Tinoco's Kitchen: a hidden gem in downtown Las Vegas
Something’s cooking in Downtown Las Vegas that you’re not going to want to miss. That would be the cuisine of Chef Enrique Tinoco, who after 10 years of presenting unforgettable food at his former restaurant at the Arts Factory on Charleston and Casino Center, has opened his latest project: Tinoco’s Kitchen, at the Vegas Club Hotel and Casino.
“We have some of our old favorites and some new favorites on our menu." Tinoco said. "Our team members from the former restaurant have joined us here at the old site of the Great Moments Café. We all planned and redecorated the venue and had some new lighting installed, making way for some great new art work, new colors and a whole new set up."
The restaurant boasts a new wine list, a private room for fundraisers and other functions, more than 2,000 square feet of restaurant seating and valet parking.
Tinoco’s Kitchen serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a diverse menu and ample portions. Dinner seafood selections include pan-fried sea bass with lobster curry; orange roughy with a truffle; and corn and mushroom ragu. Seafood is delivered daily from the West Coast.
Tinoco also prepares a combo "Jonathan’s Trio” that includes Alaskan halibut, ahi tuna and sea bass in a basil, garlic, white wine sauce. For steak lovers, Tinoco’s makes a mean gilled filet that comes with garlic mashed potatoes and a cognac cream sauce.
The menu includes appetizers, chicken dishes, a dozen pastas including ‘Christine’s Pasta,” which is medallions of filet mignon and asparagus tips over linguine, and desserts.
For lunch, Tinoco’s serves a wide range of sandwiches, burgers, and salads such as delicious Cajun chicken melt and the Santa Fe chopped salad that consists of marinated achiote chicken, corn salsa, tortilla strips and a sweet-and-spicy chipotle-lime vinaigrette.
Enrique has spent the last 25 years in the lkitchens of some of California’s best restaurants, including Chianti Cucina, Drago and Mum’s (where he was a managing partner). He opened Tinoco’s Bistro in Las Vegas in 1998, where he gained note for his signature “Eclectic Continental Cuisine.”
- by Bobbie Katz, Las Vegas Reporter for HelloMetro
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