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On 7/21/2024 at 2:10 PM, kevwun said:

Peter Lugar's does not make good steaks.  The sides are fine, but I can make a better steak at home and it's not close.

 

I doubt we ever go back for dinner, to be honest.  It wasn't bad..but it was just...meh.  

 

However, I told my wife that one thing I am planning on during our next trip is to go there for lunch to have the cheeseburger.  Surely they can't fuck that up too much, right?

 

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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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Andres pretty damn consistent with their quality.  Definitely a fan.  

Really wanted to sneak a weekend in for July/August but fuck that damn heat.  F1 it is.  Can’t wait…

On 8/5/2024 at 8:50 PM, bigup2dahorns said:

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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On 8/4/2024 at 8:14 AM, kevwun said:

Vegas in the summer is the only place I have felt myself getting sunburned through a rash guard.  120 is crazy.

It’s been a hot bitch the past 3 days. I’m glad I don’t have to come back until November 

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14 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

Andres pretty damn consistent with their quality.  Definitely a fan.  

Really wanted to sneak a weekend in for July/August but fuck that damn heat.  F1 it is.  Can’t wait…

 

I made reservations for Bazaar Mar in November (going to catch the horn basketball game while i am there). 

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A money clip fell out of someone’s pocket and hit me on the head. I tried to meet the guy at the end but was gone by the time I got there. I tracked him down by calling hotels and got lucky on the 4th try. He was staying at El Cortez. He offered me $500 for being honest by I declined it as it was too much. He forcibly put $200 in my hand so I put it all on black. Didn’t win. 

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5 hours ago, shakahorn said:

Not a big fan of the zipliners overhead on Fremont.  Always feel like one of them is gonna crap their pants.

Done it twice, both ways (sitting and flat on stomach), once in the fall and once in the winter.   It's alright.  Once each style was enough.   

When I did it on my stomach, I was drunk.  You lay face down on a platform and they harness you up.   Then the platform lowers down and you are suspended, they open a gate and off you go.  It's kinda unnerving the first few seconds but after that, meh.  

 

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10 hours ago, shakahorn said:

 Always feel like one of them is gonna crap their pants.

 

5 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Done it twice, both ways (sitting and flat on stomach), once in the fall and once in the winter.   It's alright.  Once each style was enough.   

 

Which style was more messy? Assume the pants were thrown away after each?

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1 hour ago, gernblansten said:

 

Which style was more messy? Assume the pants were thrown away after each?

as I was reading his post I was laughing because his wording almost actually works better for the shitting scenario. 

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5 hours ago, gernblansten said:

 

Which style was more messy? Assume the pants were thrown away after each?

 

In both instances, pants were ruined.  Patrons below were horrified.   But it's Fremont, so no one really cared.

Good times were had by all.  

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MGM gonna MGM

MGM Resorts appears to be charging $15 extra per room, per night if the room was reserved through a human. The charge will show up on your final receipt upon checkout, where it’s called an 'ICE Contact Center Fee.'" Casino.org reported.

The fee does not apply for people who book through the company's online reservation system.

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Looks like American has stopped flying direct to Vegas from Austin.  We had to use some expiring credits from Alaskan so we booked an American flight for a trip in November.  Flight got cancelled and we weren't automatically rebooked.  I started playing around on google flights and there are no longer any direct flights to Vegas for American. 

 

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33 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Looks like American has stopped flying direct to Vegas from Austin.  We had to use some expiring credits from Alaskan so we booked an American flight for a trip in November.  Flight got cancelled and we weren't automatically rebooked.  I started playing around on google flights and there are no longer any direct flights to Vegas for American. 

 

Yep, they’re cutting LAS and MSY on November 1. LAS is a pretty crowded field with WN, DL, F9 and NK all flying the route. I imagine yields are trash.

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