{"id":1055,"date":"2013-08-30T13:04:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2013-08-30T13:04:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T20:04:08","slug":"the-downtown-restaurant-that-used-to-be-a-hotel-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/the-downtown-restaurant-that-used-to-be-a-hotel-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"The Downtown Restaurant That Used to Be a Hotel Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Oscar&rsquo;s Steakhouse, at downtown&rsquo;s Plaza hotel, not only bears the name of one of Sin City&rsquo;s most distinctive personalities, it also has one of the city&rsquo;s most distinctive exteriors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1056\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/oscars_exterior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1056 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"Oscar's Steakhouse could easily be used as a prop in &quot;Men in Black 4.&quot;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/oscars_exterior.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oscar&rsquo;s Steakhouse could easily be used as a prop in &ldquo;Men in Black 6.&rdquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oscar&rsquo;s was opened in partnership with former Mayor Oscar Goodman, whose background as a mob lawyer, and 12-year run as mayor of Las Vegas, is the stuff of legend.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant itself has a colorful background, too. In fact, it used to be the hotel&rsquo;s pool!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1057\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/plaza_pool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-1057 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" alt=\"The Plaza's pool, back in the day.\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/plaza_pool.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Plaza&rsquo;s pool, back in the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, the next time you dine or drink at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plazahotelcasino.com\/dining\/oscars\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar&rsquo;s Steakhouse<\/a>, don&rsquo;t forget your floaties.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar&rsquo;s Steakhouse, at downtown&rsquo;s Plaza hotel, not only bears the name of one of Sin City&rsquo;s most distinctive personalities, it also has one of the city&rsquo;s most distinctive exteriors. Oscar&rsquo;s was opened in partnership with former Mayor Oscar Goodman, whose background as a mob lawyer, and 12-year run as mayor of Las Vegas, is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,23,5,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-downtownlasvegas","category-vegas","category-lasvegasrestaurants","category-las-vegas-wtf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Downtown Restaurant That Used to Be a Hotel Pool | Vital Vegas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oscar&#039;s Steakhouse, at downtown&#039;s Plaza hotel, not only bears the name of one of Sin City&#039;s most distinctive personalities, it also has one 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