The other offerings were the normal boring turkey breast to tacos to fried (over-fried) chicken. 2 mediocre soup offerings, both with a film layer on top. Second-the noise.there was a generator or refrigeration unit or something that was SO LOUD you couldn't hear the Muzak and the Employees on the floor were constantly screaming back and forth at each other! Finally and most disappointingly-The FOOD. Once we got seated you couldn't move because your legs would get wrapped around the table's middle pole. One side was so low my chin hit the table. Nowadays, options are more limited, though these buffets remain favorites among tourists.Being an almost lifetime resident (50yrs) I remember when the buffet at PS was ALWAYS quality! Imagine my surprise when Hubby and I stopped for a quick lunch and were really sorry we did. El Rancho Vegas’ Buckaroo Buffet only charged a dollar for all-you-can-eat fare when it opened back in the day.īefore the pandemic, Las Vegas had more than 70 buffets inside casinos, spanning from Aliante to Henderson, Summerlin to the Strip, serving gourmet fare at various stations. Those early chuck wagons might have served some hot dishes along with cold cuts. It may have seemed like no big deal at the time, but the casino buffet would become a Las Vegas signature restaurant.” Knowing that the hungry gamblers would be happy with good, plentiful meats and snacks, the El Rancho Vegas’s managers created the all-night chuck wagon. “The buffet filled a need for the casino, which wanted to keep its late-night gamblers happy, but didn’t want the expense of keeping a full restaurant open all night. As UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research writes, “quantity was usually emphasized over quality.” El Rancho Vegas, the Strip’s first resort, came up with the chuck wagon, the earliest version of the modern-day buffet to turn up in Las Vegas. Culinary trailblazers back in the 1940s found a way to keep gamblers inside the resorts with cheap food, and lots of it.

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