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Discussion in 'Restaurants & Buffets' started by Johnnywishbone, Jun 2, 2012.

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  1. Johnnywishbone

    Johnnywishbone Tourist

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    Last time we were in Vegas (10), we stopped here while in the Venetian. We tried the short rib sloppy joe and loved it, we actually came back a second time while on that trip to enjoy it. I was looking on their menu for this upcoming trip and didnt see it? Can anyone confirm that GL stopped serving it?

    Thanks in advance
     
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  3. Johnnywishbone

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    Ah thank you mate! Will be our first stop!:beer:
     
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    Hate to bust your bubble, but it was off the menu when I was there in Feb. I asked, because I could see they had pasted something else over it, and they confirmed they didn't serve it any more.

    They did have "short rib" other stuff, so I dunno what happened to the sloppy joes.

    And who knows, maybe it's back by now.
     
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    Oh wow, I feel like I've been two outered now :grrr:


    I have no idea what Sloppy Joes are, but was going to try them there now just to find out and I guess that's not gonna happen now ....
     
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    Sloppy Joes is basically ground beef in a sweet tomato-based variation of barbecue sauce served on some sort of bread or roll.

    If you have some spaghetti sauce with ground beef in it, add a couple of shakes of worcestershire sauce per serving to it and you'll get an idea of the flavor.

    And Grand Lux's version, although I never got to try it, substituted small pieces of short rib for ground beef.

    They still had roasted short rib on the dinner menu and I think they still had the short rib grilled cheese sandwich. But y'know stuff like short rib sloppy joes had to be pre-packaged stuff, so I imagine their supplier just stopped carrying it for some reason, cause otherwise, it would be like,

    "You have short ribs? And bread? And a toaster of some sort?"

    [​IMG]
     
  7. VivaLostWages

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    So many better places to eat for the same price other than Grand Lux.
     
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    Thanks for the explanation, I kinda get it now :thumbsup:

    I'll have to see if I can find them somewhere else then. I'm not gonna try to make them myself as I'll probably end up having food poisoning :evillaugh
     
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    Oh well, there are 50 100 other places I want to try so Ill have some fun exploring.

    Thanks!
     
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    My guess is GL's spin was a wee bit beyond stove-top Joes. Short ribs take hours to braise properly, and that braising liquid, reduced, would make killer sauce, if done in relatively standard braised short ribs fashion.

    Not necessarily a fan of GL/Cheesecake when there are so many kagillions of unique offerings in town, but I will say they stretch the bounds of the menu, which is commendable.
     
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    Love the Grand Luxe

    Ive never ever ever been disappointed with the Grand Luxe. Seems like my most recent trips have been with people who have never been there so I take them....and they all loved it to. its not fancy but I like the portions and service.
     
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    Not sure how this addresses the topic of this thread, and many will disagree with you.
     
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