Caesars announces improvement to Bacchanal Buffet

In a recent press release, Caesars Restaurant Manager Gutboy Barrelhouse announced "an exciting new development." "One problem with the wonderful variety and quantity of the food served at the Bacchanal Buffet is that you can't possibly try everything. Guests have complained that they're just too full to go back and try something that looked tasty. So in accordance with our buffet's and our property's theme, we're taking a page from the ancient Romans."

"When the Romans held a "Bacchanal"--a glorious, daylong feast for which our buffet was named--the guests often complained of the same problem our guests have: they became too full to try everything. So they set aside a room for overfull guests to throw up, so they could continue feasting. They called this room a "vomitorium." Caesars is excited to announce the installation of a Bacchanal Vomitorium! Guests can purchase a Vomitorium Pass for only $50, enabling them to experience the Bacchanal's bounty for a second time at a bargain price. Seven Stars members can vomit for free."

"And don't worry," Barrelhouse continued, "Just like in ancient Rome, slaves will be in constant attendance to clean out the Vomitorium after each use."

That is so gross, Kevin, but I know it is based in historical fact, or just lore maybe?   Can we blame the Romans for the modern day teen bulimia epidemic?   Ask some models, maybe?

Me, I did the Bacch buffet once.   It wasn't so much that I got full, but that I spent too much time looking over all the delights.  By the time I got back to my table my food was cold.   Expensive cold food.

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How is the Vomitorium Pass different from visiting Fremont Street after 1am?  As we know public kitchens are excellent at recycling and reusing food and products to save money, will this become the source for the lobster bisque?

It's actually a myth, propagated by several writers, that the Romans did this. A vomitorium was a passageway designed to facilitate the movement of many people at once.

We were in Rome last year and toured the Collisseum. They were outfitted with vomitoriums (vomitoria?) so people could leave the cheap seats quickly. They were like giant stone slides. Talk about your floor burns. 

Hard to believe.I loss my appetite thinking of it.