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[Phat Mack]

Being overweight is no excuse for not having a stylish tattoo on the small of your back, nor is it an excuse for failing to display it by wearing low-rider jeans and a halter top.

If you have ten kids, half of them in strollers, the best way to show them Vegas is by taking them for a walk on the Strip on a Saturday night.

Although vehemently opposed to registering the owners of firearms, I think it is time for the government to step in and license the owners of high heels. Such registration should be contingent on demonstrating an ability to walk in them.

Hints for those contemplating the demonstration of such an ability:

1) No matter how satisfying the ensuing "clomping" sound might be, having the heel and toe strike the pavement at the same time is not acceptable.

2) Leaning way backwards, as though in memory of some long-ago limbo contest, is not as strikingly fashionable as first might be imagined.

There used to be threads on this forum years ago about the disappearance of poker rooms from Vegas casinos. Poker rooms have staged a comeback, but another institution has not: the casino cafe/lunch counter/snack bar. Gambling joints need a place where a gambler can walk in, sit down at a counter, get a quick sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then, after finishing their repast, get back in action. I am amazed at the number of casinos that no longer offer this simple amenity. They seem to have been replaced by food courts, slot machines, and foo-foo joints too horrid to mention.

[tylerdurden]

What's a foo-foo joint?

[magithighs]

Whatever it is you can bet your ass the foo fighters are out there trying to destroy it!

Cheers
Magi

[Kevmath]

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What's a foo-foo joint?

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Dave Grohl's drug of choice.

Kevin...

[beernutz]

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What's a foo-foo joint?

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I think these used to be called 'fern bars'.

[HDPM]

I will take incompetent walking in high heels over the constant flip-flopping I see now. It seems as if every woman or girl thinks flip-flops are A-OK with their too small jeans and too short halter top thing. Flip flops are for the beach or pool only. Seeing your fat roll because I was given an audible warning by the flip flop is unacceptable.


Agree on lunch counters. Where was the awful place downtown with the rancid miniature hamburgers? Was it the California? These should make a comeback.

[Phat Mack]

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Where was the awful place downtown with the rancid miniature hamburgers? Was it the California?

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Heh, I know the one you mean but can't remember the name. I think it had "Golden" in the name, as in "Golden Californian" or "Golden Corral." I was also telling my wife about the downtown poker room that had spitoons at each table, but couldn't remember that name either.

[bugstud]

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Where was the awful place downtown with the rancid miniature hamburgers? Was it the California?

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Heh, I know the one you mean but can't remember the name. I think it had "Golden" in the name, as in "Golden Californian" or "Golden Corral." I was also telling my wife about the downtown poker room that had spitoons at each table, but couldn't remember that name either.

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Golden Gate?

[dogmeat]

Foo foo joints? Look, I just love paying $8.50 for a sandwich and $3 for an 8-ounce soda in a plastic cup at "Snacks" in the Bellagio! Nothing wrong with handing the girl a $20 and getting $6 back.

(I actually stayed at the Gold Coast this last trip and, I, well...........I, actually bought two hot dogs in the sports book for 75-cents each /images/graemlins/crazy.gif I'm so ashamed)

Was it the Golden Goose that had the instant pizza's and little hamburgers (like White Castle - but not edible) back in the 1980's? It was a slot joint, and the pizza's were $2 with free drinks and you could eat while playing nickel slots - I loved it.

Ah, the good old days of downtown Las Vegas! FWIW, you can still get very large shrimp cocktails at the Golden Gate for .99 /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Dogmeat /images/graemlins/spade.gif

[HDPM]

the .75 hot dogs at gold coast and orleans are nothing to be ashamed of. Those are real vienna beef and are good. The buns and condiments aren't right, but htey are easily the best .75 meal around.

[andyfox]

Great post. Except for the spelling.

Sorry to give you such greif.

[Acesover8s]

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Foo foo joints? Look, I just love paying $8.50 for a sandwich and $3 for an 8-ounce soda in a plastic cup at "Snacks" in the Bellagio! Nothing wrong with handing the girl a $20 and getting $6 back.


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$8.50? You cheapskate. . . I just paid 19.50$ for a corned beef and turkey sandwich at the Mirage. . .

[Phat Mack]

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Look, I just love paying $8.50 for a sandwich and $3 for an 8-ounce soda in a plastic cup at "Snacks" in the Bellagio! Nothing wrong with handing the girl a $20 and getting $6 back.

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LOL. Note that "Snacks" has a menu posted outside its door, a menu without any prices on it!

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(I actually stayed at the Gold Coast this last trip and, I, well...........I, actually bought two hot dogs in the sports book for 75-cents each I'm so ashamed)

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I've walked through the sports book at the Gold Coast a hundred times, but have never seen any hot dogs--where do they hide them. I am a big fan of the Gold Coast Graveyard Special: 2 eggs, 3 links of sausage, hash browns and toast = $1.85. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Avail after 11PM.

[Phat Mack]

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Foo foo joints? Look, I just love paying $8.50 for a sandwich and $3 for an 8-ounce soda in a plastic cup at "Snacks" in the Bellagio! Nothing wrong with handing the girl a $20 and getting $6 back.


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$8.50? You cheapskate. . . I just paid 19.50$ for a corned beef and turkey sandwich at the Mirage. . .

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At least you got the sandwich. I sat at a table in Carnagie's (sp) for twenty minutes waiting to order, then gave up and left. This is just part of the story but no exageration; I timed it with the stopwatch on my cell phone. I tried the take-out side a few days later (with a bad attitude) and left when they wouldn't let me order half of one.

[Phat Mack]

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Where was the awful place downtown with the rancid miniature hamburgers? Was it the California?

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Heh, I know the one you mean but can't remember the name. I think it had "Golden" in the name, as in "Golden Californian" or "Golden Corral." I was also telling my wife about the downtown poker room that had spitoons at each table, but couldn't remember that name either.

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Golden Gate?

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I think the Golden Gate is still in business. The place I'm thinking of has been defunct for several years. Might have been it, though.

[Phat Mack]

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Great post. Except for the spelling.

Sorry to give you such greif.

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Always willing to try something new spelling-wise...I'm not known for my conservative beleifs.

[KJS]

Most notable absence of that type of eatery is the Mirage Snack Bar, IMO. Used to be you could get a killer chicken sammie and miss one round of blinds. Now you have to order a gross sammie the size of your head at the fancy deli they put in and you miss way more than one round.

Downgrade.

KJS

[Zeno]

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....Poker rooms have staged a comeback, but another institution has not: the the casino cafe/lunch counter/snack bar.

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I agree. The old Binion's had a sloppy deli near the poker room for years that served wonderfully rancid and unappetizing food. A few of the downtown casinos still have these gut bars for the steel stomached. Why not start a business by wheeling about a hotdog/sandwich cart through all the casino poker rooms? Probably make more doing that than by playing poker. And let that remark be a lesson to us all.

You are still alive. I assume this is good news to you?

-Zeno

[beerbandit]

good call -


i would have prefered that sandwich at 4am from a little deli in the mirage. instead i opted to walk down to the noodle bar, selected what sounded the best and was told it was closed. so from there i went in and sat in that crapibe cafe, ordered a breakfast to go --- paid 13 bucks for it and get it back to the room and it didnt come with a fork. wtf, i was pissed -- those eggs over easy were some good eatin using my hands.


cheers

[beerbandit]

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I just paid 19.50$ for a corned beef and turkey sandwich at the Mirage. . .

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was that huge sandwich i saw on the mirage channel --- i was thinking about strolling there and picking one up, but my laziness took over --- im not sure if i would have wanted one for 20 bucks either



cheers

[GreywolfNYC]

Breakfast at Binion's coffee shop is still great, especially at 4:00 a.m. The Fremont has a very good lunch buffet for about$7.95.

[thewarden]

Is there still the snack bar at the Mandalay, right next to the poker room in the sports book. That was probably the best location for the snack bar. Not the best room, but definitely the best location for the snack bar. You didn't even have to take your eyes off the table while you were ordering.
Yeah, the 16.00 meat football with cheese at the Carnegie just wasn't the same as the Chicken sanky. Plus it bubbled like Krakatoa in my stomach 20 minutes after we finished the thing.