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Vegas Update #4: Food and Drink

* Neither of us are huge breakfast people, so we usually just start our day with some caffeine.  Here's a Vegas tip for you, especially if you're staying in the Venetian: find a convenience store and buy yourself a 12-pack of soda.  There are no easily accessible vending machines in the hotel itself.  If you hit the gift shops a drink will easily run you $3.00 or more.  Food court drinks are a little higher, especially if you want something larger than a thimble's worth.  And a 10-oz Coke from your room's mini-bar?  Five bucks.

Monday we found a local convenience store and bought a 12-pack of Pepsi.  It seemed outrageous at first at $5.89, but it's saved us a lot of dough so far.  And there's a tip you can take to the bank.

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* We've been doing meals rather oddly here in Vegas.  Since we don't usually eat breakfast we have a big lunch, then a late dinner.  So far it's working out well for us.  Monday we had lunch at Bally's Casino in the Sidewalk Cafe, where the average age of the customers there is 97 years old.  The wait staff are all spring chickens in their 70s.

We were starving by the time we got seated, but it didn't take long to get our food.  I had a huge chicken sandwich with fries that hit the spot and kept me full until late in the evening.  Very affordable too, and everyone was very nice.

* Before seeing Love we were presented with 2-for-1 coupons for the Beatles Revolution lounge, so off we went to enjoy some spirits before The Greatest Live Show Ever, Ever™.  It was a rather tasty rum & Coke, which after the discount was a measly five bucks.  Score.

* After the show, well... the lines everywhere were looooooooooooooooooooooong.  We had our sights set on California Pizza Kitchen in the Mirage, but that line never became short enough for our liking.  Instead we explored and gambled for an hour or so before finally securing a table at the BLT Burger.  Decent place, outrageous prices.  I just had a basic burger, and even though it was fairly thick and hearty (I could only finish half of the thing), for $15 I was kind of expecting more.  It didn't seem any more special than any other burger you can get anywhere else.  Give me a cheapo burger from The Shiek any day.  Hell, give me 10 of them for that price.

I never even got a refill on my soda while we were there.  For a meal that ended up costing us around 60 bucks, one refill isn't too much to ask.

* Tuesday we had lunch at Del Taco in the food court between Gameworks and the MGM Grand.  Now that may sound stupid to you, but we do not have Del Tacos where we live.  Both of us have fond memories of Del Taco from our young adulthood though, and so eating at Del Taco was one thing we'd been looking forward to the most on this trip.  And the verdict?  Not as good as those memories we've been holding onto all these years, but still pretty tasty and better than Taco Bell.

Lots, lots more to talk about... but we're off to Zumanity at New York, New York.  More soon.

Comments

[JBH]

Glad to hear that everything is in the 'personal bliss' category despite the vagaries of Vegas.

You and LDC have excellent written/video complementary skills in capturing the experience. Thanks for sharing.