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What is your favorite establishment Downtown that is no longer around....

Discussion in 'Downtown Hotels' started by Iu25, Jan 25, 2014.

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  1. Iu25

    Iu25 High-Roller

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    Casino, Restaurant, Bar, etc. So much has come and gone over the years, its hard for me to choose. I am also a Vegas newby in terms of time, only been coming about 10 years. But I would have to say I miss the Upper Deck Restaurant at the Las Vegas club the most. Also the downstairs Binions Cafe, but I ate at the UD much more often!
     
  2. MikeOPensacola

    MikeOPensacola El Jefe

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    I miss the Horseshoe casino from the 80s. It was one helluva place.

    :peace: :beer:
     
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  3. El Cortez from ND

    El Cortez from ND Low-Roller

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    I miss the lunch counter seats at Careful Kitty's, the ElCo's old coffee shop. Not a big fan of how they remodeled it.
     
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  4. vegasvic

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    Agree, the Horseshoe when Benny was around was fun. So was the Mint before it became part of Binions. LVC when Exber owned it.
     
  5. Buddha

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    The Upper Deck at the Vegas Club was our favorite spot for breakfast.

    However, I'll have to go along with Mike on the original Binion's, before daughter Becky ruined it, and had to sell it. The original Binion's used to be our regular haunt, and was one of the rare properties that gave you cash back at a rate of .25% of your play ... AND ... food comps at .50% of the same play ... AND ... room comps on your same play ... along with LOTS of full pay video poker, and top-notch Blackjack rules.

    All of that has gone away .... :cry:
     
  6. aliasyoshi

    aliasyoshi Low-Roller

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    May The Western RIP. :beer: :drunk:
     
  7. Buddha

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    That place gave me the creeeps .... :eek:
     
  8. sammasseur

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    Drink and Drag. And I'm not kidding. :nono:
     
  9. merlin

    merlin MIA

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    Western for me, the old spike a close second.
     
  10. Royal Flusher

    Royal Flusher Savvy Gambler

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    Second that.

    I miss, generally, the Golden Gate, particularly the ancient machines they had like the two White Lightning video poker machines, and the bank of coin dropper slant top CRT Bonus Poker progressive machines up front. You could sit and play and look out onto Fremont...

    It's a totally different vibe now.
     
  11. Flopitbaby

    Flopitbaby Low-Roller

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    I also miss the down stairs cafe at Binions along with downtown before the canopy.
     
  12. joshrocker

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    I miss the old gold spike. I have some really fond memories of that dive.
     
  13. wisconsin terp

    wisconsin terp Low-Roller

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    I miss U2 walking around singing on the street
     
  14. FullPay

    FullPay When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro

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    As I am often solo the lunch counter seating at El Cortez allowed me to interact with, or at least overhear some of the most interesting characters. The original Golden Gate Diner was a breakfast must, served up with show when you watched the short order cooks from their counter seats. I also have fond memories of the general strangeness of Gold Spike, but they all pale in comparison to my first downtown love, Lady Luck. I'll check in at Downtown Grand in a few weeks but I have been told that I won't like what I'll see there.
     
  15. gearman06

    gearman06 Tourist

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    The Horseshoe under Benny and Sassy Sallys.
     
  16. jrinct1

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    I didn't get there until the mid 90's. That coffee shop was the best. Those dice dealers were the best and most sarcastic in the world. NONE BETTER.
     
  17. TFK

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    What He said.


    TFK
     
  18. Oxygenator

    Oxygenator Low-Roller

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    Same here.
     
  19. Royal Flusher

    Royal Flusher Savvy Gambler

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    :evillaugh

    I bet you miss when Helen Hunt waitressed at the Golden Gate too.
     
  20. Iu25

    Iu25 High-Roller

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    I thought that was the basement of Mermaids? :evillaugh
     
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