Jan Did Good!
Jan had wanted to try out the Breakfast Buffet at Boulder Station so we headed out about 9:45, and as usual, we had about a 30 minute wait to get a table.
I’m still unsure about the business model here. The amount of customers that it takes Boulder Station 30 to 40 minutes to seat, could be handled by Golden Corral or Ryan’s in 10 minutes or less. So what’s up with that?
As you’re standing in line, you can look in at all the tables and see that a third or more of them are empty, with many of them with dirty dishes still on them. It appears that they really don’t have busboys (buspeople?), and the waitresses have to clean them off.
You do see some restaurants who slow down seating people to keep the kitchen from getting overwhelmed. But that’s not the problem here, because there’s always plenty of room for more people on the buffet, and plenty of food also.
The real holdup is that they seat guests individually, one group at a time, instead of letting everyone find their own table, like at Golden Corral or Ryan’s. And of course, the waitresses have to clean a table so someone can be seated there.
The only advantage that I can see for them to do it this way, is that it allows them to have the separate entrance line set up to give high rollers (people who have the higher grade privilege cards) expedited access to the buffet. So maybe that’s it.
So hire some people bus the tables and let people seat themselves. That’s my solution, but then they didn’t ask me. They never do.
But Boulder Station made up for our frustration by this.
Leaving the Buffet Jan decided she wanted to play the Megabucks Slot Machine again. So we put in $21 which would give us 7 $3 plays. When she was down to $12, she won a $30 jackpot, then two $15 ones in a row, and then several more, finally getting her total up to $105.
At that point, knowing when to quit, unlike 99% of the other gamblers here, she hit the “Cash Out” button and she was done.
$84 richer. Neat.
Leaving the Casino, we drove down Boulder Hwy to the Wal-Mart so Jan could get her hair cut. She really liked the finished product and wants to recommend Kayla if you’re in LV and need your hair done.
Getting back to the rig, I decided a nap was in order, which turned out to be a good idea. Later, about 4:30pm we drove down to the Sunset area to have dinner at a Marie Callendar’s we passed the other day. They’ve always been one of our favorite places to eat, but we just don’t find them often enough.
Jan got the Double Shrimp Pasta along with a salad,
while I went with my favorite California Chicken Waldorf Salad.
It’s got baby greens and romaine lettuce tossed with a balsamic vinaigrette, along with apples, pineapple, strawberries, dried cranberries, gorgonzola cheese, caramelized pecans, and topped with chicken Waldorf salad.
Delicious.
Our meals were large enough that we both had leftovers, and even that didn’t leave us enough room for pie. So we got it to go.
You can’t go to Marie Callendar’s and not get pie.
Leaving there, it was right down the street for more food. We wanted to stop off at El Pollo Loco and get a couple of dinners to go, This is for meals next week while we’re back at the Verde Valley Thousand Trails for about a week or so.
Which leads me to the fact that today was our last day here in LV. Tomorrow we’ll make the 305 mile trip back to Verde Valley, stopping off to get diesel right down the road before we get out of town.
We always have a great time here, and this visit was no exception. Viva Las Vegas!
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Thought for the Day:
I base my fashion taste on what doesn’t itch. — Gilda Radner
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