Page 13 - January 2005 • Southern California Gaming Guide

Mexican favorites; to ne dining in The Bistro, the new 115-seat restaurant serving lunch and dinner daily with seating inside and outside adjacent to the resort’s new pool. e Bistro features an exhibition kitchen, sushi bar and ever-changing daily specials.
e newly-remodeled Player’s Steakhouse, is open for dinner ve nights a week (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays). e ambience is casual elegance, and the wine selections and prices are some of the best the Coachella
Valley has to o er. e new menu contains great selections (and the highest-quality dry- aged corn-fed Midwestern beef ).
For casual dining, The Café, formerly the Fantasy Bar & Grille, is open 24/7. e Café features everything from appetizers to desserts, including California cuisine-style salads, pastas, sandwiches, burgers, and entrees such as broiled New York Strip steak.
A Starbucks Co ee outlet, Avalon Bay resort wear and a new Fantasy Springs gift shop round out the resort’s amenities.
e hotel has three lounges, including The Volley Bar, directly o the pool and regulation-sized beach volleyball court, and
the rooftop Sunset View Lounge on the top of the hotel tower that o ers the best views of the Palm Springs area and features an outside patio and interior with comfortable sofas, chairs and a billiard table. Live entertainment nightly includes pop and jazz groups. The Terrace Lounge (o the hotel lobby) is an indoor/outdoor lounge overlooking the hotel pool, water features, and landscaped gardens. A variety of petits fours, scones and tarts are o ered from 2 to 4 p.m. served with a selection of teas.
An outdoor plaza area features swimming and tanning pools and sand beach volleyball. From the spectacular swirling water fountain that greets guests, to bubbling brooks outlining the outdoor amphitheater, and a massive hour- glass shaped pool, and 100-foot-long tiered water feature — water de nes Fantasy Springs Casino Resort as a true desert oasis.
In addition to the casino, the complex retains its famed bowling complex, o ering family entertainment, and nearby golf.
For “Balagan” tickets or more information about the resort, call (800) 827-2946 or visit www.fantasyspringsresort.com.
The West Coast premiere of “Balagan,” a Las Vegas cirque-style extravaganza, performs in Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Special Events Center January 14–23.
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino offers a variety of dining options including the new 250-seat Fresh Grill Buffet, The Bistro (adjacent to the pool), the newly-remodeled Player’s Steakhouse (open for dinner 5 nights a week) and The Café (open 24/7).
January 2005 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE Page 13