Is Desparado Worth the Drive From Vegas

Gotta ride the Deperado. This is what you should do:

Head down to the Eastern Mojave Preserve (CA) and check out Devil's Playground and Kelso dunes before heading back towards Vegas and a nice little sunset stop at Bills. It's a lot of fun...believe me!

Lord Gonchar said:

I think it comes down to your schedule. The drive isn't far at all. Is it worth it to take a little time out of your 3 days to make it a stop? Will this be a 'once in a lifetime' trip or will you be back in Vegas in a year or two?

Well my fiance has been there at least once every year the last couple years, this will be my first time, I want to ride the rides while she goes and gambles. Also, gotta hit M & M World (she said I will like that) so I guess for me it is a once in a lifetime trip but for her it is the yearly trip.

Desperado was running just fine by me when I rode it last year. Yeah, it's nowhere near the nirvana it was when it first opened, but the ride is still worthy in my book. The wait to ride however...

Chipotle in Vegas? How the hell did I miss that last year? The site says there are five of them. One next to Harrah's too, which is a little further north than I like to go (unless I stay at Ceasar's).

Seriously though, coasters are like 50th on the list of things I want to do next time I get out there.

Cant you all get Chipotle at home?

lata, jeremy

--who lives walking distance from a Chipotle, a five min drive from Baja Fresh, has never heard of La Salsa and doesnt want to know what a GID is ;)

Check your private messages, Jeremy ;)

Man, Chipotle is good and all, but I don't know why they'd even bother building them here in Socal (Mexican food heaven).

Then again, some of those holes-in-the-walls are a bit scary. But nothing that a nice shot of pepto wouldn't cure.

The Chipotle by Harrah's is just north of it and is kind of hidden. I think they do have a flashy sign but it kind of blends in with all the others. I really don't understand why anyone would have a Chipotle while on the strip!

Ya know, people always told me about all the cheap food on the strip, but I could never find any of it. Either it was 99-cent steak and eggs that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole, or it was a good buffet that cost $13.99 a person.

So both times I've been there, most of the time we ate at food courts or fast food places.

The thing they don't tell you about the cheap food is that it generally sucks. "Steak" can mean the ass-end of the cow, apparently. A $6 burrito that will meet consistent quality you're used to is worth it if you ask me.

"It's been 12 years since I've had a GID"

Put an old queen out of her misery, would ya? GID = ? Thanks.

^ Gee, if at 38 make you an old queen, I must be an ancient one!

jomo - who turns 40 next week :o(

< just turned 39, but lately I've been feeling 26 ;)

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Jeff said:
A $6 burrito that will meet consistent quality you're used to is worth it if you ask me.

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And a $3.00 burrito that does the same is better no? I think the price has everything to do with lack of competition. My buddy just moved to Seattle where the average price for a burrito is $6. Down here, where Mexican food joints are literally on every corner, you get 2 burritos of better quality for that price.

Then again, there are some parts of the country for which Taco Bell (Taco Time etc.) is the only available Mexicoid food. At least Chipotle is offering something a little closer to the truth. They also use very good ingredients and their restaurants have a nice design to them.

I think it is a foot in the door. Keep in mind that my grandparents, who grew up in Southern California, said that eating Mexican food was a very rare thing when they were kids.

Now all we need is to have Knott's set up a roach coach in Fiesta Village. ;)

Chipotle's lime/clintro rice is TO DIE FOR! Oh great, now I'm hungry!

Having Chipotle, Rubio's, La Salsa, and Baja Fresh all less that 1/2 mile from my apt; my vote is with Chipotle. As Jeff indicated, and I agree, consistency is key.
On the Vegas tip, I say hit Desparado. It's a nice way to take a quick breather from Vegas. I thought the flume was a bit uninspired, but worth a try.

-Scott [ain't got no GID, but I do gots a GIRD!] ;)

Oh yeah?!? Well now I'm calling mine TOGIRD ;)

jomo, if you want to experience the airtime on Magnum, you need to ride 1.3. The back is not the same. In 1.3 the amazing airtime starts on the 3rd hill and every hill after that is just perfect if the trims are closed.

I hear they have medication for GIRD now Scott...;)

And for all the good Mexican food in SoCal, the one restaurant I'd really like to get one of here is....Zankou Chicken. We HAVE decent enough Mexican places, but there's nothing LIKE that place to be found....

Oh, and as far as Vegas food and such, etc., go with a *gambler* and the GOOD buffets all get comped...;)

What makes you think he wants to be cured, Gator? ;)