Golden Nugget fails?NO.

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No... it's all yummy.

Go there for the bread pudding.
Get yourself a large, fat-boy, pot-belly portion!

Link doesn't work but I am going to assume that someone is complaining about the bread pudding?

Many years ago the bread pudding was really good. They would give you the recipe if you asked for it. As a disclaimer we could never faithfully reproduce the quality at home. Perhaps you had to make it in one ton batches for it to come out right.

Over the years the quality seemed to fall off, as did the quality of their buffet in general. We have not been to the GN buffet in about three years as it just didn't seem worth it anymore.

No beloved restaurant dish is forever.

A local (non-Vegas) favorite restaurant has lost our business after taking things off the menu and changing how they make others.

Bread pudding is one of them. Theirs was heavenly, some white chocolate in the mix, mmm.

Then one day...whaaaa???? What happened to the bread pudding? The server said "They changed the recipe."

"They" meaning management.

Our favorite sandwich...one day was off the menu.

I asked "Did nobody other than us ever order this sandwich?" They said "Not so, it was really popular. A lot of folks are unhappy it is gone."
But it never came back. Nor did the bread pudding.

My theory...new managers feel the need to throw their weight around and shake things up. Stupid, when they have something that sells well.

Probably a chef thing. Many chefs demand the right to create their own menu as part of accepting employment - even if it means putting an end to some fan favorites.

That sounds about right.

The trick is trying to balance new items so that customers don't become bored with the menu while not chasing off loyal customers. It's not easy.

I'll give you an example. I love Flemings Steakhouse 5 for 6 before 7 happy hour. They have five cocktails, five glasses of wine and five appetizers for $6 before 7 p.m.

They mix up the happy hour menu about every three months. So I will show up crazing baked Brie in pastry with apples or spicy shrimp, only to find it has been removed from the menu. But I admit that if it were the same five glasses of wine, five cocktails and five appetizers indefinitely I would have become bored.