The culinary brain behind Firefly, John Simmons got his start in Chicago before coming out to Las Vegas to help open Mon Ami Gabi. But in 2003, Simmons struck out on his own with a concept that became one of the earliest hotspots of the modern Las Vegas culinary scene.

After a decade of dishing up tapas - like those addictive bacon-wrapped dates - Simmons moved Firefly up the street on Paradise. The original location honored his lifelong love of Mexican food and became a place every craft beer-loving Las Vegan knows well: Tacos & Beer.

Crab Corner takes pride in offering the best, flown in fresh daily, seafood in Las Vegas. The extensive menu offers such items as live lobster, soft-shell crabs, steamed mussels and clams, peel ‘n eat shrimp and much more. Come try it & be transported to the Chesapeake Bay with great tasting fresh & hot steamed blue crabs & jumbo lump meat packed authentic Maryland crab cakes, delectable East Coast oysters, and our homemade Maryland Red Crab Soup! We’ll spread the paper on the table and hand you the crab mallet & knife while you dine in true Maryland crab feast style. So pull up a chair, role back your sleeves & dig in!

John Smolen is from Bowie Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland Smith School of Business in 2006. After working in Accounting in Baltimore for 4 years, made the decision to move to Las Vegas and co-found Crab Corner Maryland Seafood House. For the past 15 years, he has been the owner/operator of the restaurant with the passion and desire to offer a taste of home, here in the dessert of Las Vegas.

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AMARI Italian Kitchen & Wine Shop, located at 6825 Tom Rodriguez St. Ste. 100, off I-215 and Durango Drive, serves reimagined Italian-American cuisine at UnCommons, a dynamic urban campus in the bustling Southwest Las Vegas district. Open daily, AMARI presents a vibrant dining room, spacious patio, energetic lounge and boutique retail and wine shop, offering a delightful and diverse wine list – available for enjoying onsite or to-go. Spanning 4,600 square feet between the restaurant, bar and patio, AMARI offers indoor and outdoor seating for 120 guests. AMARI is open for dinner 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon to 2:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday for lunch and noon to close daily for takeout and delivery.  Happy hour is 3 to 5:30 p.m. daily, with reverse happy hour from 8 p.m. to close Sunday through Thursday and 9 p.m. to close on Fridays and Saturdays. The wine shop is open daily during regular restaurant hours. Reservations and more information are available by calling (725) 285-0450 or visiting the website at www.AmariLV.com. AMARI is on Instagram at @AmariLasVegas and Facebook at AmariLasVegas.