[m73m95]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

Out on the flatlands of Colorado [where the snow falls horizontally] the ONLY time school was closed for snow was when the snow drifted EVEN with the doorknob on the front door of the school. [The front door was on the 2nd floor] HOWEVER the first day of antelope season and pheasant season was pretty sparse attendamce.

HA! I grew up in Southpark, so I am very familiar with the sideways snow

One side of the house was a 30ft snow drift, and the other side was still grass for 100ft.

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by m73m95

HA! I grew up in Southpark, so I am very familiar with the sideways snow

One side of the house was a 30ft snow drift, and the other side was still grass for 100ft.

Yep, that's colorful Colorado....and yet....the very FIRST time I ever saw snow FALL on Christmas day....was my first Christmas in Las Vegas.....

[SoCalCpl2]

There is a company called Timbers that has several pub style restaurants around Vegas that have pretty good food and a decent atmosphere..They have Big Screen TVs and a Bar... Also some have pool tables and video games and the bar area has Video Poker...

The food is like Nachos, Burgers, Ribs, etc.....Prices are good and food is plentiful....

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by SoCalCpl2

There is a company called Timbers that has several pub style restaurants around Vegas that have pretty good food and a decent atmosphere..They have Big Screen TVs and a Bar... Also some have pool tables and video games and the bar area has Video Poker...

The food is like Nachos, Burgers, Ribs, etc.....Prices are good and food is plentiful....

See, that's my problem with online reviews. There's NOTHING wrong with Timbers. But for just a little more, I can go to a fine dining venue on the Strip and eat FAR BETTER QUALITY pub food -- Todd English's for instance.

I don't pick restaurants on the basis of "suitable/good enough." With the amount of food I cook every week, I damned well better be blown away when I choose to dine out.

[SoCalCpl2]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

See, that's my problem with online reviews. There's NOTHING wrong with Timbers. But for just a little more, I can go to a fine dining venue on the Strip and eat FAR BETTER QUALITY pub food -- Todd English's for instance.

I don't pick restaurants on the basis of "suitable/good enough." With the amount of food I cook every week, I damned well better be blown away when I choose to dine out.

I hear ya..I used to run the kitchen of a restaurant that sat 350 people every day 7 days a week.. I learned to cook there and prep all from scratch... I can cook Wildebeast anus or Elephant trunk , BUT the problem I have is that the places I have lived and am now living, Quality food comes with a hefty price tag...

Now I clean up pretty good and so does the wife..And we both can enjoy scrumptious dining, but when it cost a couple days pay to eat at the better places around here we go for the lesser places that serve decent food and have a decent atmosphere because we can afford those...

Also we like more of a dive type of place to eat which is good enough for us... If I want Grand then I can do that myself.....

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by SoCalCpl2

Now I clean up pretty good and so does the wife..And we both can enjoy scrumptious dining, but when it cost a couple days pay to eat at the better places around here we go for the lesser places that serve decent food and have a decent atmosphere because we can afford those...
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But it doesn't. Not even a day's pay. That's the point I'm trying to make. Have you seen the menu for Bouchon or Todd English's Pub, or Burger Bar? It's not all that much more than an evening at Outback. Even B&B, which will blow you completely away, is only twice the price of an evening at Outback.

This is all assuming you stay away from the wine list. (Or you get the house wine. Which is no "value." But at least it isn't a complete and utter screw job.)

Sure, you want to eat at Robuchon or Alex or Andre's, break out the big checkbook. But most of our fine dining isn't just great food, it's a VERY good value.

So my advice to the OP stands. Play where you want, do what you please, but the best restaurant choices are by-and-large ON the strip. And locals, go try some of these places. It's one of the great things about living in this city, and most people never experience it.

[SoCalCpl2]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

But it doesn't. Not even a day's pay. That's the point I'm trying to make. Have you seen the menu for Bouchon or Todd English's Pub, or Burger Bar? It's not all that much more than an evening at Outback. Even B&B, which will blow you completely away, is only twice the price of an evening at Outback.

This is all assuming you stay away from the wine list. (Or you get the house wine. Which is no "value." But at least it isn't a complete and utter screw job.)

Sure, you want to eat at Robuchon or Alex or Andre's, break out the big checkbook. But most of our fine dining isn't just great food, it's a VERY good value.

So my advice to the OP stands. Play where you want, do what you please, but the best restaurant choices are by-and-large ON the strip. And locals, go try some of these places. It's one of the great things about living in this city, and most people never experience it.

Sorry, I don't live in Las Vegas..I am in the Los Angeles area... Yes in Las Vegas we can eat much cheaper than where we live... And I am not a fan of Outback... Lone Star is tons better IMO