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Main Street Casino Lunch and Slot thoughts
Main Street Casino Lunch and Slot thoughts
Lunch 11-am-3pm
Really a busy buffet, $7.99. Not "Great Food" but very good.
Mostly comfort foods.....Turkey Pot Pie, Meatloaf, Carved Brisket and Turkey, Fried Chicken, Yummy Corn Bread with Black eyed peas and ham hocks, Lasagna and Manicotti, Yucky pizza, Uninspired Chinese dishes, Really good Kailua Pork (Hawaiian style pulled pork and cabbage) build your own Mexican dishes, baked chicken, pork chops and good potatoes.
Nice dessert section, lots of decent choices. Tuesday night they have a T-Bone nite, buffet plus custom cooked over mesquite, thick steaks. (12.95)
Will try that later. For the money, you can't beat it....with the popularity, there is a huge turn-over of fresh entrees.
The men's rest room near the buffet offers a unique treat...you can literally pee on a chunk of the old cold war era "Berlin Wall"....they have an entire wall section inserted with urinals and photos.
Leaving the buffet I won about $40. quickly on a good slot situation, and we left.
Here are my slot thoughts.....
I mostly play cards out here...Pai-Gow, Omaha 4-8, Blackjack,Hold-em sparingly, (God if you are not getting cards, it is the most mind numbing game in existence). Been on a cold streak....lack luster cards or decent cards and bad flops.
Bacarrat looks refreshing.
Slots, I look as entertainment plus maybe hitting a decent jackpot once in a while. Avoid the strip, those machines are fleecing tourists.
Downtown and off-strip, you got a chance.
I play mostly penny slots and no more than $1.50 max bet. Best I have hit was last year $1100 on a 40 cent bet. You could easily go thru fairly serious money, even betting pennies, if you are foolhardy.
What is more normal is being amused for several hours and breaking even or winning or losing $50-$100. Sometimes paying for lunch and gas is a good feeling.
Situations that work for me...
When we first came out here, when we got player cards as brand new customers, we almost ALWAYS won $50-$100.
I believe as "new customers" the casino sees to it you have a very good first impression. Are slots "rigged"?...don't know....I do know
that I can deposit $20 cash in a favorite machine and if I am a decent winner; putting the players card in at that moment in what was a "hot" machine, it suddenly goes stone dead cold.
I now have players cards from all syndicates, after an absence of 8 months, coming back and using the players cards for first visits of the year, I had many winning experiences AND suddenly I am back on their mailing list. Re-visit those casino's now, your player card activates a serious sucking sound.
I even went to "Dotty's" last year, local small chain. I announced that I had just moved here from Oklahoma and needed a players card. I almost immediately won a $100 bonus round on a 30 cent bet....tipped $10 on the way out the door.....I told my wife before doing this, that I would probably leave a winner being a "newbie"
Here is one situation that works really well for me....slots, especially new fancy ones are wired together in clusters.
I look for a cluster of 4-8 active machines where there is an empty seat and the other machines are being fed by bigger betters (Max, or near max coins)
I take the empty seat and play minimum or near minimum, no players card, fresh cash only, no left over cash ticket....I am convinced in this situation, that the slot cluster brain is biased heavily towards the least threat of a player.
Just last nite I found this situation at the California and was rewarded $150 for my efforts...the big max players see the nearby positive results, and figure the "due factor" and feed their machines even faster. This works with any amount of clustered machines.
I know slots are for suckers in the long run, but some things seem do make sense to me....other than the "dumb luck" factor, anyone here care to share thoughts on the subject?
Main Street Casino Lunch and Slot thoughts
Lunch 11-am-3pm
Really a busy buffet, $7.99. Not "Great Food" but very good.
Mostly comfort foods.....Turkey Pot Pie, Meatloaf, Carved Brisket and Turkey, Fried Chicken, Yummy Corn Bread with Black eyed peas and ham hocks, Lasagna and Manicotti, Yucky pizza, Uninspired Chinese dishes, Really good Kailua Pork (Hawaiian style pulled pork and cabbage) build your own Mexican dishes, baked chicken, pork chops and good potatoes.
Nice dessert section, lots of decent choices. Tuesday night they have a T-Bone nite, buffet plus custom cooked over mesquite, thick steaks. (12.95)
Will try that later. For the money, you can't beat it....with the popularity, there is a huge turn-over of fresh entrees.
The men's rest room near the buffet offers a unique treat...you can literally pee on a chunk of the old cold war era "Berlin Wall"....they have an entire wall section inserted with urinals and photos.
Leaving the buffet I won about $40. quickly on a good slot situation, and we left.
Here are my slot thoughts.....
I mostly play cards out here...Pai-Gow, Omaha 4-8, Blackjack,Hold-em sparingly, (God if you are not getting cards, it is the most mind numbing game in existence). Been on a cold streak....lack luster cards or decent cards and bad flops.
Bacarrat looks refreshing.
Slots, I look as entertainment plus maybe hitting a decent jackpot once in a while. Avoid the strip, those machines are fleecing tourists.
Downtown and off-strip, you got a chance.
I play mostly penny slots and no more than $1.50 max bet. Best I have hit was last year $1100 on a 40 cent bet. You could easily go thru fairly serious money, even betting pennies, if you are foolhardy.
What is more normal is being amused for several hours and breaking even or winning or losing $50-$100. Sometimes paying for lunch and gas is a good feeling.
Situations that work for me...
When we first came out here, when we got player cards as brand new customers, we almost ALWAYS won $50-$100.
I believe as "new customers" the casino sees to it you have a very good first impression. Are slots "rigged"?...don't know....I do know
that I can deposit $20 cash in a favorite machine and if I am a decent winner; putting the players card in at that moment in what was a "hot" machine, it suddenly goes stone dead cold.
I now have players cards from all syndicates, after an absence of 8 months, coming back and using the players cards for first visits of the year, I had many winning experiences AND suddenly I am back on their mailing list. Re-visit those casino's now, your player card activates a serious sucking sound.
I even went to "Dotty's" last year, local small chain. I announced that I had just moved here from Oklahoma and needed a players card. I almost immediately won a $100 bonus round on a 30 cent bet....tipped $10 on the way out the door.....I told my wife before doing this, that I would probably leave a winner being a "newbie"
Here is one situation that works really well for me....slots, especially new fancy ones are wired together in clusters.
I look for a cluster of 4-8 active machines where there is an empty seat and the other machines are being fed by bigger betters (Max, or near max coins)
I take the empty seat and play minimum or near minimum, no players card, fresh cash only, no left over cash ticket....I am convinced in this situation, that the slot cluster brain is biased heavily towards the least threat of a player.
Just last nite I found this situation at the California and was rewarded $150 for my efforts...the big max players see the nearby positive results, and figure the "due factor" and feed their machines even faster. This works with any amount of clustered machines.
I know slots are for suckers in the long run, but some things seem do make sense to me....other than the "dumb luck" factor, anyone here care to share thoughts on the subject?
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Do you buy the Las Vegas Advisor Coupon book? It seems that you would get a lot of value out of that with all the time you spend there and the things you regularly do there?
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/whyjoin-mrbdetails.cfm?CFID=84333875&CFTOKEN=56289260
Bookie show in March worth a look?
Bookie show in March worth a look?
Executives at CNBC have decided that their controversial reality-TV series ?Money Talks? will premiere March 19, and all eight episodes will feature self-described Las Vegas bookie killer Steve Stevens. The revealing look inside the high-stakes world of sports betting shows that it?s built on high emotions, risk and rewards.
Steve, head of VIP Sports, also calls himself the Michael Jordan of sports handicapping and maintains that his picks are correct more than 60 percent of the time. After a winter-preview screening of the show, network officials received such a pro-and-con shock reaction that they agreed the entire show would focus on gambling in Las Vegas through Steve?s company.
Each episode will be one hour, and cameras follow the bookie and his agents selling their picks to big-time whales and gamblers with big bankrolls and even bigger expectations.
?Our goal at CNBC is to bring viewers intimate looks at all sorts of businesses. And the world of gambling, for the most part, has not been seen on reality television,? said Jim Ackerman, SVP of primetime alternative programming. ?It?s an exciting world with colorful characters and major stakes. And even in a city like Vegas, Steve Stevens stands out as one of the biggest and most dynamic characters you will meet.?
The show also follows the big-time bookie?s personal life with his given name, Darin Notaro, as he tries to build a more traditional life with girlfriend Kelly, her two children and their baby boy. He admits on camera to years of overindulging in a fast-paced Las Vegas lifestyle with two short stints in prison. The show will broadcast to more than 395 million homes worldwide, with 100 million in the U.S. and Canada.
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Bookie show in March worth a look?
Executives at CNBC have decided that their controversial reality-TV series ?Money Talks? will premiere March 19, and all eight episodes will feature self-described Las Vegas bookie killer Steve Stevens. The revealing look inside the high-stakes world of sports betting shows that it?s built on high emotions, risk and rewards.
Steve, head of VIP Sports, also calls himself the Michael Jordan of sports handicapping and maintains that his picks are correct more than 60 percent of the time. After a winter-preview screening of the show, network officials received such a pro-and-con shock reaction that they agreed the entire show would focus on gambling in Las Vegas through Steve?s company.
Each episode will be one hour, and cameras follow the bookie and his agents selling their picks to big-time whales and gamblers with big bankrolls and even bigger expectations.
?Our goal at CNBC is to bring viewers intimate looks at all sorts of businesses. And the world of gambling, for the most part, has not been seen on reality television,? said Jim Ackerman, SVP of primetime alternative programming. ?It?s an exciting world with colorful characters and major stakes. And even in a city like Vegas, Steve Stevens stands out as one of the biggest and most dynamic characters you will meet.?
The show also follows the big-time bookie?s personal life with his given name, Darin Notaro, as he tries to build a more traditional life with girlfriend Kelly, her two children and their baby boy. He admits on camera to years of overindulging in a fast-paced Las Vegas lifestyle with two short stints in prison. The show will broadcast to more than 395 million homes worldwide, with 100 million in the U.S. and Canada.
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Good deal for many....living here you are offered most of that stuff freely by mail offers. Locals get discount tickets to most shows at box office......will check out El Cortez for Bacarrat...kinda busy with adopted second dog from Heaven can Wait rescue.
Sumo, a Havanese ...rescues are trained by female inmates at McClure Correctional just outside of town....a great program.
As for your post above about the CNBC show "Money Talks"...show got cancelled after two episodes.
Steve Stevens is one scummy dude, see more here......
http://www.madjacksports.com/forum/showthread.php?529840-Money-Talks&highlight=Money+Talks
Steve Stevens is one scummy dude, see more here......
http://www.madjacksports.com/forum/showthread.php?529840-Money-Talks&highlight=Money+Talks
Lola's Louisiana Style restaurant and Container Park.
Lola's Louisiana Style restaurant and Container Park.
5-10 minutes from strip is Very Good "Nawlins" food.
They fly in the shrimp and PoBoy French rolls from Louisiana...hard to beat the quality.
I had a Broiled Shrimp PoBoy...buttered toasted roll, sweet tasting shrimp, tarter sauce....comes with home cut fries or home made potato salad or cole law.....scrumptious, $12.99
Wife had Roast Beef "D-Brees" PoBoy.....shredded roast beef smothered in gravy, topped with Creole Mustard and Mayo, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Red Onions....had a big bite WOWZA....really filling, $11.49
Rest of offerings on menu, Gumbo's,Jambalaya's, Bronzed Fish, Oysters,Shrimp, Crab, Red Beans and Rice...you name it, Louisiana style, they got it....full bar available.
They only have 15 tables, you will probably need evening reservations.
We were there for lunch, we felt kinda rushed for our table....3 times I put my fork down to pause and someone came by to bus the table.
Address is 241 West Charleston, a block east of I15 in the old Holsum Bread Facility.
Container Park....South east of El Cortez, downtown.
Hard to describe, but a good place to veg, especially with significant other. It was nice to get away from gambling and buffets for a half day.
By the entrance is a 30 foot long metal sculpture of a Praying Mantis mounted on a truck, and in the street crosswalk asphalt is the chalk outline of a hit and run victim.
There are restaurants, (Barbecue, Mexican....good street truck stuff)
Hippie like over-priced clothing fashion boutiques, a cool Disney Art Store, Ice Cream produced before your eyes with liquid nitrogen, a courtyard with inter-active kiddy stuff, (we were there Sunday PM), live entertainment, bands and stuff for kids.
The whole complex looks like shipping container size buildings stacked on each other. Container park opened in December.
Probably 50 different small trendy business type shops.
It is open 7 days a week, till 9pm weekdays, 11pm weekends. a few blocks from Freemont experience.
If you drive here park at a casino and walk it. Parking is metered or pay in the immediate area.
I like the concept, Downtown Vegas is trying hard to innovate and offer alternatives, rather than let it go to seed.
Lola's Louisiana Style restaurant and Container Park.
5-10 minutes from strip is Very Good "Nawlins" food.
They fly in the shrimp and PoBoy French rolls from Louisiana...hard to beat the quality.
I had a Broiled Shrimp PoBoy...buttered toasted roll, sweet tasting shrimp, tarter sauce....comes with home cut fries or home made potato salad or cole law.....scrumptious, $12.99
Wife had Roast Beef "D-Brees" PoBoy.....shredded roast beef smothered in gravy, topped with Creole Mustard and Mayo, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Red Onions....had a big bite WOWZA....really filling, $11.49
Rest of offerings on menu, Gumbo's,Jambalaya's, Bronzed Fish, Oysters,Shrimp, Crab, Red Beans and Rice...you name it, Louisiana style, they got it....full bar available.
They only have 15 tables, you will probably need evening reservations.
We were there for lunch, we felt kinda rushed for our table....3 times I put my fork down to pause and someone came by to bus the table.
Address is 241 West Charleston, a block east of I15 in the old Holsum Bread Facility.
Container Park....South east of El Cortez, downtown.
Hard to describe, but a good place to veg, especially with significant other. It was nice to get away from gambling and buffets for a half day.
By the entrance is a 30 foot long metal sculpture of a Praying Mantis mounted on a truck, and in the street crosswalk asphalt is the chalk outline of a hit and run victim.
There are restaurants, (Barbecue, Mexican....good street truck stuff)
Hippie like over-priced clothing fashion boutiques, a cool Disney Art Store, Ice Cream produced before your eyes with liquid nitrogen, a courtyard with inter-active kiddy stuff, (we were there Sunday PM), live entertainment, bands and stuff for kids.
The whole complex looks like shipping container size buildings stacked on each other. Container park opened in December.
Probably 50 different small trendy business type shops.
It is open 7 days a week, till 9pm weekdays, 11pm weekends. a few blocks from Freemont experience.
If you drive here park at a casino and walk it. Parking is metered or pay in the immediate area.
I like the concept, Downtown Vegas is trying hard to innovate and offer alternatives, rather than let it go to seed.
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Rick's restoration, Main Street T-Bone steak buffet
Rick's restoration, Main Street T-Bone steak buffet
Restoration show spin-off of Pawn Stars on Commerce and Charleston area, few miles from Stratosphere.
Took short tour, watched guys at work, he now has 22 employees re-furbishing everything from gas pumps to coke machines to old phone booths. Amazing workmanship.
Lots of neat stuff in showroom (with shocking price tags)....motorized surf board $8500....old Motorola wood radio $4500...
Lots of old cars and stuff up front....fun way to kill an hour or two.
All you can eat T-Bone buffet Tuesday 4pm-8pm $13.99 Downtown Main Street Casino....cooked to order over mesquite, obviously NOT the inch and a half thick monsters, closer to half inch but VERY tender, perfectly cooked and seasoned.
I finished one and a half with baked potato bar, slice of good pizza, small salad and dessert bar. Feel now like a beached whale.
Wrapped the left-over steak for a snack tomorrow.
Buffet also offered Ribs, Salmon, Cod, Turkey, Sausage, Lasagna, Hawaii Pork, Mexican, good desserts, money well spent.
California and Main Street are now charging for parking, $3.00, save your dinner receipt for refund. Too many Fremont Street experience people were taking advantage of the gambling establishments free parking .
Weather been uncanny, January set record highs (60's-70's) little wind or moisture.
Feel for my friends in Okla-Tex, my hometown has had one day above freezing out of last 12.
Rick's restoration, Main Street T-Bone steak buffet
Restoration show spin-off of Pawn Stars on Commerce and Charleston area, few miles from Stratosphere.
Took short tour, watched guys at work, he now has 22 employees re-furbishing everything from gas pumps to coke machines to old phone booths. Amazing workmanship.
Lots of neat stuff in showroom (with shocking price tags)....motorized surf board $8500....old Motorola wood radio $4500...
Lots of old cars and stuff up front....fun way to kill an hour or two.
All you can eat T-Bone buffet Tuesday 4pm-8pm $13.99 Downtown Main Street Casino....cooked to order over mesquite, obviously NOT the inch and a half thick monsters, closer to half inch but VERY tender, perfectly cooked and seasoned.
I finished one and a half with baked potato bar, slice of good pizza, small salad and dessert bar. Feel now like a beached whale.
Wrapped the left-over steak for a snack tomorrow.
Buffet also offered Ribs, Salmon, Cod, Turkey, Sausage, Lasagna, Hawaii Pork, Mexican, good desserts, money well spent.
California and Main Street are now charging for parking, $3.00, save your dinner receipt for refund. Too many Fremont Street experience people were taking advantage of the gambling establishments free parking .
Weather been uncanny, January set record highs (60's-70's) little wind or moisture.
Feel for my friends in Okla-Tex, my hometown has had one day above freezing out of last 12.
I really enjoy these posts. I'm envious that you were able to take advantage of the real estate market and get a great deal for a 2nd home and the way you also are able to take advantage of all that Vegas has to offer without playing into the hands of the places that are there to take, take, take. As much as I'd love to be able to live the dream like you are, I never would have the discipline to do so. You know how to do it, my man. :toast:
Vegas really has a lot to offer as long as you don't lose focus and piss everything away on all the stupid vices that's made available to everybody.
Gambling, drinking, sex, and drugs have destroyed many of lives.
Good for you. :0074
Thanks Dead for all the write ups about Las Vegas. Last 5 times I've been out we have stayed downtown enjoy the easy accessibility casinos & sports books + low minimums. Nothing wrong with the strip & if I want to spend some time on it I usually just park my car behind the Hilton's sports book & take the Tram. Will be out for the start of NCAA tournament & will check out Container Park & Main St's buffet. Thanks for taking the time.
Container Park....South east of El Cortez, downtown.
Hard to describe, but a good place to veg, especially with significant other. It was nice to get away from gambling and buffets for a half day.
By the entrance is a 30 foot long metal sculpture of a Praying Mantis mounted on a truck, and in the street crosswalk asphalt is the chalk outline of a hit and run victim.
There are restaurants, (Barbecue, Mexican....good street truck stuff)
Hippie like over-priced clothing fashion boutiques, a cool Disney Art Store, Ice Cream produced before your eyes with liquid nitrogen, a courtyard with inter-active kiddy stuff, (we were there Sunday PM), live entertainment, bands and stuff for kids.
The whole complex looks like shipping container size buildings stacked on each other. Container park opened in December.
Probably 50 different small trendy business type shops.
It is open 7 days a week, till 9pm weekdays, 11pm weekends. a few blocks from Freemont experience.
If you drive here park at a casino and walk it. Parking is metered or pay in the immediate area.
I like the concept, Downtown Vegas is trying hard to innovate and offer alternatives, rather than let it go to seed.[/QUOTE]
Container Park....South east of El Cortez, downtown.
Hard to describe, but a good place to veg, especially with significant other. It was nice to get away from gambling and buffets for a half day.
By the entrance is a 30 foot long metal sculpture of a Praying Mantis mounted on a truck, and in the street crosswalk asphalt is the chalk outline of a hit and run victim.
There are restaurants, (Barbecue, Mexican....good street truck stuff)
Hippie like over-priced clothing fashion boutiques, a cool Disney Art Store, Ice Cream produced before your eyes with liquid nitrogen, a courtyard with inter-active kiddy stuff, (we were there Sunday PM), live entertainment, bands and stuff for kids.
The whole complex looks like shipping container size buildings stacked on each other. Container park opened in December.
Probably 50 different small trendy business type shops.
It is open 7 days a week, till 9pm weekdays, 11pm weekends. a few blocks from Freemont experience.
If you drive here park at a casino and walk it. Parking is metered or pay in the immediate area.
I like the concept, Downtown Vegas is trying hard to innovate and offer alternatives, rather than let it go to seed.[/QUOTE]
Hey Dead Money, do you golf? I met some really coo Madjackers at the Super Bowl shindig and since I live out here and love reading these posts I figure we could go hit the little white ball around.
Even if you don't, maybe we can hook up for a tasty steak sometime....
I work Sun-Wed and have Thurs-Sat off....you can get my email from Jack if you'd like to hook up...
keep these reports coming...love em
Even if you don't, maybe we can hook up for a tasty steak sometime....
I work Sun-Wed and have Thurs-Sat off....you can get my email from Jack if you'd like to hook up...
keep these reports coming...love em
Cornish Pasty Co. (Banana Bread Beer?)
Cornish Pasty Co. (Banana Bread Beer?)
E-mail requested Dr....
Found a gem 953 E Sahara.
Just down Sahara about a mile past Old Sahara Casino, now "SLS" whatever that is.
In Korean Plaza Sahara + Commercial (rt hand side heading east).
The plaza looks very run down, don't be discouraged, inside Cornish Pasty Co is a cool pub-like beer atmosphere with good music, wonderful staff, church pew table seating
and tractor seats at bar, with an old English touch, purse hooks.
I have been to England couple times and discovered Shepherd Pies and
Pasty's (pronounced pass-tees not the pasties sometimes covering strippers nipples).
Pastys are basically Flakey Crusted Adult gourmet "hot pockets".
Rib sticking meals first made for English Coal miners....filled with potatoes, peas,carrots, a gravy and meat.
The menu had varieties A-Z, such as Lamb Vindaloo, Chicken Tikki Masala, Bangers and Mash, The Pilgrim-(turkey, potatoes, dressing, cranberry sauce)
Salmon and dill, Asiago Chicken, Steak version, even a large vegetarian offering.
Most are $9.00 and are fairly large portions.
My wife and I shared the Shepherd Pie version, we left room for dessert,....Ground Lamb, peas, carrots, mashed potatoes, mint, served with a Red Wine reduction gravy sauce.
Fabulous is a term I use rarely... on a whim I ordered an English beer "Wells Banana Bread Beer" it is brewed with bananas...NEVER have I had a beer this crisp and flavorful... dessert we shared a hot apple pasty sided with carmel sauce and premium vanilla ice cream.
In this run down appearing center is the Lotus of Siam (not tried, heard it is famous) "The Green Door" a swingers club and a few doors down a Gay
Bath House "Hawks"...it was pointed out to me by the talkative table next to us. There are also about 10 other restaurants everything from El Salvador food, Japanese, Korean, Thai in the same center.
If you like English beer and Pastys this is your bit of Heaven.
Cornish Pasty Co. (Banana Bread Beer?)
E-mail requested Dr....
Found a gem 953 E Sahara.
Just down Sahara about a mile past Old Sahara Casino, now "SLS" whatever that is.
In Korean Plaza Sahara + Commercial (rt hand side heading east).
The plaza looks very run down, don't be discouraged, inside Cornish Pasty Co is a cool pub-like beer atmosphere with good music, wonderful staff, church pew table seating
and tractor seats at bar, with an old English touch, purse hooks.
I have been to England couple times and discovered Shepherd Pies and
Pasty's (pronounced pass-tees not the pasties sometimes covering strippers nipples).
Pastys are basically Flakey Crusted Adult gourmet "hot pockets".
Rib sticking meals first made for English Coal miners....filled with potatoes, peas,carrots, a gravy and meat.
The menu had varieties A-Z, such as Lamb Vindaloo, Chicken Tikki Masala, Bangers and Mash, The Pilgrim-(turkey, potatoes, dressing, cranberry sauce)
Salmon and dill, Asiago Chicken, Steak version, even a large vegetarian offering.
Most are $9.00 and are fairly large portions.
My wife and I shared the Shepherd Pie version, we left room for dessert,....Ground Lamb, peas, carrots, mashed potatoes, mint, served with a Red Wine reduction gravy sauce.
Fabulous is a term I use rarely... on a whim I ordered an English beer "Wells Banana Bread Beer" it is brewed with bananas...NEVER have I had a beer this crisp and flavorful... dessert we shared a hot apple pasty sided with carmel sauce and premium vanilla ice cream.
In this run down appearing center is the Lotus of Siam (not tried, heard it is famous) "The Green Door" a swingers club and a few doors down a Gay
Bath House "Hawks"...it was pointed out to me by the talkative table next to us. There are also about 10 other restaurants everything from El Salvador food, Japanese, Korean, Thai in the same center.
If you like English beer and Pastys this is your bit of Heaven.
Shout out to Scott.....really enjoyed lunch, next ones on me.
Have not reviewed many new restaurants this year, the routine of familiar
good eateries has kept us quite happy.
Breakfast and lunch at the "Cal" Market Street Cafe.
I play video poker downtown at the Main Street and California, they have the most favorable machines odds wise.
I always saw long lines at the Market Street Cafe, now I know why.
Breakfast buffet $6.25....
Breakfast for me is almost always eggs, meat, potatoes, in some combination. I am sure there are more fancy breakfast buffets out there with 98 items to choose from, but you enjoy 6 or 7.
This buffet is simple, but fresh and very tasty. I zeroed in on the
fresh scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, portuguese sausage, wonderful pan fried fresh potato hash browns (not the typical deep fried frozen cubes), french toast, good cream gravy, blintzes, fruits.
Included is a can of Dole pineapple juice.
It is served till 11am...the breakfast menu has many fresh cooked choices from $4.95 to 8.95.
Lunch....was so impressed with breakfast went for lunch 3 days later.
OMG...Hawaiian Style Braised short ribs with island style mac salad, $8.95.
Saw that on menu and bypassed the Mahi-Mahi selection.
The Cal casino has a long historic relationship with Hawaiian travel groups.. It has been called their 9th island. Their menu reflects this.
The huge portion of short ribs was perfectly prepared with a light teriyaki sauce, by far the BEST I have ever had, including my grandmothers. Fork tender and scrumptious, the mac salad needed a little salt and pepper but very good. Came with mashed potatoes, beans and carrots, edible but not special.
They have a small but very nice and fresh salad bar for 5.95, included good seafood salad.
Reading some reviews on the Market street cafe, their claim to fame
is their legendary oxtail soup served only 11pm to 8am, 7 days a week.
It is heralded as a sure fire "hang-over" remedy.
Lines start forming at 10:30 for this. That explains the long lines I saw late at night. I will try it in the future.
My wife had the teriyaki chicken and rice, it was very good and filling.
On the dinner menu 4pm-11 is Hawaiian "Butterfish"...everyday they have a seafood catch of the day on their chalkboard.
Overall, a really affordable very good downtown place to eat, anytime of the day or nite, don't miss the Cal casino old coin video poker slots, they have good odds and are fairly loose. Dollar token coin ones up front by hotel registration, quarters upstairs by restroom.
