉 Submit your own pet peeves at EatTalkRepeat.com

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On Today’s Menu:

• You can now submit your own pet peeves on our website (eattalkrepeat.com)! 

• John unveils his updated Where to Eat & Why list for 2025 — including the best 36 restaurants right now and the worst meals of the year so far.

• Big shakeups at the Palms: Mabel’s BBQ, Vetri Cucina, and Rojo Lounge all on their way out — what went wrong?

• EDO’s ambitious expansion plans: new brasserie, Seattle opening, and more — genius growth or dangerous brand dilution?

• Nicole Brisson’s “Make Italian American Food Great Again” menu at Brezza — revival of red sauce classics.

• The latest food news: COTE Vegas sets an October opening, Bazaar Meat reopens, Xiao Long Dumpling expands, Shang Artisan Noodle goes downtown, Leticia Mitchell opens another spot, and more.

• Rapid-fire reviews: from Le Cafe Central’s French café vibes to Tamba’s standout curries, Delmonico’s burger-as-appetizer, and the week’s 0-for-3 duds (TRES Cantina, Ramen Boys, and Zaytinya).

• Listener comments, YouTube shoutouts, and one very hot take… John’s Pet Peeve of the Week — Burning Man.

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On Today’s Menu:

🎙️ A long-awaited guest finally joins us: James Reza, downtown insider, writer, editor, and cocktail connoisseur.

📰 How Reza helped unleash John Curtas, the food critic on Las Vegas (blame him or thank him).

📉 Is Las Vegas really “dead”? We unpack the tourism stats, Wall Street meddling, and the slow death of the $0.99 shrimp cocktail myth.

💸 Why filet mignon is $95 in Vegas but $52 in Manhattan — and why no one’s lowering prices anytime soon.

📲 Influencer culture: pay-for-play reviews, “OnlyFoods,” and the Gen Z ring-light invasion of local bars.

🍸 Cocktail culture deep-dive: from Rudy at Nora’s to Bellagio’s program, to today’s booming downtown bar scene.

🥃 Favorite haunts: Petite Boheme, Frankies, Herbs & Rye, and why you’ll never get a bad drink downtown.

😤 Bar Pet Peeves of the Week: from charging for ice to the dreaded “Gen Z stare” to non-calibrated soda guns.

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On Today’s Menu:

• 🎉 Major announcement: EatTalkRepeat.com is finally LIVE — links, episodes, socials, newsletter, future merch… it’s all happening!
• The Strip goes full carnivore: Bizarre Meat, Cote, Boa, Delmonico, Smith & Wollensky, & Cut turn the Venetian into a certified meat locker
• Spiegelworld rebrands Diner Ross… into a steakhouse with tater tots and tartare
• Upscale Indian food finally hits the Strip with GYMKHANA — and we’re excited
• Chinatown keeps opening hot pot restaurants + announces a monthly food festival
• Eater Vegas gets replaced by AI (John celebrates, obviously)
• Eleven Madison Park backtracks and brings meat back to the menu — and we explain exactly why
• Sam is on a full-blown steakhouse bender
• John tells a French joke that probably gets the show flagged in five countries
• We announce our restaurant of the week!
• Pet Peeves: empty dining rooms that still make you wait, influencer crying scandals, & parents who let their kids go feral in restaurants

Recent Eats Rundown:

• PISCES Bar & Seafare
• Stubborn Seed
• Humo BBQ
• Cafe Breizh
• Crush Pad Wine Bar
• Special Noodle Vegas
• Wild Fig BBQ 
• Cipriani Italian Restaurant
• Nicco's Steakhouse
• The Golden Steer Steakhouse
• ECHO Taste & Sound
• The Pepper Club
• 1228 Main Las Vegas

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John’s back from the dead (sort of), and we’ve got a lot to catch up on. On today's menu...

🧀 Cheese Heaven in Beverly HillsAsh visits the legendary Beverly Hills Cheese Store — no tip prompts, endless samples, and the kind of dairy experience that makes you rethink your life choices.

🦞 Lobster Rolls Are Like SexHot, buttery, Massachusetts-style, and worth the mess. John makes it weird.

🍛 Restaurant of the Week: TambaJohn finally visits Tamba and declares it the best Indian food Vegas has ever seen — modern, elegant, and full of flavor (with receipts).

🔥 John Maul’s Roadkill Grill Gets GrilledAsh tries it. John torches it. Spoiler: The only thing smoky is the backlash.

💸 Vegas Upcharges and Other Rants$20 for a kitchen view at Hell’s Kitchen? John calls BS. Plus, he goes full tilt on TikTok foodie voiceovers and mukbang culture.

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• Post–4th of July recovery and burger crawl reflections

• Ingredient Wars: Caviar vs. Truffle — which fancy ingredient overstayed its welcome?

• Texture Excuses: Are they childish or valid? (Spoiler: John wants to fork people in the eye)

• Vegas summer dining deals and why now’s the time to eat like a local

• Full reviews of 9 restaurants, including a heated conversation of…

• Carbone Riviera is opening at Bellagio — expect boat, bros, and cargo shorts

• Simple food is eternal. Excess is exhausting. Eat what tastes good, not what photographs well.

• Next crawl contenders: Fried chicken or Caesar salads. Let the cholesterol games begin

  
  

Restaurant Rundown:

1. Xiang Wei Xuan (Hunan)

Standouts: Boiled fish in chili sauce, Mapo tofu, stir-fried chicken with jalapeños

Tip: Go with a group and start with “medium” spice

2. Spicy Zest - Restaurant & Bar (Sichuan)

Clean space, hot and sour soup is a cold remedy

Dish to try: Stir-fried cucumbers, chili chicken appetizers

3. Old School Pizzeria (Gio Mauro)Monster slice alert — affordable, sourdough-based, super satisfying

4. Holsteins

Lollipop wings, good variety of burgers, great group hang

5. Wineaux

Warm, cozy, killer croissant-wrapped pigs in a blanket

John smuggled in foie gras. They let him. No corkage, no shame.

6. Rare Society

Tri-tip & filet — impressive associate steak board

Service and pricing get a thumbs-up

Caesar salad is a parmesan blizzard

7. Moia Las Vegas (Peruvian)

Try the ceviche and lomo saltado

Sketchy parking lot, but lovely and welcoming inside

8. Casa Playa (Wynn)

$200 for 4 apps + 1 drink + parking

John calls it a “casino ripoff restaurant” and poster child for corporate Vegas greed

9. Monzù – Italian Oven + Bar & The Pepper ClubShout-outs for summer menus, 25% local deals, and happy hours

Listener Shout-Outs:

• ETR fan vs. foodie complexity: Joy Behar sex jokes, Beyonce explosions, and Caprese simplicity

• Mike L. requests a Caesar Salad Quest (spoiler: it’s happening)

• Chris Albu praises Pepper Club’s wood-fired grill and Thursday locals deal

• Jed B. suggests a fried chicken crawl… our arteries are already sweating

  
  

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