Las Vegas Casual Dining Thread

Yeah bro I know I posted knowing you’d mention this. I think Oklahoma has probably the best regional style burger outside maybe the California style with lettuce, tomato, pickle and cheese which has become the standard burger.

Back home which on the East coast we have super regional styles. There’s our regional burger back in Rochester, NY with a white American type cheese, what we cal a hot sauce which is like a meat chili with a lot of cumin. We then have a very pickled type relish and a better than average. Italian style bun. I’m nostalgic for it and like it but give the nod any day to an Oklahoma onion burger.

yup, as warden _nit is fully aware i served my sentence from '76-'87 and so far have avoided recidivism back to the land of y'all and fixin' to go yonder

appreciate the backhanded lob pass but i've been known to foul tip a t-ball more than once

never really considered burger styles regional like pizza until you mentioned it
curious what other kinds you might have in mind?
(not interested in the sunday brunch steak knife skewered bloody mary style with everything included but the american standard sink)

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50 years ago I would have added the West Texas burger, with grilled jalapenos, bacon and the japs under the cheese. Now it's possible to get jalapeno burgers outside of Texas, so I don't think they are as unique.

I like the California style, but somehow associate it with the belief that it is somehow OK to put mayo on a burger.

I can still remember the first time I had an OK burger. How big it was! And how sweet the onion. I've got a long story about Okie burgers, but I am going to spare you. (I don't want to resurrect the egg salad riots. )

Oh man I forgot in New Mexico and oddly enough in Midland Texas they do a a roasted hatch chili on a burger which is great.

Never heard of George Motz? He’s a burger historian and has a bunch of YouTube videos on regional burgers styles. He also has a restaurant in NEw York where he roasted burgers.
https://www.georgemotz.com/

Lolz. I was referring to to Midland Burgers but I thought, Who tf here knows where Midland is, so I called them West Texas burgers. serves me right getting called out on it...

once saw that on an episode of some fiery food tour network show
what's the difference

new york city
i can't wait get a rope at a rapida pace _nit

Any y'all been to Port O' Call in NO, La for their burgers? Picture if you will an overdone broiled patty, thick, but not a sign of pink in that bad-boy. Dry as the Sonoran Desert in January. A crispy outer crust. Shredded cheddar cheese piled on top. LTO if you want 'em. Probably on a baked in-house bun.

50 years ago, I can remember my mom cooking us burgers just like this (hockey puck comes to mind). These sent me right back there.

Shake Shack is great.

Well aren't you clever?

When a Bic Mac meals now over $10, ill gladly pay more for a actual good burger.

Still doesn’t explain what you’re doing at 5 Guys

Maybe I’m an exception as I’ve been to Midland and West Texas a bunch of times and I feel as though both are a well known or not as well known equally. If you’re familiar with West Texas you know Midland.

In the 70s, every diner between, let's say, Brownwood and Tucumcari called them Midland burgers. As I remember it, the new Mexican green chilies were highly seasonal at the time, and it was always a big treat when you could get them on your burger. I haven't heard the term in years and always assumed that the burger chains and the Interstate killed them off. Best ones I ever had was in a motel diner on 66 in Gallup. Always good there.

I like their burgers and fries and shakes. What's to explain?

aw snap

must be the same as stepping on peanuts to you with your robusto college instructor salary
standing alongside mal during this particular debate topic

traveled through the north end of your vector several times and have come to this particular conclusion
but my only perspective is from the eyes of a 70s child formed during several to-and-fro back seat road trip experiences of route 66 between okc and barstow with the parents smoking pall mall menthol lites in the front with cadilac windows politely cracked to carry out the vapors
draw yellow lines between austin, amarillo, and santa fe and i see lots of these important isolated triangles in the geopolital class of outlaw country music history

I refer to all those musicians as the Lubbock Mafia. What brutal geography to produce such artists.

Blakes LottaBurger, ftw

I realize I am removed from Vegas a bit, but these are a lot of posts about burgers in a crappy burger town.

burgers are delicious

New downtown spot Echo just opened a few days ago. Interesting concept, cocktails and small bites centered around a super high end McIntosh sound system. The subwoofer they have is $35k alone, I’m sure the whole setup was well over $100k.

The owner is Natalie Young who also had some other downtown restaurants like Eat. Food was very good.

Cocktail ($18) - 8/10. Their take on an old fashioned. Menu described as “bourbon, popcorn” which was pretty accurate. Maybe uses some kind of brown butter bourbon.
Beef skewers ($16, some kind of Wagyu) - 8.5/10
Chicken skewers ($8) - 7.5/10
Tomato bread ($8) - 9/10
Sound/vibe - 10/10

Definitely would go back, very cool spot and good to see it was busy while I was there since they just opened.

That looks like a fun idea!

And the food looks great!

+350

WJ - does it turn into late night bar/club type set up after food service is finished?

Don’t think so, it’s pretty laid back/relaxed atmosphere and I think food is open to close. Highly doubt they’d do that with such expensive equipment all over the place.

Is it loud? I can't stand loud restaurants, but maybe that could be the point of this one 😉

One thing I really dislike about eating out in America is the loud music and the loud people.