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| - I was in that bad place that we all find ourselves in while in Vegas - hungry at 9:45pm, but not wanting a buffet or sit-down time-sink and resulting food crash before hitting the tables. We were at The Venetian, so I figured the food court would be just the ticket. Wife got a pizza, but I wanted something more substantial - Towers Deli looked like the spot.
I wandered in, drawn by the photos of massive sandwiches, and ordered what had to be awesome - the Italian Stallion. Advertised as a plethora of Italian meats and cheese, with a walnut pesto spread on ciabatta, I ditched the ciabatta for rye and added spicy brown mustard - and was expecting a sandwich that lived up to its name. That didn't happen.
What I got was a smallish looking deal, with thin layers of meat. Frankly, I was pissed, and promptly went and ordered something else from Nathan's to supplement the meager looking sandwich. I warned my wife that a vicious Yelp review was forthcoming, and sat down in a surly storm of indignation to eat my $11 tea sandwich.
I took a bite, fully expecting to be disappointed, when the flavors hit.
This was a fantastic-tasting sandwich. I cannot emphasize that enough. The meats were excellent, seriously top quality and each variety standing on its own. If you want good deli, hit Towers Deli, but order two sandwiches if you're hungry.
Towers Deli would get 5 stars if they made a deli sandwich like NY makes a deli sandwich - tall, meaty, filling and deeply satisfying. Towers has the quality and taste down, they just need to adjust the quantity.
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