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Offline bboatman

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Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« on: June 13, 2014, 12:45:47 PM »
Hello all! My name is Brian Boatman and I live in West Wendover, NV. I wanted to give you a locals take on the restaurants in town. By now, I'm sure that you've heard about "The Metro", aka The Salt Flats Cafe, but I'll share the info for any newbies to Speedweek and our little town. The Metro is a mexican restaurant located inside of a gas station. I know, it sounds weird, but it's the best place to eat...period/anywhere! It's located on the road leading to the Speedway. You can't miss it.

If you fancy Italian food, you really should hit up "Romanza". The Romanza is located inside of the Montego Bay Casino. The average meal, per plate, is approximately $14.00. The atmosphere is top-notch, very classy. The food is to die for. You will be provided unlimited artisan bread upon being seated. The bread is enough reason to go.

We also have the standard casino buffets. They are good, but I find that the casino cafes are the best way to go.

Anyways, there you have it...my two cents on food. Good luck and be safe at the races.

If you have questions about town, give me a call.

Brian Boatman
775-385-4749
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2014, 12:47:50 PM »
Oh yeah, we also have some fast food.
1. McDonalds
2. Arby's
3. Pizza Hut
4. Burger King
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2014, 12:55:16 PM »
Okay, Brian -- it's good to see you're still alive and kicking.  Howdy for 2014.

So - the Salt Flats Cafe now goes by the name of "The Metro"?  Is that something new?  Or has Marcello decided to move the place upstream with a fancy new name?  Or has Marcello and his family moved on and someone else is running the place?

I agree with most of what you've said here.  I have one "secret" method of eating inexpensively in the greater Wendover metropolis, but I won't share that on line but rather when I'm person to person with anyone that asks.  I don't want to shoot dead the golden goose, so to speak.

Next question - will you be renting the basement this year?
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2014, 02:35:00 PM »
"The Metro" is actually called "The Salt Flats Cafe", but all the locals still call it the Metro.

Yes, we will be renting out the basement again next year. I'm gonna give first shot at it though to the nice folks from Tennessee that came last year. They will be staying again this year. They seem to like the place and I think it would be nice to give them first grabs at it.

Seldom Seen Slim,
When do you roll into town? On the "cheap food front", there is a $2.99 breakfast special at the Peppermill. It includes Bacon, sausage or ham with hashbrowns, two eggs and toast. Pretty sweet deal!
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2014, 02:36:31 PM »
Could I ask what Arby's serve never heard of that one ? we have all the others in the UK  :cheers:
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2014, 02:37:42 PM »
$2.99 for breakfast WOW  :-o  that's LESS THAN two Quid  :cheers:
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2014, 02:39:20 PM »
Arby's specializes in thinly-sliced roast beef sandwiches. They also have other sandwiches, but they are known for the roast beef. It's a pretty good place to eat if you're on the run.

Brian
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2014, 02:46:27 PM »
Thank you Brian

Regards Phil  8-)
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2014, 03:16:49 PM »
"Arby's" stood for - may still stand for "America's Best Roast Beef - Yes Sir!" and ergo the name Arby's.
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2014, 03:27:37 PM »
That's news to me!
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2014, 03:54:48 PM »
Quote from: Seldom Seen Slim on June 13, 2014, 03:16:49 PM
"Arby's" stood for - may still stand for "America's Best Roast Beef - Yes Sir!" and ergo the name Arby's.

Nice try!

From Arby's website:

Q. Does the name Arby’s stand for "RB," as in "roast beef?"

A. Close, but not quite. It comes from our founders, Leroy and Forrest Raffel, the Raffel Brothers, or "RB."
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2014, 03:59:49 PM »
Well, so much for the "common knowledge".  I heard the story from someone - perhaps someone that ate there or worked there or had driven past one of 'em.

I still like my story better.  Speaking of stories like that -- when I was going to Michigan Tech there were only two radio stations in the area.  WMPL (where I worked) stood for W Miller Paulson Locatelli, the three guys that founded the station.  We happy re-interpreted that to be "We Make People Laugh", etc.  and over the river was WHDF.  I don't know if the call stood for anything for real, but we all knew it as "We Hire Da Finns"  (big Finnish component of the locals), or "We Have Definitely Failed" or "Where Hope Dies Fast".

Over to you.
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2014, 04:00:49 PM »
 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. -- RFC 1925

You can't make a race horse out of a pig. But if you work hard enough at it you can make a mighty fast pig. - Bob Akin

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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2014, 04:16:31 PM »
Regardless of the origin of the name, it's a pretty good roast beef sandwich they make! :-o
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Re: Places to eat in Wendover! (From a local)
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2014, 04:36:25 PM »
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