Rob, strip prices can be discouraging, but don’t let them keep you from enjoying Vegas. My neighborhood (Chinatown) is very, very popular with value-conscious tourists and International guests. It’s just 1.5 miles west of the strip on Spring Mountain Rd (think Treasure Island, Fashion Show Mall and Venetian area), and it’s actually closer to the strip than Fremont, but you don’t see it because of the carefully designed “canyon effect” of the strip. There are over 80 restaurants and bars here, and you can walk between dozens of them. Last weekend, I partied at one of our Polynesian Tiki bars with a 4-some visiting the strip from Scotland. Prices? “8-ounce” restaurant was just named one of the top 25 steak houses in the US by Wall St mag, and the average steak is $38 — most expensive steak on the menu is $50. Chinatown has everything from fine french food to those trendy Korean fried corn dogs on a stick. You won’t be disappointed.
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]]>Grand Lux at Venetian is an amazing place if you ask me, my favorite Las Vegas breakfast by a lot… I won’t gamble a dime there, but I have to complement Venetian for it’s free parking, clean self-parking lot, fabulous architecture and artwork, and that old school Vegas theme…
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]]>Grand Lux at Venetian. Their chicken parm sand is melted on grilled Ciabatta for extra goey motz. You can add caramelized onions. Not worth a special trip, but if you happen to be a touch drunchie and find yourself there wishing Moon Palace was still open for sliders….
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