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Don’t forget dessert! The Buffet at Valley View Casino offers a variety of tempting treats to satisfy your sweet tooth.
kinds of seasoned meats roasted on an open ame and served with feijoada (black beans and rice). Indoor and patio dining is a welcome option this time of the year in the beautiful Coachella Valley.
e bu ets served in the Pauma Bay Café at Casino Pauma are some of best values at Southern California casinos. Hearty, fresh and delicious fare is the hallmark of the brunch, lunch and dinner bu ets with remarkable discounted Senior Specials. e Prime Rib is an exceptional two-for-one value. And seating outdoors with the scent of orange blossoms from the surrounding groves in the Pauma Valley is pure delight.
e award-winning steak and seafood Buffet at Valley View Casino, o ers signature dishes from around the world, plus extraordinary players club prices. Voted one of the Best Bu ets in the Southern California Gaming Guide 2006 Reader’s Choice Awards, and a 2006 Best Bu et Casino Player winner, this delicious bu et boasts fresh and inventive dishes. Use your Players Club card for $3.00 o all Valley View Casino bu ets.
The Grove Steakhouse at Viejas Casino & Outlet Center offers a fantastic selection of steak, seafood, chops and desserts.
e gorgeous Harvest Buffet at Viejas Casino & Outlet Center o ers a sumptuous all-you-can-eat monthly special bu et including Prime Rib and peel-and-eat shrimp plus freshly created dishes in its spacious bu et restaurant with a view of the Cleveland National Forest. Sunday brunch is a not-to-be-missed awesome feast.
e new Buffet at the Golden Grill at Golden Acorn Casino and Travel Center has a hearty variety of delicious dishes for lunch and dinner. e Saturday through
ursday dinner bu et, priced at $7.77, is an incredible value with American, Asian, Mexican and Italian items featuring daily specials that include mouth-watering prime rib, and steak and shrimp.
e Buffet at Café Capitata at Spotlight 29 Casino is a unique 24-hour café with a ve-station bu et. Totally renovated in late 2005, Café Capitata bu et stations include American, Asian, Carving, Italian, Mexican, and a soup and salad bar and dessert bar. Great lunch bu et and delicious prime rib dinner bu et, plus a Friday night Surf & Turf bu et.
The Best of Casino Fine Dining
Eating at a casino doesn’t have to mean overindulging at the bu et. Some Southern California casinos have ne dining and steakhouse restaurants comparable to the excellent restaurants of major cities...like Las Vegas! Taking a page from the Las Vegas food and beverage book, Southern California resort casinos have created upscale signature restaurants with unique specialties, sometimes with a celebrity chef presiding. ese restaurants usually require reservations, so do check dining times. And
they are usually open only for dinner— check schedules. And don’t miss
the casino café. ese are the
usually 24/7 eateries that
breakfast guests and often o er unique local specialties round the clock.
Barona Oaks Steakhouse is
Barona Valley Ranch’s award-winning
restaurant experience o ering diners an exciting combination of steakhouse favorites and gourmet fare in a truly elegant and intimate setting. Executive Chef Dean omas, created a unique and sophisticated dinner menu that includes the nest beef cuts and fresh seafood. Memorable dishes are artfully presented at this elegant and beautiful restaurant. e rst place winner in the Southern California Gaming Guide 2006 Reader’s Choice Award for Best Restaurant, Barona Oaks has an exceptional wine list as well. When you go to Barona
Valley Ranch, this restaurant is a must.
At the stylish Players Steakhouse at Fantasy Springs
Resort Casino you can savor the best prime lets, choice chops, spectacular prime rib and fresh seafood. Executive chef, Perry Mascitti insures every Prime Certi ed Angus steak is hand inspected. Outstanding presentations make this a memorable steakhouse dining experience. O ering a fabulous selection of ne wines at the best values in the desert, Players also features a wine room encased in river rock that can accommodate private dining. Open for dinner at 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Executive Chef Perry Mascitti oversees the Players Steakhouse at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, which includes a fantastic river-rock encased wine room.
At The Grove, Viejas Casino & Outlet Center’s celebrated stately steakhouse, steak lovers rave about the fantastic selection of steak, seafood, chops, and amazing desserts, all served in a luxurious ambience. With over 35 of the
nest varieties from around the world, the wine list at e Grove provides the perfect pairing for award-winning dishes. Open for
lunch, as well as dinner.
At Fiore in Harrah’s Rincon
Casino & Resort, you will
enjoy an upscale, ne dining experience featuring the nest in aged beef and the Paci c’s freshest seafood, accompanied by ne California wines. Enjoy tantalizing entrees like Filet Mignon, Broiled Paci c Salmon or the pride of the house, the 20 oz. Rib-Eye
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Barona Oaks Steakhouse offers diners gourmet fare in a truly elegant and intimate setting.
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