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| - After wandering the Fremont Street Experience looking for a place to grub out on, we came upon this place. It was a blind eat, with no Yelp research done prior (sorry, Yelp). I didn't expect much from this place considering where I was; a place where deep fried Twinkies are across the street and every other casino advertising greasy hangover food to satisfy all of your drunken needs.
Du-Par's is nestled deep within the Golden Gate Casino, but not too hard to find considering that the casino isn't very big to begin with. Once you spot the old school diner looking joint, you'll know you made it.
Menu prices seem a little high for a downtown dig. Though, you can notice better quality food than your typical diner. Among the things that I've tried and sampled were the open faced turkey sandwich (good), french dip sandwich (ok), fish and chips (good), and the corned beef Reuben (delicious). Out of all of these, the Reuben was the clear winner. I couldn't really complain about the other food either. They were all pretty good. I guess it just depends on what you're in the mood for.
The highlight of the entire meal was the dessert. Pies are made fresh daily. I ordered a slice of banana creme pie for myself, while everyone else ordered the bread pudding to share. The bread pudding is absolutely amazing. I'd even say that this place is worth dropping by just for this. I also really liked the pie too. It's just that the tastiness of the pie happened to be overshadowed by the awesomeness of the bread pudding.
All in all, Du-Par's is a good place to drop by if in the downtown area. My only complaint is that the prices are a couple dollars too high for a place like this.
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