Hey there Southern California, Nathan's Famous is available to us less than an hour's flight away - as long as you don't fly American Airlines.
Nathan's Famous has happily sat as the anchor position in the MGM Grand Casino's food hall for as long as I can recall and has always been the one place I end up at some point on every Vegas run. At first, ?this was mere coincidence but over time it has developed into a hardcore tradition built around my fondness for New York City and Chili Cheese anything.
The menu is larger than it has any need to be but the focal point is obvious: Hot Dogs, Fries, and Hot Dogs. They also serve Salads, Chicken Sandwiches, and other sacrilege? but you will have to read about those options from the kind of Yelper that would get a Salad at Nathan's and then review it. You know - a "Tool".
I always do things one way regardless of ?Nathan's location: One footlong? World Famous Chili Cheese Dog, Chili Cheese Fries, and the Old Fashioned Lemonade. If you just thought? to yourself "That is too much Chili" you are fundamentally incorrect. The Chili is what ties this all together?. That and you will be visiting? Nathan's far beyond inebriated?...
The Lemonade and Fries are just as good as the Coney Island original you love. The Chili Cheese Dog is a madman in its? own right but I will be real with it - I have come across some stale Buns over the years regularly which diminishes? a true classic ?if only a little. It is still the only Hot Dog I care about in Vegas.
As far as? cheap big box franchise fast food goes, Nathan's is well above the pack in the flavor to cost ratio and a late night "must-do" for any reveler that comes across the MGM on a Vegas trip.