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Country Comfort at Golden Acorn Casino’s Golden Grill
Make sure you bring a big appetite when you lunch, breakfast or dine at the Golden Grill, Golden Acorn Casino’s large, sparkling restaurant. Right o the i-8 east of San Diego in Campo, the Golden Acorn Casino & Travel Center is well known to rv owners and truckers. e casino has a comfortable driver’s lounge, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, fantastic slots and fun table games and one of the best restaurants this side of Mission Valley.
Menu Dining Only. Open 24/7 for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Breakfast: Served 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. (many breakfast items available 24/7). Lunch: Served 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dinner: Served 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Monthly Specials: Monday through Thursday 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to midnight; Sunday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Casual restaurant right off the casino floor. Full Bar plus Wine and Beer.
Everything about the Golden Grill’s menu says big and delicious! Huge portions and enormous value are the Grill’s hallmark. Why even their doughnuts, cookies and cakes, temptingly displayed in a glass case as you enter the restaurant, are super-sized!
Open 24/7, the Grill serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, with most breakfast items available round the clock. Every menu item at the Grill is huge and tasty, assuming the country air makes you work up an extra need for feed. (It does!)
e breakfast menu has numerous o erings—even more than most larger casinos we’ve seen. Our favorites include Eggs Florentine, prepared with either thinly shaved ham or julienne chicken (a welcome option), the requisite spinach, and two poached eggs on a toasted English mu n, topped with Hollandaise sauce. e Back Country Benedict is a hungry-sized variation of Eggs Benedict (also available) with two freshly baked biscuits halved and covered with a country-fried steak, topped with three eggs, any style and lots of gravy.
Golden Grill lunches are legendary. Known for its “Golden Glory Burger,” a two-pound charbroiled cheeseburger on a specially designed (huge) sesame bun, and oversized salads, chili, there are also healthy menu items; notably Atkins-style “wraps,” low-carb our
tortilla-filled
creations with
chicken, vegetables, and avocado.
But don’t miss the Golden Grill’s dinner specials that are unbelievable menu deals including dessert — all for $10.99! ese daily dining specials change each month. A unique menu item, “Golden Acorn Buckets” come chock- full of a variety of seafood, chicken or ribs, depending on the day. Ordering one of these will bring you a small mountain of delicious dining.
In March and April the Tuesday special is the signature “Golden Acorn Bucket” with Baja-seasoned Slipper Lobster Tail and Shrimp, and Carne and Pollo Asada, plus Spanish rice, refried beans and tortillas — all served with the Golden Grill’s salad/salsa bar complete with guacamole, Pico de Gallo, and all the xings. e Grill adds dessert — a generous slice of Strawberry LaBomba cake — for a $10.99 feast!
On Wednesdays go for the bbq Ribs & Chicken Bucket, with beef and pork barbecued ribs, and baked chicken leg with choice of baked, mashed or French- fried potatoes, plus baked beans, mini corn-on-the-cob, served with a salad bar that includes cole slaw, macaroni
Mondays, try the All-you-can-eat roasted Prime Rib au jus with potato, steamed vegetables and the salad bar, and Strawberry LaBomba cake — again at $10.99!
On Fridays there is a Grilled New York Steak and Baked Lobster Tail Combo with potato, salad bar, steamed broccoli and Opera Cake for $10.99! ere are specials for every day of the week — we described the ones we like. Call and ask what’s being served that day (1-866-794-6244).
Other dinner items include Mexican entrees, pasta winners, steaks and chops, seafood, and a prime rib any day of the week. Skip a meal before you go — the quantity and quality will de nitely impress.
win a share of $2,000 in cash, with the 1st place winner receiving $500! e top ve winners for each weekly tournament qualify for the Grand Final Tournaments. Tuesday winners will compete on Tuesday, May 18 at 6 p.m., and Friday winners will compete on Friday, May 21 at 2 p.m. e top 10 scores in each of the Grand Final Tournaments will win cash prizes from $5,000 (1st place) to $500 (8th–10th places).
GOLDEN ACORN CASINO
THURSDAY, March 25 at 6:00 p.m.
$10,000 Guaranteed Blackjack Tournament
Buy-in is $25, and one rebuy is $25. Six winners will split $10,000. Free hors d’oeurves will be served. Registration starts at 4:30 p.m., play starts at 6 p.m.
SOBOBA CASINO
WEDNESDAYS
Customer Appreciation Day Slot Tournament at 5:30 p.m. Exclusively for Club Soboba members! Play in Soboba’s free weekly slot tournament with a $500 rst place prize. Sign-ups start at 5:30 p.m. with play from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. and nals at 8:30 p.m.
and potato salads — plus the cheesecake — again for $10.99!
dessert — a
mango
March 2004 Tournaments
SYCUAN CASINO & RESORT
MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS Video Poker Tournaments at Sycuan Casino
Starting at 12 noon, Sycuan o ers ve hourly video poker tournaments, each lasting 30 minutes with a $20 buy-in for $1,000 in tournament credits. First place winners receive an entry into the Pot O’ Gold Tournament nals held each month. Tournaments are held in the Kumeyaay Area. See a Sycuan Casino oor manager for complete rules.
MONDAYS THROUGH THURSDAYS
Slot Tournament Trifecta in Sycuan’s Bingo Palace Every Monday through ursday after evening bingo (approximately 11 p.m.) Sycuan Casino hosts three slot tournaments in the Bingo Palace: Blackjack, Draw Poker and Krazy Ball Keno. Buy-in for each tournament is $20, and the 1st place winner takes home 50% of the total buy- in, the 2nd place winner receives 30%, and the 3rd place winner receives 20%. And Sycuan even adds $75 to the prize pool for each tournament!
FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS Poker Tournaments at Sycuan Casino
Fridays at 6:30 p.m.: $2,000 Guaranteed Limit Hold ’em, $22 buy-in and no re-buys. Saturdays at 6 p.m.: $2,000
Guaranteed No-Limit Hold ’em, $22 buy-in, $5 one re-buy or add-on. Sundays at 10 a.m.: $1,000 added to the prize pool Limit Hold ’em, $13 buy-in, no re-buys; 6 p.m. $1,500 Guaranteed Limit Hold ’em, $17 buy-in, no re-buys. TUESDAYS 6 p.m.–9 p.m. & FRIDAYS 2 p.m.–6 p.m. $100,000 Free For All Slot Tournament
Club Sycuan members can enter once per day at the tournament desk. e top 10 contestants each day will
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