February may be the shortest month of the year, but it's a busy one with Lunar New Year festivities, Valentine’s Day, and the biggest NFL game of the year. So where do we begin?
🍸 Drinking With Friends
Lip Smacking Foodie Tours just launched a new two-hour Arts District cocktail crawl, featuring stops at Nocturno, Doberman Drawing Room, Craft Creamery’s CC Speakeasy (which we know a few things about), Prowl, and the newly opened Viking Mike’s — with drinks at each one and a few bites along the way. Considering the average price of just one cocktail these days, $99 for the full tour is a steal.
🏜️ Neon in Nature
The Nevada State Museum at the Springs Preserve is hosting a Neon in Nature Series exhibit by the main entrance, featuring the work of DARIUSTWIN. The artist uses long-exposure photography and colorful lights to “draw” images in the desert landscapes of Nevada, including ghost towns, state parks, and the Extraterrestrial Highway near Area 51 🛸
🍝 Pastapalooza
It’s a month for carbs. The proof is at Tivoli Village, where Al Solito Posto just launched a six-course pasta-focused menu on Tuesday nights for $95 per person. The restaurant has a late-night half-priced pasta happy hour too 👀 We’re also fans of the three-course $65 dinner for two on Monday Date Nights at Bottiglia inside Green Valley Ranch. Master your own skills, learning how to Make Pink Pasta With Chef Emmanuelle at the Blue Ox Tavern on Feb. 15.
🐴 Lunar New Year
Ready to celebrate the Year of the Horse? The Bellagio already has a full exhibit at the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Look off the Strip to check out the Dream Asia festival at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center (Feb. 13-15), Lunar New Year Parade at Downtown Summerlin (Feb. 17), CNY in the Desert Festival and Parade on Fremont Street (Feb. 21), and Spring Festival at Desert Breeze Park (Feb. 22), plus a Year of the Fire Horse Celebration at Chinatown Plaza and Lunar New Year Festival at Korea Town Plaza on Feb. 28.
🍗 Chicken Wings As a Competitive Sport
The Wing Bowl Championship leaves Philadelphia and comes to Las Vegas for the first time, one day before Super Bowl Sunday at the Plaza — and we have thoughts. General admission is sold out, but you can still book a private VIP table for four people. It’s $300, but you get to see three rounds of competitive eating while chugging bottomless Beer Zombies blond ale and rocking out to a live performance by Trapt. (Remember this song?)
🕹️ Claw Machine Arcades
Our city’s addiction to claw machines isn’t going away anytime soon, and Cosmic Cat is raising the stakes in the Southwest with chances to win center-ice tickets for a Vegas Golden Knights game. The original Claw World on Flamingo was known for its Labubu prizes, but the new one in Chinatown is full of unique games (like pulling “carrots” from the ground or playing a miniature pool table) with camera-ready photo spots, viral 3D ice cream, and plans for a communal courtyard with neighboring Palette Tea Lounge (one of my favorites for dim sum).
- I had a little more to say about claw machines and other fun stuff happening in Vegas throughout February on the latest episode of City Cast Las Vegas. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]
