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Turning Stone partners with Las Vegas culinary legend for new steakhouse

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)

Elizabeth Blau-a restaurant consultant credited with transforming Las Vegas into a culinary mecca-is bringing her skills to Turning Stone Resort Casino’s new “TS Steakhouse.” The restaurant will replace the upscale, private dining room Club 2.1 on the 21st floor of the Turning Stone Tower Hotel, as well as Turning Stone’s current steakhouse, Forest Grill.

The venue atop the tallest building between Albany and Syracuse offers breathtaking panoramic views of the countryside including Oneida Lake. TS Steakhouse will serve the “finest cuts of meat and exquisite seafood,” an Oneida Indian Nation press release states. “We recently completed a comprehensive market study…

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.