In the $25 to $30 range quality gets better, and at this price tier you’ll usually find all-you-can-eat shrimp. Downtown, try the Garden Court Buffet at Main Street Station, (702) 387-1896. Gold Coast, (702) 367-7111, has a decent supper spread, plus classic carving stations (prime rib and turkey) just like its pricier brethren. Penny-pinchers looking to gorge themselves for under $20 will need to head off-Strip. Keep in mind that breakfast (excluding Sunday brunches) and lunch prices at all buffets are always a few dollars cheaper. You can still find dirt-cheap smorgasbords (mostly in the off-Strip casinos frequented by locals), but at the megaresorts dinner prices average around $35 per adult and climb as high as $55 for the gourmet chow at current hot spot, Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace. Food quality has improved, the selection is wider, and of course prices have shot higher. There was a time when the low-priced buffet was the only game in town. Today there are more than 60 hotel buffets in the greater Vegas area, from perfunctory spreads to the new breed of super buffet. When it opened in 1946, dinner cost a dollar. The Strip’s first buffet was the El Rancho Vegas hotel’s Chuck Wagon. The father of the Vegas “all you can eat” affair was Herb McDonald, a casino publicist who reasoned that if you felt like you got a bargain meal, the more willing you’d be to part with money in the casino.
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