(Photo by Cierra Pedro)
Do you like a good sandwich?
I know I do.
If you’re like us and our staff, you think that John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich did the world a solid in the 18th Century by placing his lunch meat between two pieces of bread:
(Photo by Jon Estrada)
….the better to expedite his eating and not interfere with his gambling habit.
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Try as they might (for a whole three minutes on that there internets) ELV’s staff couldn’t track down the origin of the patty melt sandwich, or the genesis of the name.
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ELV has great hopes for the future of downtown dining. But keep in mind, ELV has had high hopes for the future of downtown dining 15 times in the past 30 years.
Until a game changer comes along (like The Plaza, we’re hoping), we’ll content ourselves with the meagre pickins available north of Charleston — stone crabs at El Cortez, El Sombrero’s green chile, The Beat’s sandwiches — and the absolutely, positively, no-doubt-about-it-best-flapjacks-and-French-toast available, practically….anywhere.
This pain perdue (“lost bread” as the frogs call it) is so crispy without and custard-y within, one order won’t be enough. For you avid home cooks, here’s a tasty and easy-to-follow recipe that will have your family clamoring for more.
But wait, there’s more!
Not only does Du-par’s do superior breakfast food, its chicken pot pies, patty melt, meatloaf and club sandwiches are also things of beauty….and perfect for a downtown lunch or late-night dinner…especially after pounding a few highbrow libations up and down all those classy joints lining Fremont.
Artful cuisine, this is not. Rather, it is rib-sticking diner food made with good ingredients, and some pride in the kitchen. Something rare indeed along this boulevard of broken dreams.
Mainly ELV’s.
Our lunch for five with food enough for seven came to $81.00, and we left a $19.00 tip.
DU-PAR’S
In the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino
1 Fremont Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
702.366.9378