Last month, we wrote about the $2-per-oyster happy hour in the Proper Eats food hall at Aria. At the conclusion of that review, we lamented the rising price of oysters, even in specials (what happened to the $1-oyster specials that were ubiquitous not so long ago?), and said we’d look around.
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El Dorado Cantina — Chapulines? Meh
Reviewed in the August 2017 Las Vegas Advisor
We finally did it.
We ordered — and ate—the sautéed grasshoppers (chapulines in Spanish, since they come from certain areas of Mexico) at El Dorado Cantina. That’s what we’re about here, folks. We do it, so you don’t have to.
Continue reading El Dorado Cantina — Chapulines? MehBuffet Update – September 2023
Bellagio – The Buffet at Bellagio: Italian Grill Night dinner on Wednesday is completely removed. No dinner buffet on Thursday either. Dinner is Friday
Circus Circus – Circus Buffet: Until further notice, no buffet on Monday. Brunch is now Fri-Sun, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. for $30.99. Dinner is Fri & Sat, 4:30-10 p.m. for $32.99. Dinner is no longer served on Sunday.
Continue reading Buffet Update – September 2023Sports Gambling Hall of Fame Launched at Circa
On August 14, sports betting legends Billy Baxter, Jack Franzi, Jackie Gaughan, Bob Martin, Roxy Roxborough, Scotty Schettler, Jimmy Vaccaro, Billy Walters, Charles McNeil, and Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal were inducted into the Sports Gambling Hall of Fame at Circa.
Located in an enclave inside one of the world’s two largest sports books, the HoF honors bookmakers and bettors who have notably transformed the sports betting industry.
Continue reading Sports Gambling Hall of Fame Launched at CircaExxcite: The Show — Does!
Just opened in late July, Exxcite: The Show is a late-night burlesque-style revue that features six female dancers and a singer. It’s produced and choreographed by Jennifer Romas, well known in Vegas for her topless show Sexxy, which played for years at the Westgate Cabaret, then for a while as Sexxy After Dark at Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club. This new show is staged in the 300-seat Duomo Theater at the Rio.
Continue reading Exxcite: The Show — Does!La Popular — Another Winner for the Palms
La Popular is a one brand from Grupo Carolo, among Mexico’s most recognized and extensive restaurant groups. The original restaurant is a favorite in Mexico City; the first U.S. venue opened in Roseville, California, in 2022. Since then, two more have opened in California, one in Austin, Texas, and most recently at the Palms.
No Pants by — Who Else? — Spiegelworld
Spiegelworld is a good name for the Las Vegas-based live-entertainment production company: It’s definitely a world unto itself.
Producers of Absinthe at Caesars Palace, OPM at the Cosmopolitan, and Atomic Saloon Show at Palazzo, Spiegelworld also owns the entire town Nipton, California, 60 miles from Vegas, which it’s in the process of turning into a “circus settlement.” In addition, Spiegelworld operates Superfrico, the “psychedelic Italian” restaurant at Cosmo, and recently-ish opened No Pants at Caesars Palace.
Continue reading No Pants by — Who Else? — SpiegelworldMain Street Station Dinner Buffet — Where Is Everyone?
We arrived on a Friday night right at 6 p.m., thinking we might have to wait in line for 20 to 30 minutes to get into the only downtown buffet, which serves dinner Fri. and Sat. nights only. Au contraire! We didn’t have to wait even 20 seconds. We just walked right up to the cashier, paid, and had plate in hand within a minute.
Continue reading Main Street Station Dinner Buffet — Where Is Everyone?Maryland down, Illinois up; NFL hypocrisy; Bally’s biz
Gaming industry bears are going to latch onto a 4% drop in Maryland gambling earnings as evidence of an impending recession. Thankfully, J.P. Morgan analyst Joseph Greff puts it in context by pointing out that the $174 million haul is 17% higher than July 2019, itself a high-water mark at the time. The Free State moves closer to a duopoly, with MGM National Harbor (41%) and Maryland Live (36%) capturing more than three-fourths of all business. That left woebegone Horseshoe Baltimore, the casino that Caesars Entertainment forgot, with just $16 million, 13% below last year and 17% down from 2019. MGM, meanwhile, raked in $72 million, a 6.5% slippage, while Maryland Live booked 63%, up 2%.
Continue reading Maryland down, Illinois up; NFL hypocrisy; Bally’s bizWall Street: Station soft; DraftKings impresses, Bally’s doesn’t
“If you were surprised you haven’t been paying attention.” So wrote Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli of yesterday’s Station Casinos earnings release. He added, “it should come as no surprise that RRR reported results that were softer than our forecasts,” which were in themselves pessimistic. Station execs pointed to tough 2022 comparisons, especially in April, as well as their sports books getting cleaned out by Las Vegas Golden Knights bettors. Almost a million dollars of incremental utility costs also accounted for the miss and the latter factor should be considerably worse next quarter. Summarized Santarelli, “if you paid attention to [Boyd Gaming], you got almost exactly what you would have expected from RRR this evening.”
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