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One of the most dramatic changes to the Las Vegas landscape in the last decade has been its emergence as a destination for fine dining. Food fare previously was intended to dilute alcohol consumed and fuel more time at the slots and tables. Today, however, visitors come for the food and stay for the dice, and celebrity chefs from all over the world are rushing to open signature restaurants to feed them.
So where do you go to find the wickedly sinful cheap meal deals? Are there any places left where you can still get the outrageous plateful of grub for a $5 chip? We sent our latenight foodies out to find them and here are some great deals they found for cheap eats in Las Vegas.
Everyone wants to know a Las Vegas secret, and here’s one to try the next time you go to the Hard Rock Hotel. Make sure you visit Mr. Lucky’s Café and ask for the gambler’s special. This unadvertised selection includes steak, shrimp, salad, and broccoli or a potato all for $7.77. Just make sure you ask your server specifically for this item because it’s not listed on the menu.
Just south of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard, there’s a little casino named Klondike. Now, don’t let the kitschy exterior fool you, this place is home to great deals. Spaghetti with meat sauce, served with soup or salad and a bread stick is just $2.49 anytime; prime rib dinner is just $5.99; and three great graveyard specials offered from 11 p.m. - 6 a.m. all for $1.29. Cheap prices don’t equal cheap food here either. There’s some good home cooking served up at this little restaurant.
In a city where you can dance at a nightclub until well after sunrise and play golf after the sun sets, breakfast is a 24 hour-a-day phenomenom. Make sure you visit Ellis Island Casino & Brewery for 24 hours of great breakfast deals. Most meals are served with potatoes and choice of toast and jelly, so any of the menu items is a good bet. Some of the savory selections include: Two eggs any style with crisp bacon or sausage patties for $2.95, biscuits and gravy $1.95, stack of three buttermilk pancakes for $1.75, 10 oz top sirloin steak and eggs $5.95, cinnamon vanilla French toast for $1.95, or country ham and two eggs $3.25.
Just off the Las Vegas Strip there are two places with unbeatable prices on meals, The Orleans Courtyard Café and Key Largo Coral Café Restaurant. The Orleans has the best graveyard specials which offer two eggs with bacon or sausage with hash brown potatoes, toast and jelly; two buttermilk biscuits and country gravy; or two buttermilk pancakes with ham and fried egg, all for 99-cents. A seven ounce New York Steak with two eggs and hash browns and toast only cost $1.95, as well as a bone-in ham steak and eggs with hash brown potatoes and toast. At Key Largo they offer a $1.99 burger 24 hours a day, and from 4 to 10 p.m. they have daily specials for each day of the week that cost $5 or less.
What would a trip to Vegas be without a little cocktail? We suggest the one at the Golden Gate Casino Deli in downtown Vegas. They still serve shrimp cocktail in a glass as if it were the sixties, and they've got the same red-walled, smoky decor as when the joint opened in 1906. If you want to see vintage Vegas, this is the place. If you want a taste of the way Vegas used to be, head to the bar & deli inside the casino. Remember to ask for the lemon wedge.
Speaking of happy hours, they don’t just mean drink specials anymore. One of the more sophisticated restaurants in town, and a popular locals power lunch/dinner spot, is McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant. They have a $1.95 menu that is available twice a day Monday through Friday when you buy a drink. From 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., and 9:30 to 11:00 p.m., you can chow down on items from a simple half-pound cheeseburger and fries or buffalo wings, to jalapeno poppers and southwest chicken empanadas.
If you’re looking for great 24 hour specials, the Westward Ho has a deli that offers slices of cheese pizza, gigantic hot dogs, or shrimp cocktails for 99 cents, strawberry shortcake for $1.49. The Hotel San Remo offers steak and eggs or prime rib for only $5.95.
If free food and topless women are your dining preference, it should come as no surprise that most of the gentlemen’s clubs in town are very accommodating. Cheetahs and Olympic Garden have lunch specials including pumped up burgers, pizza and sandwiches which are generally free with a one or two drink purchase. Side dishes in g-strings and glitter are priced and served separately.
For the hungry soul buffets are often the best bet. The only 24 hour buffet on the strip is located in the Boardwalk Casino, but their cheap prices have been known to produce hit-or-miss results on the quality of the food. Other great prices on buffets can be found at the Circus Circus, Main Street Station, The Orleans, Palace Station, The Palms, and Sahara. Word on the street is that any Station Casino has great food, and The Orleans is up there as well.
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