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| - I had been craving some sand dabs for ages & I heard that only King's has them, so we drove out to Henderson for our first visit.
First, about booze in this entertainment capital of the world: It frustrates me (bordering sometimes on anger) that every restaurant & bar in town (incl. casinos) only offer urine-like beer specials: Coors, Bud Light, Miller; & consider domestic NOT to be Blue Moon or Sierra Nevada, so we pay more for them. And the wine? Why, oh why, does every establishment (incl. casinos) have rot-gut wine as their house for $5 & up, even on happy hour? I mean, they're buying it by the gazillion cases, so can't they offer up a Kendall-Jackson at least? I can drive nearby to Trader Joe's & buy any number of terrific bottles of wine for $5-8, so why give those guys $5 & up for a glass?
About music in this entertainment capital of the world: Ever go into a restaurant & liked the music so much you said to a server "Wow, man, what's that great vibe you got playing?" It is either of these choices: Pandora, too quiet, too noisy, too unfitting for that particular place, & definitely canned. Why can't a n y b o d y choose live music & keep our musicians from leaving town to stay alive? We went into a terrific mom & pop Greek restaurant for our 1st time the other day & they had on beautiful Greek music. What a concept. In a Greek restaurant no less.
So... we arrived at 5:00 & not many people were there yet. The happy hour drink menu was $5.00 for an ordinary wine & import beers, so I ordered the Chardonnay. The main drink menu was over-priced (espec. on most beers at $7.00). We had an efficient server, though she didn't ask if we wanted water. I of course chose the sand dabs ($22.00) & my partner had the crab cake platter ($21.00).
I found the selection of sides for a fish restaurant to be unusual & otherwise common: carrots, zucchini, baked potato, mashed potato, spinach, mac & cheese. WHAAT? No rice? I chose baked potato & spinach but had to send the spinach back when it was over-salted, & instead chose the coleslaw (very bland). The sand dabs are a delicate fish, like sole, so being heavily battered took away the taste & then caused me to wonder how fresh they were. My partner said his crab cakes were good & they came with coleslaw & french fried (duh). It was surprising that I had to ask for lemons at a fish establishment.
A return visit? Not for the food, not for the drinks, not for the choices. So, just for the ambiance & friendly server? I don't think so.
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