North Las Vegas is where much of the Las Vegas Valley’s workforce lives, and its food is the valley’s everyday cooking rather than its resort cooking. That makes it more interesting than the Strip for anyone who has already done the Strip.
The Mexican food is the strongest thread — taquerias, birrieria, mariscos — and it is inexpensive and consistently good. There is also a substantial Filipino community across the valley, with restaurants and bakeries concentrated on the north and west sides, and a growing Salvadoran presence.
The Las Vegas Farmers Market network runs year round in a climate that allows it. For anything ambitious, the Strip and the Chinatown corridor on Spring Mountain Road are a short drive south.