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First Bite
A weekly guide to home food makers in downtown Las Vegas — reported, tasted, and filed.
Friday, October 16, 2026Las Vegas, NevadaVol. 1 · No. 1A guide — not a store. First Bite never sells food.
What First Bite Is
First Bite is a free weekly guide to downtown Las Vegas home food makers — a short Friday menu with a link straight to each maker. We sell nothing, take no orders, deliver nothing, and never print a home address.
What First Bite is — the full details ▾
We don't sell foodWe don't take ordersWe don't deliverWe never print a home address — pickup is neighborhood only
Every Friday we publish a short menu — a small, curated list of dishes. We report the world around the meal, and we judge the meal.
Makers submit during the week; submissions close Thursday at 3:00 PM.
Each menu is small on purpose: a maximum of 12 dishes, no more than 2 per maker.
Every listing is labeled cottage (non-potentially-hazardous foods only) or licensed kitchen.
Every dish links straight to the maker — you arrange pickup with them, in their neighborhood.
Listings are free for makers. Photos, prices, and order details appear only with a maker's dated written okay — and come down within a day on request.
The News DeskSample — Story to Come
Home Food Is About to Change in Nevada. We Asked the Health District How to Keep It Safe.
By First Bite · Filed under Food Safety / Cottage Rules / 2027 Changes
LAS VEGAS — Nevada's cottage food rules change in July 2027: online and phone sales, mail and delivery fulfillment, and licensing through the Department of Agriculture. Before the first menu ran, First Bite invited the Southern Nevada Health District to be interviewed, on the record, about how the current rules prevent foodborne illness — and what changes when the new ones land.
“SNHD states…” — the interview will be quoted verbatim here, attributed and dated, once it takes place.
— Southern Nevada Health District · Interview invited October 2026 · Piece follows launch
The Health District was invited to be interviewed for this article. When the piece runs, it lives permanently in the Archive; if the District later updates a statement, the update is appended, dated — the original is never silently rewritten. Read the standing invitation & question topics →
This Week's MenuTemplate
Menu #1 — Friday, October 16, 2026
Edition header (sample) · Submissions for next week's menu close Thursday at 3:00 PM · Links go straight to each maker
ViewSame listings, two layouts — grid keeps a 12-dish menu to ~4 rows
One neutral line about the dish, in Tier 1-safe wording. Sample text
Pickup area: Downtown Las Vegas (sample neighborhood label — neighborhood only, never an address)
Ingredient / allergen note: As the maker provides it (sample).
Tier 2 slots — render only with a dated written yes on file: [ photo ] · [ price ] · [ how to arrange it with the maker ] — shown here as labeled placeholders. Sample
One neutral line about the dish, in Tier 1-safe wording. Sample text
Pickup area: Downtown Las Vegas (sample neighborhood label — neighborhood only, never an address)
Ingredient / allergen note: Ask the maker for ingredient details (sample).
Tier 2 slots — render only with a dated written yes on file: [ photo ] · [ price ] · [ how to arrange it with the maker ] — shown here as labeled placeholders. Sample
One neutral line about the dish, in Tier 1-safe wording. Sample text
Pickup area: Downtown Las Vegas (sample neighborhood label — neighborhood only, never an address)
Ingredient / allergen note: As the maker provides it (sample).
Tier 2 slots — render only with a dated written yes on file: [ photo ] · [ price ] · [ how to arrange it with the maker ] — shown here as labeled placeholders. Sample
Every maker gets a permanent page — findable any week, not just menu week. Tier 1 lines only: name, link, one neutral line.
ViewSame toggle as the menu — the index grows without stretching the page
SampleMaker (sample) — Downtown Las Vegas Cottage — Sample
SampleMaker (sample) — Downtown Las Vegas Licensed — Sample
SampleMaker (sample) — Downtown Las Vegas Cottage — Sample
In Their WordsSample Quote — Template
“[Sample quote — a maker's own words about their dish, quoted verbatim, will sit here.]”
— Maker (sample) · Downtown Las Vegas (sample neighborhood) · [Date — sample]
For the Owner of a Listing
Remove my listing
If a listing here is yours, you can take it down. No questions asked — you don't need a reason, and you don't have to explain. It comes down within a day: off the menu, off your maker page, off the index.
One thing we do check: the request has to come from the email or phone we have on file for that listing. That's how we know it's you asking, and not a stranger pulling someone else's listing. We never ask why.
The button leads to a short removal request form: your listing's name, the contact we have on file, and which listing to take down. There is no “reason” field — deliberately. After you send it, the form answers: “Received. It comes down within a day.” Mock form — inactive
When a listing comes down, the Archive keeps one dated line only — “Listing removed at the owner's request, [date]” — no listing content, photos, or details stay up.