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| - Five Star Tavern, a year in review...
I am fortunate to say that I have had the opportunity to get to know some of the greatest people I've ever met since I first visited this establishment at the end of 2013. It is clear that there is a lot of focus put in at the management level to find the right people that have very unique social lives and the ability to carry on full conversations with their customers. This is also seen through a recent 100% turnover where the only guys left were the cooks where their Bar Manager RJ worked and worked to get the best people on his team to reboot and I personally feel that he is doing very well at that.
As a smaller "gamer" I usually played $20-$60 dollars a night and would normally be seen there every day up until the point that I moved out of the state. Regardless of whether I was playing on a machine or sitting at an area of the bar, the staff would always have a full drink waiting for me from the point when I walked in the door to the point that I left hours and hours later. At no time have I ever felt any discrimination about this, felt like all of a sudden I appeared to be losing all the time, etc. This has been ongoing from the day after my first visit in 2013 and after I took a long break and revisited near the end of last year.
While there is definitely a preference at this point of who I would rather have cook my food, the differences between the cooks on their staff will not be noticeable to the casual customer who only visits every now and then. Larry without a doubt is their strongest cook/chef with a wide array of talents when it comes to their relatively cheap menu. The breakfast all day option is nice but the place is renowned for their "sliders". The only difference between Larry and Steve at this point besides a slight variation in taste is presentation and portion. As a frequent customer and I'm sure others will agree, the sigh of relief that we have when Larry opens the door behind the bar with your food is truly a great feeling. For those who are new visitors and you are reading this before you try the place, I would recommend a quesadilla from Larry if he is working.
Pros: The inside of the Five Star Tavern has everything to make someone feel at home. Awesome food at cheap prices, good friends, great staff, huge TVs everywhere you look, and you can tell how much effort the ownership puts into the aesthetics just by visiting other bars in the local area.
Cons: If there was anything that I wish I could personally change about this venue it would be having the ability to change the music being played to a game that is currently on. While I do understand that if the bar has many guests that wish cannot be granted, but only a couple others in there? Let the Staff decide on their own without the fear of getting in some sort of trouble. Also, no promotions besides one that was recently started by the bartenders for the Superbowl in what appeared to be a trial run. The Staff at Five Star Tavern find themselves doing most of their own self advertising on personal social media pages and spread news of their promotion via Facebook and word of mouth with next to no influence from upper management. Can anything be done to assist them to drive in new customers?
Overall, if changing the music to sports when the bar is empty and lack of promotions is the only issue this place is going to do extremely well. Considering that all of the gambling issues exist with those who play nearly $4,000.00 to $5,000.00 a night that will never really be an issue to the rest of the North Las Vegas bargoing community.
Thanks for the great year!
Brian a.k.a. Africa
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