There are several great food holidays in the month of March. Here is how you can enjoy them.
NATIONAL CEREAL DAY -- MARCH 7
Kitchen Table Squared is shaking up National Cereal Day with their Ship Shake Crunch Milkshake ($8) made with Cap’n Crunch milk, crushed Cap’n Crunch, fresh strawberries, strawberry drizzle. Enjoy one of your favorite childhood cereals and have a blast from the past with this over-the-top frozen treat.
NATIONAL MEATBALL DAY -- MARCH 9
Buddy V's Ristorante at The Venetian offers spaghetti and meatballs for $25. The Valastro Sunday Gravy is made with meatballs, sausage, lamb and pork and served with rigatoni. $28.
Cafe Americano offers a meatball board featuring pork and beef meatballs, garlic and parmesan bread, imported olives and roasted red pepper ricotta for $22.
Carmine's is celebrating National Meatball Day by offering $1 meatballs in front of the restaurant from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. 100% of the proceeds will benefit Three Square and Carmine's will match the donation.
Crazy Horse 3 is celebrating National Meatball Day with $1 meatball sliders for guests starting at noon.
Grimaldi's Pizzeria offers a pizza -- The Don -- that features fresh Italian sausage, pepperoni and meatballs (starts at $20 for a 12-inch pizza).
La Cave Wine & Food Hideaway at Wynn Las Vegas is inviting meatball lovers to enjoy their baked meatballs accompanied by a creamy polenta, fresh basil and house-made marinara ($15).
LAVO Italian Restaurant & Lounge is known for its 1 pound meatball simply called The Meatball. It is made with 16 ounces of fresh ground Imperial Wagyu, Italian sausage and veal. Served with fresh whipped ricotta. $25.
Mercato Della Pescheria’s Italian meatballs are made with pork and beef and are slow-roasted in a San Marzano tomato sauce, and finally finished with Grana Padano. Enjoy a meatball appetizer for the table in celebration of National Meatball Day! ($14)
North Italia offers handmade meatballs topped with creamy polenta, rustic marinara and grana padano.
Siena Italian Authentic Trattoria & Deli is offering a complimentary side of meatballs courtesy of Executive Chef and owner Giancarlo Bomparola. The delectable side dish features three meatballs made from a traditional blend of beef, pork and veal seasoned to perfection with fresh Italian spices, house-made marinara sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese. To be eligible for this special offer, guests must purchase two entrées. Chef Giancarlo recommends guests pair these delicious meatballs with such classics as the Rigatoni, a cheese filled tomato cream brandy sauce pasta and tossed with mushroom and shrimp or the Veal Piccata, sautéed with capers and served with a lemon butter sauce.
The Sparklings offers spaghetti with a special housemade meat sauce and meatballs for $16.
TREVI Italian Restaurant in the Forum Shops at Caesars serve authentic Spaghetti and Meatballs, featuring house-made, fresh spaghetti, two jumbo house-made meatballs and zesty marinara ($22). For guests with dietary restrictions, TREVI also offers gluten-free spaghetti.
NATIONAL CRABMEAT DAY -- MARCH 9
The Stove’s Crabby Patty Benedict is made with Alaskan king crab, spinach artichoke cream, and poached eggs are served atop a halved English muffin with folds of house made hollandaise sauce, and served with a side of breakfast potatoes ($20).
NATIONAL PANCAKE DAY -- MARCH 12
Café Americano’s buttermilk pancakes are topped with confectioner’s sugar and whipped butter. This breakfast staple can be customized by adding chocolate chips, bananas, blueberries, Nutella or mixed berries ($21).
Kitchen Table Squared is celebrating National Pancake Day by offering 1 fee buttermilk pancake with the purchase of a breakfast entree.
The Stove is offering a complimentary short stack of their famous flapjacks with the purchase of two entrees in celebration of National Pancake Day!
NATIONAL PI DAY -- MARCH 14
Pieology is celebrating with an instore, all-day special “Buy One Artisan Thin Pizza, Receive One Artisan Thin Pizza for $3.14.” Additionally, new Pie Life Rewards members can be entered to win “Free Pizza for a Year” by downloading “Pie Life Rewards” app on March 14. One winner will be chosen per participating Pieology location across the country. Plus, new and existing Pie Life Rewards members who use the Pie Life Rewards App instore on Pi Day will also receive $3 OFF their next visit. Valid March 15-31.
Pop Up Pizza at the Plaza Hotel & Casino, open daily 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., will offer slices of its Old School Cheese pizza (fresh sauce, whole milk mozzarella, oregano, fresh basil and grated parmesan) for just $3.14 on Pi Day, March 14.
PizzaRev will be offering any classic 2-topping pizza for only $3.14 on Pi Day.
NATIONAL REUBEN SANDWICH DAY -- MARCH 14
Wolfgang Puck Players Locker offers Tuch's Reuben Sandwich, an epic sandwich piled high with pastrami smothered in sauerkraut and swiss cheese on marbled rye (because not all Reubens are created equal—let’s face it!).
NATIONAL ARTICHOKE HEARTS DAY -- MARCH 16
Café Americano’s Artichoke Gratin is served with artichoke hearts baked in mozzarella and provolone cheese, finished with lemon breadcrumbs and served with grilled focaccia ($16).
Kitchen Table Squared's Jalapeno Artichoke Dip ($13) is made with bechamel, jalapeno, artichoke, sour cream, pepper jack cheese, tortilla chips.
NATIONAL RAVIOLI DAY -- MARCH 20
La Cave Wine & Food Hideaway at Wynn Las Vegas offers its Crab Ravioli made fresh with ricotta, arugula and lemon butter ($19).
Enjoy Mercato Della Pescheria’s Chef’s specialty Salmon Ravioli made with fresh pasta filled with salmon, citrus, herbs, seared salmon, asparagus and topped with a truffle pink sauce. ($30)
Pasta Shop Ristorante offers Norweigan salmon and lobster meat served with lobster ravioli in a lobster cream sauce and mushrooms for $32.95.
Terra Rossa inside Red Rock Resort is inviting guests to experience traditional ravioli ($16) stuffed with creamy ricotta cheese and topped with Pomodoro sauce and basil. They also offer veal ravioli ($19) made with veal, red wine and mushroom sott'olio.
TREVI Italian Restaurant will celebrate the stuffed pasta day with some of its satisfyingly cheesy dishes including the Ravioli alla Vodka featuring zesty tomato cream sauce ($19), the Chicken and Spinach Ravioli prepared with San Marzano tomatoes, parmesan and micro basil ($25), and the Pea Ravioli appetizer prepared with charred onion, pea greens, ricotta salata and aged balsamic ($10).
Scotch 80 Prime will be highlighting its ribeye ravioli on National Ravioli Day. It's a completely different take on the traditional stuffed pasta. The ribeye meat is seared and braised with vegetables, red wine demi and then pulled from the bone and mixed with onions, carrots and mascarpone. The fresh pasta sheets are rolled out and punched into circles and then stuffed with the ribeye filling. The raviolis are cooked for about 3-4 minutes or until perfectly al dente in salted boiling water. The final product is served over roasted bone marrow, braised Swiss chard, pickled mushrooms and a red wine demi and topped with scotch-rubbed jerky. The dish costs $19.
NATIONAL CORN DOG DAY -- MARCH 21
The Stove is offering a complimentary Sausage Corn Dog appetizer with the purchase of two entrees! Pancake battered sausage is served with a New Leaf mustard maple dipping sauce and is a can’t-miss when dining at this Henderson hot spot ($8).
NATIONAL COCKTAIL DAY -- MARCH 24
Tom's Urban at New York-New York is celebrating with cocktails sich as Eye Candy, made with Bombay Sapphire Gin, St. Germain, citrus sour, and yuzu juice shaken and poured over a mountain of blue cotton candy ($15.50) and the Bacardi Blue Crush consisting of Bacardi Lime Rum and Sierra Mist mixed with blue raspberry, lime juice and served with a fresh lime and cherry ($15.50).
Trago Lounge at Tropicana Las Vegas has a unique take on classic cocktails, including the delicious Blueberry Lemon Drop, made with Skyy Infusions Blueberry, Cointreau, muddled blueberries, fresh lemon and lime and finished with a sugar rim ($16).
Troy Liquor Bar at the Golden Nugget is inviting guests to try their Troy Tea, a sweet and sour mixture of Jameson Irish Whiskey and Dekuyper Peach Schnapps ($13), and the Vegas Bomb, made with Crown Royal, Peach Schnapps and a splash of Red Bull ($13).
zuma will highlight their twist on the Japanese game, Tokaido, with their new Tokaido-inspired cocktail menu. Guests can roll the dice and let the game choose cocktails like the Hanamaki Fiz with mezcal, lychee puree, yuzu cordial, ginger juice, white ale, chilled with an illuminated hand cut ice block. ($16-20).
NATIONAL WAFFLE DAY -- MARCH 25
Founders Coffee is celebrating National Waffle Day and inviting guests to try their traditional Belgium waffle served with honey butter and syrup for $5.25 or their Breakfast Waffle Sandwich with egg, cheese, bacon, syrup and honey butter for $7.25.
NATIONAL WORLD WHISKY DAY -- MARCH 27
Therapy in downtown Las Vegas will feature all-day drink and cocktail specials, including $3 Revel Peanut Butter Whiskey, $4 Fireball, $5 Four Rose Bourbon, a $5 Peanut Butter Jelly Time Cocktail, $5 Whiskey Sour and a $7 Old Fashion, Manhattan and a Fall Fashioned Special mix of rye, maple syrup, and black walnut bitters. Guests can devour Therapy’s honorary Whiskey Day entrée, The Drunk Waygu, an 8 oz Waygu burger grilled in an house-made whiskey glaze, stacked with scallion aioli, thick cut applewood bacon and beer battered onion rings served with a side of steak fries.
NATIONAL PAELLA DAY -- MARCH 27
Jaleo by José Andrés offers the most authentic paella experience in the entire city. Guests can watch Chef Luis and his team prepare mouthwatering pans of Paella Valenciana and various arroz dishes over a crackling fire. Groups looking to dive right into the action can book an interactive paella demonstration and try their own hand at cooking authentic Spanish paella, finishing off the experience by tasting the fruits of their labor.
NATIONAL CLAMS ON A HALF SHELL DAY -- MARCH 31
Mercato Della Pescheria's spaghetti vongole features Manila clams tossed in white wine sauce and served on a bed of homemade pasta ($26).
If you would like to submit information for this list (or a future food holiday list), send an email to joyce.lupiani@ktnv.com.
