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Pork Chop and 3 Eggs with Hash Browns special at the old fashioned soda fountain counter!
Las Vegas Boulevard from Fremont Street to Main Street by the Stratosphere Casino is an interesting area, to say the least! It is kind of like a journey through Las Vegas past, present and future. There is plenty of fun shopping, nice old restaurants, motels, bars, tattoo shops and wedding chapels. This area borders the fine arts district of Las Vegas where the monthly First Friday event is held. By day, the old Strip looks tame and docile. By night, the glow of neon lights and party people turn this end of the Strip into an adventurous staggering evening stroll! Las Vegas is the wedding capitol of the world. There are hundreds of wedding chapels in the Las Vegas Valley. There are many different themes of wedding chapels. Some are quaint, reverent and traditional. Some offer package deal weddings with all the amenities. There are several wedding chapels on the strip where the stars have been wed. Even if the star's wedlock lasted only lasted two days, it is still a claim to fame for a chapel. Theme weddings are a popular way to join in holy matrimony! Star Trek theme wedding, caveman weddings, kinky leather weddings, cowboy western weddings, knight and damsel weddings and Elvis weddings are just a few of the wedding themes to chose from. Basically, any wedding theme that you can dream of can be catered to in Las Vegas at wedding chapels that specialize in theme weddings! One chapel specializes in rock n roll Elvis Presley weddings and couples are wed by Elvis the King! The pawn shop tour of Las Vegas is extensive. There are hundreds of pawn shops in the Las Vegas Valley. As you can imagine, there are bargains to be found in these shops. Price haggering is part of getting a bargain. The famous pawn shop that is featured in the television show "Pawn Stars" is located on this section of Las Vegas Boulevard. Ever since that pawn shop became famous, there has been a waiting line of people to get in. Sometimes the waiting line is a block long! You can see the line in one of the photographs above. The "Pawn Stars" pawn shop has turned into a prime attraction and taxi cabs even form a line there to catch fares. The area near the "Pawn Stars" pawn shop has a few other interesting shops to check out. Lost Vegas Antiques is one of the most interesting antique and memorabilia shops in the Las Vegas Valley! The store is loaded with items from Las Vegas past. Old signs, chips, ashtrays, collectibles and advertisements from the long gone casinos of old Las Vegas can be found at this store. Autographed pictures of the stars of the past and old brothel advertisements are on the shelves. Nearly anything from Las Vegas past can be found in Lost Vegas Antiques! Next door to Lost Vegas Antiques is Showgirls. Showgirls is an adult video arcade with dancers and it is not exactly a place for children. Showgirls has been known for marketing unusual items from the adult film industry. I figured that I would stop by to see what kind of odd items that they were marketing at this time. I walked into a comically situation where the cash register clerk was county out 50 one dollar bills to a customer loudly and one at a time, like it was the biggest deal of a lifetime for the customer! I just laughed! Showmanship is always a good thing! The odd adult film industry items that Showgirls was marketing at this time were signed walk of fame concrete sidewalk hand impressions of porn stars. The funny part was, the hands were not the only impressions on the concrete slabs. Boob impressions, butt impressions and genital impressions were on each of the autographed porn star walk of fame concrete sidewalk slabs! Of course I asked the clerk if I could take pictures of just the porn star slabs for a blog article I was writing. The clerk smiled and we had a fun conversation. Business people like opportunities for public mention and free advertising, so my visit was appreciated. The autographed porn star walk of fame concrete slab impressions are collectors items. Just cover your eyes if the photographs offend you in any way! This is Las Vegas and Las Vegas is adult fantasyland, so items like this are normal to us local folks! Every city has a town hall. Every American knows what I mean by a "Town Hall." A long counter at a diner or soda fountain is commonly referred to as the town hall! People order food, sip coffee, read the newspaper and talk about local happenings, local politics and sports gambling odds in an editorialized fashion. Yes, sports gambling odds are part of soda fountain counter town hall meetings in Las Vegas! The old town hall of this section of the Las Vegas Strip is Tiffany's Cafe - 24 Hour Fountain and Grill at the old White Cross drug store. In the old days, nearly every drug store had a fountain and grill. Soda jerks used to tend the counter in the old days and a chocolate malt was a big selling item that they made. Burgers, sandwiches, fries, sundaes and breakfast was offered at nearly every fountain and grill. Tiffany's Cafe is a famous fountain and grill from the past that still doing business in the present day and age! Tiffany's Cafe at the White Cross offers a standard fountain and grill menu. The grill menu is like old fashioned traditional diner menus. Everything from liver and onions to a club sandwich is offered. The fountain menu offers hand scooped ice cream specialties, floats, milkshakes and malts. The items on the menu are not the only offerings at Tiffany's Cafe. There are special du jour signs tacked on the wall that offer some very nice items for a fair price. I saw the sign for pork chop and 3 eggs any style with hash browns and toast on the wall for a nice price, so I sat the menu down and ordered the special! Pork chop n eggs is one of my favorite breakfast entrees! While sitting at a fountain and grill counter, a customer has full view of everything going on the other side of the counter. The grill station is right within plain view and you can watch your food being cooked. The drama behind the counter is part of the entertainment. Usually a fountain and grill has very experienced diner waitresses that have all the patience in the world, so the waitresses tend to be the stable peacekeepers of the other side of the counter. The cook at Tiffany's Cafe was new to the game. In fact, it was his first day on the job and he had never cooked in a restaurant before. The guy was a good cook and he made a few mistakes like first timers do. The waitress patiently asked for food to be recooked a few times and the cook corrected his mistakes after putting up a little struggle. The new cook struck up a little conversation with me and I told him that I was a long time chef. He instantly gave me respect and listened to a little advice. I just said "focus on the task at hand, stay organized and don't get caught up in the drama head game of the job." The cook knew what I was saying! I congratulated the cook on a job well done and said that he was a naturally good cook. A compliment is always a good thing for any cook on their first day, no matter how good or bad things are going. A compliment to a new cook pops the cook's balloon of wondering about whether the work he is doing is up to standard. A cook that is preoccupied with thinking about negative things, usually gets into a negative mood. One little compliment is like a breath of fresh air! The pork chop and eggs were as good as any that I have had in the past at diners anywhere! For a first day cook, the guy did a nice job. The pork chop tasted great! The eggs were over medium as requested and the plate was full. Tiffany's Cafe at the White Cross is known for old fashioned full plates of food. After that big breakfast at 3:00PM on a Saturday afternoon my belly was full! I had dinner plans later in the evening, but I was still stuffed, so I cancelled the dinner idea. Breakfast in the afternoon is a common thing in Las Vegas. People who work at night or party all night do not keep a 9 to 5 hour routine. I enjoyed my afternoon of strolling around this old section of the Las Vegas Strip. The service and the food at Tiffany's Cafe was great! It is plain simple diner style food and the plate is full. Tiffany's Cafe - 24 Hour Fountain and Grill is located on the Las Vegas Strip at the intersection of Oakey, close to the Stratosphere Casino Resort. Just look for the White Cross drug store sign. The White Cross drug store is closed and the closure happened recently. People were sadly talking about the end of Tiffany's Cafe around town, but much to the relief, Tiffany's stayed open for business after the White Cross closed. I recommend Tiffany's Cafe - 24 Hour Fountain and Grill for locals and visitors of Las Vegas! Tiffany's Cafe is one of the old fashioned charms of Las Vegas and it is a good place to grab a plate of old fashioned diner food while walking around in this area of the old Las Vegas Strip. Yum! ... Shawna
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