We’ve written about Crown & Anchor many times in LVA. It’s one of our favorite bars, both for hanging out with some of our favorite bartenders—Art, Priscilla, Callie, Kristi, Amanda—and for the good food. We were spurred to do this review by the fun we’re having with the big crowds that show up for USA and England World Cup soccer matches, as well as by the new “Tender Tuesdays” promo.
Tender Tuesdays
We’ll start by declaring that there are no better chicken fingers, or tenders if you will, in all of Las Vegas. Regularly $13.95, an order is just $7 on Tuesdays. “We don’t have tacos so we went with Tender Tuesdays,” says manager Art Christensen, who goes on to describe what makes them so good. “The fingers are cut from fresh chicken breast, soaked in buttermilk for 24 hours, then hand-battered and deep-fried to perfection.” We asked if there are any in Vegas that compare. “Only Raising Cane’s is close,” he says. “That’s a big corporation doing their best and they’re still only close.” We got ours with an order of crisps (homemade potato chips) for $5.95.
Pub Grub
The Crown is an English pub and it serves English fare—cottage pie ($16.95), steak & mushroom pie ($17.95), Cornish pasty ($18.95), scotch egg ($9.95), and fish & chips ($18.95). On Fridays, it’s all-you-can-eat fish & chips for $20.95. Hamburgers are half-price ($8.95) Sun.-Thurs. from midnight to 8 a.m. The homemade clam chowder ($4.95/$6.95) is one of the best in town.
LVA Place
Crown & Anchor has always been LVA friendly and has one of the best offers in the Member Rewards Book. Play $200 through a machine and get item on the menu comped. Play another $100 and get $25 in free-play. The games are better than most, with 7/5 Bonus Poker (98.01%), and it’s the only bar we know of that you get paid $5 when you hit one number on the electronic bonus, called “Crown Pounds” there (all others require two numbers).
The Verdict
Of course, Crown & Anchor gets our highest recommendation. There used to be another Crown (the original) on Tropicana, but it closed last year. Now there’s just the one at the corner of Spring Mountain and Decatur. When you go, there’s a good chance you’ll run into other LVA members and Anthony Curtis shows up on a regular basis in the evenings or during a major soccer match. There are still a lot of games left in the World Cup. Come by and check it out.