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Vintage Vegas Food Tour    Vegas Valley Food Tours is a combination of walking and guided bus tour stopping at five vintage restaurants for tastings of their finest menu items. Each restaurant has been part of the Las Vegas community for 25 years or more. The tour also includes highlights of the historic architecture and cultural features that put Las Vegas on the map. 

First Stop: The Flame Steakouse, El Cortez Hotel & Casino:

El Cortez Hotel & Casino opened in 1941 in the heart of the city's entertainment district at 600 Fremont Street. It was the largest and most fashionable hotel/casino on Fremont Street for many year's, and the steakhouse has been a local favorit for generations. El Cortez is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the oldest, continuously operating casino operating under the same name in the United States.

The Flame tasting menu: 

• Panko Crusted Crispy Shrimp served with honey Dijon mustard

• Blue Crab Cakes served with celery cabbage slaw, remoulade sauce

• Oysters Rockefeller 

 

 

Second Stop: Top of Binion's Steakhouse, Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel:

Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel opened at 128 Fremont Street as Binion's Horseshoe Club in 1951 when Binion bought the eldorado Club and Apache Hotel. The original building was constructed in 1932. It is said that the Horseshoe Club was the first gambling hall to offer air conditioning and carpet. The property expanded in 1960 and 1988, increasing the size of the property to an entire block. Although the World Series of Poker no longer occurs at the property, Binion's is still recognized among poker enthusiasts as the place that made poker famous. The Binion family owned and operated the casino until 2004.

Top of Binion's Steakhouse tasting menu: 

• House Salad

• Lobster Bisque Soup

• Filet Mignon with Twice Baked Potato & Asparagus or

• Stuffed Portabello Ravioli with Pesto Cream Sauce

• Ice Tea 
  
  
  
   
   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Third Stop: Hugo's Cellar Four Queens Hotel & Casino

  
  Hugo's Cellar opened in the Four Queens during an expansion in the mid-1970s, aproximately 10 years after the Four Queens was completed in 1966. The casino is named after the builder Ben Goffstein's wife and three daughters. The historic bullnose neon sign is an icon of Glitter Gulch. 
  
  

  

   Hugo's Cellar tasting menu:
  

  •  Bananas Foster 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

     

      

     

     

     

     

     

    Fourth Stop: Chicago Joe's Restaurant:

    
    Chicago Joe's opened in 1975 in a house built in 1933. Joe and his family added the Chicago brick and flower box of the front of the house and began serving original family recipes from Joe's Sicilian grandmother, including the famous Grandma's meatballs and shrimp parmigiana. The back room was a favorite lunch spot for former mayor and the attorney Oscar Goodman and mobster Tony Spilatro as they strategized for Mr. Spilatro's trial. 
    
    

     Chicago Joe's tasting menu: 

    •  Mama's Meatball and Pasta served with warm bread 
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      

       

       

       

       

       

       

      Fifth Stop: Tiffany's Cafe White Cross Market:

      
      Tiffany's Cafe opened in the White Cross Drugstore in 1955 as the city's first all-night diner catering to Strip performers such as the Rat Pack. The diner is known for its 1950s style lunch counter and menu, with signature dishes including the chicken fried steak breakfast, Tiffany burger, biscuits and gravy and milk shakes. Tiffany's is a neighborhood favorite, catering to visitors and residents of downtown Las Vegas. 
      
      

       Tiffany's Cafe tasting menu:

      • Triple Decker Club Sandwich served with Onion Rings Vanilla Shake

  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

    

   

   

   

  Sixth Optional Stop: Atomic Liquors:

  
  Atomic Liquors is the oldest freestanding bar in Las Vegas. Originally founded by Joe & Stella Sobchik in 1952, Atomic Liquors was named for a time when customers watched atomic blasts from the roof. The building was originally built as Virginia's Cafe in 1946. The huge wrap around bar and landmark neon sign were built when the cafe converted to a bar. In 2012 the Sobchik's son sold the bar to the Johns brothers who remodeled it to its original glory. Like other historic stops on the tour, famous entertainers drank here after their nightly shows. Barbara Streisand even had her own seat which has been restored and is on display. 
  

  

  Signature Cocktail

   

   

   

   

    

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Guided Bus Tour includes: Las Vegas High School Historic District and John S. Park Historic District.

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