CNN’s Eatocracy Reports on Vegas…Quoting a Certain Someone

ELV note: The following article, written by Sarah LeTrent appeared on the CNN.com website today.
January 18th, 2011
05:30 PM ET

Vegas takes off its fancy pants

Las Vegas, long known as a city of excess, might be getting a little less flush.

According to a Zagat survey released earlier this month, even though Vegas is still the nation’s most expensive dining city – the average bill is approximately $47.53 – Las Vegas diners are eating out less. The average number of meals eaten out dropped from 3.8 per week in 2005 to 3.3 in 2010.

Combine those figures with a few notable restaurant closings, and it makes you wonder – are the city’s restaurateurs starting to hedge their bets?
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P. J. CLARKE’S – Get the Bleeping Burger!

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Get the burger. Just get it. Don’t ask any questions. Don’t spend a bunch of time cogitating and contemplating the menu. Forget about conversing over what you want or what she should get…

JUST GET THE @$@%%^!@^&$ BURGER!!!!

Yeah, it’s that good.

Clean, almost sweet tasting, actually. It is burger perfection because it is good, Meyer Ranch beef, properly ground and seasoned, and cooked to a turn. It comes on a simple, white bread bun, with the onion underneath the bun….just like they do it on 3rd Avenue in the Big Apple. There is nothing fancy about it, and there is nothing especially beautiful about it.

Except the taste.

After that burger, get the eggs Benedict with country ham…another revelation in lemony hollandaise and tangy ham. ELV approximates his eating time of this dish at about three minutes.

Yeah, they were that good.

Skip the chowdah (ours was under-seasoned and sloppily made — uncooked potatoes anyone? Anyone?), and don’t waste your time or calories on either the under-dressed, bland Caesar or Waldorf salads.

Just get the burger! Got it?

Get it.

P.J. CLARKE’S

In The Forum Shops at Caesars

3500 Las Vegas Blvd. south

Las Vegas, NV 89109

702.434.7900

PS: The All-American desserts are equally @!$*$% fabulous, and the chili is pretty awesome too.

Eat This Now – Chopped Salad at MUNDO

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Perhaps veal ain’t your thang. Or makes you squeamish. Or you’re looking for a nice, tasty, light lunch downtown. Then you could do a lot worse than with Robe Solano’s chopped mélange (ELV loves him his mélanges) of lettuce, veggies, fruits and nuts…all dressed to a fare thee well with a slightly spicy dressing at Mundo.

As far as we can tell, no animals died or suffered for your enjoyment of this super salad.

Best of all, it only costs $8.

Just thought you’d like to know.

MUNDO

In the World Market Center

495 S. Grand Central Parkway

Las Vegas, NV 89101

702.270.4400

www.mundolasvegas.com