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| - Wher do I start, this place is unique and unusual. A high end gourmet butcher where you take a walk into the meat locker to discuss curing and cuts with a personal expert. Step out of the meat locker, and you'll see a bar which also has a chef making sandwiches and other treats.
I should mention that Echo & Rig is located in a very upscale shopping area where most of the cars are high end showroom exotics and the people walking around are all well buffed, shined, and jeweled with the finer things that money buys.
So for most people going here is a high end rare treat, not the kind of place us mere mortals eat at often. My family and I showed up here after a long day hiking and we really were not dressed to be here. We also had a few small kids with us, embarrassed we asked to be seated outside even though it was a cold night.
The staff could have been rude, or ignore us for our honestly dirty and sweaty clothes, but we were treated with all the importance and respect as the well dressed wealth around us.We were seated outside on a third floor balcony with an amazing view over the fountains and view down the street of all the upscale shops and lights.
The balcony had very well placed gas heaters above us and the typical pedestals kind which gave our table a surprising warmth absorbed by the heat making the cold patio perfect even in the cold of a winter's night.
We had two waiters, one who never spoke to us but kept the bottled spring, and sparkling water flowing (which is included without charge) and wonderful bread. He kept our table clear but was never intrusive or interrupted our conversations, in fact we were surprised how rarely we noticed him. Our second waiter was the spokesmen as well as server. He brought out the most beautiful and huge cuts of meat and described how they were aged. The meat he presented would be your actual cuts they would grill for you. Because I had a very large group with me, and I was buying for all we opted to stay away from the $75 dollar steaks and went for burgers, sandwiches and other items. Even so we were treated like kings. We also ordered a few appetizers.
Our waiter also brought out several things to try that we did not order and were not asked to pay for. He was great about educating us and describing each perfect treat he brought out.
Everyone was pleased with what we ordered, even ordering a few things to take back to our hotel rooms. If we lived in LV this would be high on our list for date nights and special occasions. We were served with such expertise and professionalism even as we were so poorly presented that we can't wait to go back!
And yes all the food was great, it's a couple weeks later and we are still talking about it, this meal was the highlight meal of the week long trip for all of us.
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