Downtown Suggestions

Pizza Rock is the best.  Great Lasagna.  Good Happy Hour there too.

I have a friend who'sa pizza aficionado. He likes Pizza Rock.

Suggest Chicago Brewery in 4Q.  Their thin crust "Miracle Mile" loaded meat pizza is outstanding.

Pop up has solid pizza, as black jack suggests.  Reasonably priced, also.

Pizza Rock > Pop Up > Evil Pie >>> [big quality gap]>>> Chicago Brewery 4Q

Second Pizza Rock, especially their Happy Hour. 
Haven't tried Pop Up; will put it on my list for next trip. 

el Cortez. the wife and i call cornholios. :) Gamble cheap food.  low stress. 

It's probably just as well that you weren't around when the joint used to be a real bargain destination. It's now, since its Stationization, a shadow of its former self.

El Cortez notes:

1) First place I stayed in when I arrived in LV for the first time, circa 1982.

2) At one locals' poker table, they used a rubber rat to mark deal rotation.

3) The old non-tower rooms smelled like a four-alarm fire had just been put out in them.

4) Coffee shop was right out of Sinatra's Guys and Dolls.

1) I worked at El Cortez as a craps dealer in 1979. I was a frequent customer for decades after that.

2) That table had the lowest rake in the city for the entirety of its existence. The games actually had a lot of action. Jackie Gaughan, the owner, would often come down from his penthouse suite and play. He would also walk around with a bucket of quarters and toss handfuls into the trays of slot players.

3) People weren't supposed to smoke in those rooms, but...telling a smoker not to smoke is like telling a circus elephant not to poop.

4) The coffee shop had CHEAP and pretty good food. Dozens of local seniors had breakfast there every day--for a long time, it was less than $5, coffee included.