{"id":851739,"date":"2024-01-27T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T22:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/?p=851739"},"modified":"2024-01-27T14:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T22:39:48","slug":"uncommons-uncommonly-inferior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blog\/uncommons-uncommonly-inferior\/","title":{"rendered":"UnCommons \u2014 UnCommonly Inferior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the December LVA<\/em>, we wrote the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bar Oysterette and Center Bar in the Sundry Food Hall at the UnCommons complex (I-215 and Durango Rd.) has a happy hour Mon.-Thurs. from 4 to 6 pm, with $3 beer, $8 wine and cocktails, and $3-$5 appetizers, including $2 oysters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two-dollar oysters is something we always review, so we did. Guess what? The oysters are $3, not $2. That\u2019s not a good happy-hour special, although the bartender thought it was, because they\u2019re $4 non-happy hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The one good part of the experience was the oysters. They\u2019re served six for $18 and the presentation is beautiful: Three Blue Points and three Arcadians, accompanied by cocktail sauce, a mignonette, fresh horseradish, and lemon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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It\u2019s a good plate, but $3 per isn\u2019t a deal. On top of that, the whole UnCommons\/Sundry thing is just plain odd. Despite a trainload of hype and what seemed like a compelling dining program, our experience at UnCommons was uncommonly more bad than good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Way Out There<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UnCommons is located directly across Durango Rd. from Durango Casino about 10 miles west of the Strip. You can get there relatively quickly taking the I-215 freeway or going west on surface streets, but it\u2019s a trek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hard To Find<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it\u2019s directly across from Durango Casino, but it\u2019s still almost hidden. Look for a small street off Durango called Maule to access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hard To Get In<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bar Oysterette is in the Sundry Food Hall. There’s only one sign outside over the main entrance that’s not on the main street, but faces the parking garage, but it\u2019s fairly obvious which building it is. The problem is getting in. We walked to three apparent entrances (not the main) that were locked, then finally found a small unmarked door that was open. Are they trying to keep people out of there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cafeteria-esque<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The space looks like a big warehouse. But not a chic New York-style industrial space. More like a big cafeteria.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Not Cool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maybe we were expecting too much, but for whatever reason, we thought there\u2019d be kind of a hip vibe, with the cool upper-crust of the southwest valley hanging out. No. We were there during happy hour and nothing could be described as cool going on. The bar itself is underwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mediocre HH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the dollar bump on the oysters, the rest of the happy hour is nothing special\u2014$3 sliders, $5 tacos, $4 beer, plus PBR and a shot of Jameson for $11! At Downtown Grand, a PBR and a shot of Evan Williams (the \u201cJoe Special\u201d at Furnace Bar) is $3.50.<\/p>\n\n\n

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New-Age Menu\/Ordering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is another no-paper-menu QR code ordering system. If you\u2019re over 40, you probably don\u2019t like it. Get the whole story on that in this earlier review<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a garage with two hours free. So that\u2019s good. After that, it\u2019s $3-per-hour up to a 24-hour max of $15. There\u2019s also some street parking, but with 30-minute time limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re not sayjng don\u2019t go, we\u2019re simply pointing out what you\u2019re in for if you do. Heck, you could parlay with a visit to Durango Casino, which is worth at least a one-time visit. Park at Durango and walk across the street. But there\u2019s not much reason to go just for UnCommons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or maybe there is, at least according to that hype train. The latest buzz is all about the \u201cworld\u2019s greatest sandwich shop\u201d from Italy, All\u2019Antico Vinaio, coming to Vegas. It opened yesterday at \u2026 UnCommons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the December LVA, we wrote the following: Bar Oysterette and Center Bar in the Sundry Food Hall at the UnCommons complex (I-215 and Durango Rd.) has a happy hour Mon.-Thurs. from 4 to 6 pm, with $3 beer, $8 wine and cocktails, and $3-$5 appetizers, including $2 oysters. Two-dollar oysters is something we always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":840634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1446,1453],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/the-sundry-latest-overpriced-food-hall-2.jpg?fit=659%2C652&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}