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  1. Interesting https://x.com/john_mehaffey/status/1891295775604297818?s=46&t=w0pY-Fs4VAfKwHrB_iAkXw
  2. Rake went up at MGM properties in Vegas https://x.com/john_mehaffey/status/1888719696213819895?s=46&t=w0pY-Fs4VAfKwHrB_iAkXw
  3. Pretty good summary of how we got here. Also if you want $5 table minimums with the old school rules for craps and BJ try Ellis Island casino. https://www.casinoreports.com/las-vegas-fees-charges/
  4. https://x.com/lasvegaslocally/status/1888690559323374027?s=46&t=w0pY-Fs4VAfKwHrB_iAkXw
  5. I once attended a Vegas bachelor party with supposedly 17 people and we all stayed at the same hotel. Not once during the entire weekend did I see 2 of the 17 people but I was told they were in town and at the same hotel.
  6. Dealing with 25 people in Vegas is like herding cats. Is everyone staying at the same place and if so which one? A possible dinner spot for a younger large group is Battista’s Hole in the Wall. It’s more affordable versus most of the Strip restaurants and they can handle bigger groups and it’s more of a fun casual environment. Many people on this site have done nice steak dinners for bachelor parties but not sure about a group of 25.
  7. That bird flu is legit
  8. Good question. It seems like it. $1,000 for the reservation plus the $800 food/drink minimum spend. But it’s not entirely clear to me.
  9. Some Super Bowl pricing https://x.com/meltzvegas/status/1884278312710856740?s=46&t=w0pY-Fs4VAfKwHrB_iAkXw
  10. Bill Duvall of Lincoln Properties, he does not work for UT but often referred to as the CEO. One of the top boosters.
  11. https://www.pokernews.com/news/2025/01/oak-cliff-card-club-dallas-poker-room-47803.htm
  12. Highly recommend Peking Gourmet Inn one of the best Chinese restaurants in the country definitely make a reservation if you want to go
  13. I think Serrano is 74 and rumored to be retiring from the restaurant game but we should hear soon what is going into that space
  14. A longtime Strip restaurant, Julian Serrano Tapas, will close at Aria on Feb. 1, 2025. A new concept will open in the Julian Serrano Tapas space in late 2025.
  15. Well since this thread has become super fun lately, who do you think would come back to Austin first: Simms or Applewhite? Show your work for extra credit.
  16. As someone who used to follow recruiting very closely, going to a lot of DFW area HS games to watch our prospects play, I had never been to one of those announcement ceremonies in person. As luck would have it, my very first and only time to attend was the one in Orlando at Baxter’s school. It was everything you think it would be with a large crowd in an auditorium plus many local media cameras and the usual $9.95 dudes like Gerry Hamilton. I wore some Texas gear and was very pleased when he picked us. Baxter seems like a great young man and his return for 2025 is highly anticipated for me and especially hoping he can have a big day for his return to Florida when we play in Gainesville and I plan to be there to see it in person. As an aside, the Florida fans were obviously quite dejected after we demolished them in Austin this season and one said to me after the game that they will be looking for payback next season. I smiled back and said good luck we are bring Arch Manning and the look on his face was pretty damn funny. Like, oh shit.
  17. Hopefully we get something like I’m really impressed with the way they handled that coin toss decision you gotta hand it to them it wasn’t easy
  18. I hadn’t noticed but now the Peppermill restaurant is open 24 hours/day on weekends again. That info may come in handy you never know.
  19. New Jose Andres restaurant opens Wednesday: José Andrés will celebrate all things briny, beachy, and seafaring at his newest restaurant, Bazaar Mar, which opens next week with a stunning dining room, whimsical dishes, and even a brand new coffee shop concept. The new restaurant opens on Wednesday, August 7, inside the Shops at Crystals on the Las Vegas Strip, down the street from Bazaar Meat — Andrés’s ode to all things carnivorous — at the Sahara. Manuel Echeverri, the concept chef and partner for José Andrés Group, leads the sprawling menu with dishes that are rooted in Spanish flavors with playful elements. Take, for instance, the Sea Anemone, a cluster of oyster mushrooms meticulously arranged with pickled mushroom cups and citrus leaves in an anchovy aioli. “It looks like a sea anemone with life coming out of each layer,” says Echeverri. Fans of Bazaar Meat will recognize the salmon roe cone. Here, a crunchy two-bite cone is filled with both smoked and fresh trout, plus preserved Meyer lemon and crème fraîche. Visitors will have the option of selecting a whole fish from a market section, with seasonal choices like branzino, snapper, or sea bream, that can then be grilled in a wood-burning oven, baked in salt, fried, or prepared as sashimi, and then served tableside. The menu has more than 50 items — including small bites like a take on crispy rice sushi but with a filling of ricotta spicy tuna, and fresh sashimi in a puffy hollow bread. Another dish is a play on popcorn shrimp but with baby squid. A plate of delicately sliced ora king salmon carpaccio comes with crackers in the shape of salmon. “We wanted to represent that salmon’s travel and jumping out of the water by having the fish crackers almost jumping out of the fish,” says Echeverri. For desserts, a key lime pie gets a beachy spin with ice cream molded into the shape of seashells and sea stars, a lime foam and cream to emulate sea foam, and a graham cracker sand castle. The wine list has a heavy Spanish influence and the cocktails will similarly lean into playful takes on the beachy theme. The 7,428-square-foot restaurant will have an open kitchen, private dining room, and a tapas bar. With shades of emerald green and orange, Bazaar Mar also has a centerpiece bar, velvety seating, a mural, and sculptures of centaurs. Like Bazaar Meat, Bazaar Mar will have a Bar Centro. Located one story down from Bazaar Mar, the bar will offer lounge service in the evenings with caviar and cocktails. But, in a first for the restaurant group, it will open as a sophisticated coffeehouse in the morning and afternoon. “There’s no syrups, no Frappuccinos, no blenders, none of that,” says Echeverri. The drink menu will have coffee and espresso drinks for mall-goers to dine in, order to-go, or even linger over a mug with their laptop out. The bakery will sell laminated spiral ensaïmada pastries with fillings like berries and cream or chocolate and hazelnut. Other bites include sugary Spanish xuixo pastries, Basque cheesecake, and pressed sandwiches. ”I’m so excited that we’re doing this,” says Echevarri. “I’m having a really hard time finding good coffee around here.” https://vegas.eater.com/2024/8/2/24212157/new-las-vegas-strip-restaurant-jose-andres-celebrity-seafood-fish-good-coffee
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