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| - During our entire trip to Las Vegas, we wanted a burger, and we were longing for a nice, cold, tasty beer.
Las Vegas is not only a desert environmentally, but in terms of quality, there is a sore lack of good beers, good wine, good whiskey, and good food at reasonable prices. In terms if beer, it was quite difficult to find anything other than the usual swill. In fact, this is the only place we managed to find a nice selection of beers - and they weren't $10 each either.
We were told at the entrance that we would need to wait 30-45 minutes, so we sat down at the bar and managed to find a few beers we hadn't tried before. One was a Black IPA from Stone Brewing Co. and my wife had something else, I think it was European and smooth. We talked about beer with the bartender and a fellow sitting by us and the bartender offered us what's called the Deschutes Black Butte XX, a variation on their Black Butte Porter, but much better. We thought about the offer and decided we would wait until we got our burgers.
In the meantime, we continued to talk about beer and convinced the fellow next to us to try his first IPA - Dogfish Head 90 minute (they were out of the 60 minute). I'm not sure what he thought about it, but he certainly agreed it was strong and hoppy.
The wait didn't seem to long, and we eventually sat down at a table and started to wait for our burgers to arrive. We ordered their buffalo burger and their American Classic (basically a bacon cheeseburger). I asked if the waitress if they made their own meat, and indeed they did.
The burgers were among the best we have had. Juicy, tasty, well cooked, no fillers, quality meat. During our feast - these burgers were big - the Black Butte XX arrived which made our meal even more delicious.
If the burgers weren't enough, we decided to have dessert, well I decided, because my wife was quite full, but the dessert burgers looked good. My wife's burger was marginal, but I had a delicious burger that was basically some fruit, whipped cream, and donuts for the buns.
In any case, when I return next year, which will be for DEFCON, I will have top my visit off with a trip to Burger Bar. You can go to some big expensive, overpriced restaurant with a chance that you'll actually get something of quality, and I'll go to Burger Bar.
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