Viva Lost Wages

Its Lost Wage$, BTW

Went there last June for a meeting and stayed at MGM Grand for 10 days, and yep,, the food and rooms
are a lot more expensive than they were even 10 years ago (when I was there last). And the chow was
nothing to write home about..the Wolfgang Puck place at the MGM Grand was the best as far as I was
concerned for quality and cost. I did visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$ though. Not as
good as I was led to believe..the fries sucked On the way from Lost Wage$ to GC (though Boulder
City, theres a 50's diner in downtown Boulder City..awesome burger and malts, and phosphates)

I stopped off at the GC on the way back and it was awesome.

Anyway, it was my 30th wedding ann last Aug, so this May the spousal unit and I are going to Lost
Wage$ for a couiple of days, and then we're off to Sedona at a B&B (very very expensive) for 4 days,
and then off to the GC South Rim for 4 days.

I was very inpressed with the food quality and cost at the GC (Bright Angel Cafe, and the El Tovar
dining room) ..much better that Lost Wage$

Melba's Jammin said:

I'd never been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still looking for a $1.19 breakfast.
That should have been my first clue. She lives in the past.

You can still find them. Honest, they exist. The "third tier" casinos still try to draw in people by
offering cheap food. I'd not recommend going into some of those places though.
--
Ed [email hidden] pages.cthome.netedhomeOpen ↗

Melba's Jammin said:

I told my Niece The Travel Agent to slap me if I ever mentioned the possibility of travelling
with Dottie again. Rob and I will go again sometime -- he and I will do some walking around and
sightseeing. The End.

I'd like to know how you have the time to travel so much!

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

"Jerry Ranch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I did visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$ though. Not as good as I was led to
believe..the fries sucked

<more snip>

Jerry,

Order your fries "well done", next time.

Jason, who'll have a 3x3, animal style, w/o, ketchup and mustard instead

Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month and would like to go somewhere
fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin
anyway) We won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Cheers, Melanie

Jerry Ranch <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Its Lost Wage$, BTW

Went there last June for a meeting and stayed at MGM Grand for 10 days, and yep,, the food and
rooms are a lot more expensive than they were even 10 years ago (when I was there last). And the
chow was nothing to write home about..the Wolfgang Puck place at the MGM Grand was the best as far
as I was concerned for quality and cost. I did visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$
though. Not as good as I was led to believe..the fries sucked On the way from Lost Wage$ to GC
(though Boulder City, theres a 50's diner in downtown Boulder City..awesome burger and malts, and
phosphates)

I stopped off at the GC on the way back and it was awesome.

Anyway, it was my 30th wedding ann last Aug, so this May the spousal unit and I are going to Lost
Wage$ for a couiple of days, and then we're off to Sedona at a B&B (very very expensive) for 4
days, and then off to the GC South Rim for 4 days.

I was very inpressed with the food quality and cost at the GC (Bright Angel Cafe, and the El Tovar
dining room) ..much better that Lost Wage$

"Jason Tinling" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Jerry Ranch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]... <snip>

I did visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$ though. Not as good

as

Quoted message said:

I was led to believe..the fries sucked

<more snip>

Jerry,

Order your fries "well done", next time.

And order your burger "Animal Style" next time. Until I learned about this, I considered In-N-Out
burgers to be pretty ordinary. Now they're extraordinary.

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Lululemon) said:

Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month and would like to go
somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in
the Aladdin anyway) We won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Cheers, Melanie

Maybe rec.food.restaurants or its archives.
--
-Barb A good friend will come and bail you out of jail; a true friend will be sitting next to you
saying, "Damn,that was fun!"

On 23 Jan 2004 11:00:02 -0800, [email hidden] (Lululemon)
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

Quoted message said:

Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month and would like to go somewhere
fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin
anyway) We won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Without a doubt: The Palms at Caesar's Palace. I've had 2 meals there, 2 years apart, and both were
memorable, but none more so than the lamb chops. Wowser! The last time I'd had lamb chops that good
was in the in Madrid in spring.

PF Chang's is a chain, found all over the place, AFAICS. Not bad, but no trip to the moon,
as it were.

And if you're going to see Cirque du Soleil's "O," prepare to be dazzled.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the
bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"

I was there for almost 10 days, and I must say that I had no memorable dining experience there. It
was disappointing. Jerry

(Lululemon) said:

Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month and would like to go somewhere
fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in the Aladdin
anyway) We won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Cheers, Melanie

Jerry Ranch <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Its Lost Wage$, BTW

Went there last June for a meeting and stayed at MGM Grand for 10 days, and yep,, the food and
rooms are a lot more expensive than they were even 10 years ago (when I was there last). And the
chow was nothing to write home about..the Wolfgang Puck place at the MGM Grand was the best as
far as I was concerned for quality and cost. I did visit my first In-and-Out Burger in Lost Wage$
though. Not as good as I was led to believe..the fries sucked On the way from Lost Wage$ to GC
(though Boulder City, theres a 50's diner in downtown Boulder City..awesome burger and malts, and
phosphates)

I stopped off at the GC on the way back and it was awesome.

Anyway, it was my 30th wedding ann last Aug, so this May the spousal unit and I are going to Lost
Wage$ for a couiple of days, and then we're off to Sedona at a B&B (very very expensive) for 4
days, and then off to the GC South Rim for 4 days.

I was very inpressed with the food quality and cost at the GC (Bright Angel Cafe, and the El
Tovar dining room) ..much better that Lost Wage$

Lululemon said:

Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month and would like to go
somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in
the Aladdin anyway) We won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Aladdin has one of the best buffets. There are plenty of off the strip restaurants also. I happen to
like Sergio's for Italian, but it is in the opposite direction of where you are headed.

Every casino has a reasonably priced buffet, a higher price "sit down" restaurant, and a top scale
one or two. I've never h ad a bad meal at any of them. Let your wallet be your guide. Ed
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Melanie said:

Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month and would like to go
somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in
the Aladdin anyway) We won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

The best dining experiences I had in LV were at the Bellagio, although none of them were cheap.
The absolute best was Aqua, and the second-best was Shintaro. I give each of them a very
enthusiastic recommendation. (And if you're going to see "O", you'll be in the Bellagio anyway.)
For a less-expensive but fun meal, check out the Samba Grill in the Mirage: it's a Brazilian
restaurant where the waiters carry around swords full of cooked meat. The side dishes that come
with it are tasty, too.

I was in LV last weekend, staying at the Venetian, but I have only negative food experiences to
report from that: AquaKnox was very trendy, but the food was both pedestrian and overpriced.
Emeril's Delmonico Steakhouse was good, but I got sick from it. (I had high hopes for Lutece, but
couldn't make it there because the Emeril sickness was still with me the next night.)

If you're going to see "Zumanity," let us know how it was! I tried to get tickets, but it was
completely sold out. We saw "Mystere" instead, having seen "O" on a previous trip.

Bob

thats not raw is it??

Quoted message said:

And order your burger "Animal Style" next time. Until I learned about this, I considered In-N-Out
burgers to be pretty ordinary. Now they're extraordinary.

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]

(Lululemon) said:

Does anyone have any more resteraunt rec's? I'll be there in a month and would like to go
somewhere fun before our Cirque du Soleil show. I heard PF Chang's is fun and good. (We'll be in
the Aladdin anyway) We won't wanna spend $45 on a plate of food + drinks + dessert.

Cheers, Melanie

Maybe rec.food.restaurants or its archives.

alt.vacation.las-vegas

www.chowhound.com

--
Best Greg

Jerry Ranch said:

I was there for almost 10 days, and I must say that I had no memorable dining experience there. It
was disappointing. Jerry

I don't really care to go to LV much, but I go at least once a year, three times last year for
various reasons. On every trip I've had at least one excellent meal. Roy's is great. We had a
private room at Sergio's when a group of us went and had a fantastic meal and great time. The
seafood buffet it the Rio is something to see and taste.

If you could not find a memorable meal, you either got some very poor advice or had a very low
budget. :LV has dozens of really good eating places of all different types. Hey, if nothing else,
get a big box of Ethel M's chocolates for dinner. Expensive, but it would be memorable. Ed
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In article <[email hidden]>, icu2@pipeline

dot com said:

Melba's Jammin said:

I told my Niece The Travel Agent to slap me if I ever mentioned the possibility of travelling
with Dottie again. Rob and I will go again sometime -- he and I will do some walking around and
sightseeing. The End.

I'd like to know how you have the time to travel so much!

I don't work outside my home (and not much inside it, either.)
--
-Barb A good friend will come and bail you out of jail; a true friend will be sitting next to you
saying, "Damn,that was fun!"

In article <[email hidden]>, "Edwin

Pawlowski said:

Melba's Jammin said:

I'd never been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still looking for a $1.19
breakfast. That should have been my first clue. She lives in the past.

You can still find them. Honest, they exist. The "third tier" casinos still try to draw in people
by offering cheap food. I'd not recommend going into some of those places though.

What I figured. :-) The cheaper the food, the longer the waiting line. TWD is woefully out of shape
and can't stand in place (e.g., in a queue) for long without discomfort. Guess who waited in line
while she sat. We took a freebie ride to Laughlin. Trip included a free buffet. Twenty minutes
before they opened there were 40-50 people ahead of us/me in line.
--
-Barb A good friend will come and bail you out of jail; a true friend will be sitting next to you
saying, "Damn,that was fun!"

Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "Edwin Pawlowski"

Quoted message said:

Melba's Jammin said:

I'd never been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still looking for a $1.19
breakfast. That should have been my first clue. She lives in the past.

You can still find them. Honest, they exist. The "third tier" casinos still try to draw in
people by offering cheap food. I'd not recommend going into some of those places though.

What I figured. :-) The cheaper the food, the longer the waiting line. TWD is woefully out of
shape and can't stand in place (e.g., in a queue) for long without discomfort. Guess who waited
in line while she sat. We took a freebie ride to Laughlin. Trip included a free buffet. Twenty
minutes before they opened there were 40-50 people ahead of us/me in line.

I live in California and can't say I've been to the "gambling meccas" very often. However, the one
thing that struck me the last time I was in a breakfast buffet line at some place I'd laughingly
call a casino (don't even ask me to estimate how long ago that was... 20 years maybe?)... I vividly
remember the line of slot machines that we went past.

We had a "complimentary" $5 worth of nickels in our pocket and passed the time putting nickels into
the one armed bandits. Hey, they PAID OFF handsomely, but as we neared the eating area - they paid
of less and less until we finally had no more nickels. Of course, by that time we were addicted to
winning and we were completely stupid - so of course, we got more nickels to throw away.

Buyer Beware: Our meal cost us a LOT more than the advertised price!

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Melba's Jammin said:

A mere six days after returning from her friend's funeral in Kansas City, The Widow Dorothy and I
went to Las Vegas last week. I'd never been and she hadn't been there is 45 years. She's still
looking for a $1.19 breakfast. That should have been my first clue. She lives in the past.

Actually, there's a nice $1.99 steak and eggs deal at the cafe in the San Remo. The San Remo is on
Tropicana Blvd directly across from the MGM Grande. The food there is basic, but good. The same cafe
also has a $1.99 prime rib meal which is pretty good for the money. Both deals are available 24x7.

Edwin Pawlowski said:

You can still find them. Honest, they exist. The "third tier" casinos still try to draw in people
by offering cheap food. I'd not recommend going into some of those places though.

Why not! Some of the "locals casinos" in the Vegas area can be a lot of fun. As for eating, even
some of the major casinos offer some good deals. My favorite is Mr. Lucky's $7.77 broiled shrimp and
sirloin steak dinner. For those who don't know, Mr. Lucky's is a diner type place that's located
inside the Hard Rock Casino. The $7.77 is not listed on the menu, but if you ask for the waitperson
about it, they'll know what you're talking about.