{"id":19547,"date":"2018-03-08T23:15:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T07:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=19547"},"modified":"2018-03-08T23:27:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T07:27:30","slug":"eureka-restaurant-opens-fremont-east-people-seem-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/eureka-restaurant-opens-fremont-east-people-seem-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Eureka Restaurant Opens on Fremont East and People Seem to Like It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The opening of Eureka restaurant on Fremont East was bittersweet for many denizens of downtown.<\/p>\n
The chain restaurant opened in a space formerly home to the Beat Coffeehouse, a popular haunt until it closed in Sep. 2016.<\/p>\nDowntown is a special place to have patio dining. You’re sure to meet new people, some of whom have little to no need of delousing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Eureka opened just a few weeks ago (Feb. 12, 2018) and has been doing brisk business since day one.<\/p>\n
We don’t exactly get what people like so much about the place, but far be it from us to tell others what to like. We’re Switzerland like that.<\/p>\n
To get a feel for Eureka, imagine Claim Jumper, but without the kids.<\/p>\nBonus points if you can guess why Eureka should cross-promote with a Cirque show at MGM Grand. We’ll wait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The menu at Eureka is made up of a lot of words we didn’t recognize, so we went straight for the Eureka American Cheeseburger.<\/p>\n
At $11, the price is a tad aspirational. It’s downtown, after all, where some of the best burgers in Las Vegas reside. Specifically, at Binion’s and El Cortez, where great burgers run around $5.<\/p>\nOur medium well burger was decidedly medium, and the meat had a funky aftertaste, but look how pretty we made it, anyway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Burger aficionados will no doubt want to explore the menu further for items like the Bone Marrow Burger, Bison Burger, Jalapeno Egg Burger, Veggie Beet Burger and Fresno Fig Burger.<\/p>\n
To us, that list pretty much represents the five circles of Hell.<\/p>\n
We had better luck during another visit to Eureka, where we enjoyed a respectable pair of fried chicken sliders ($13.50).<\/p>\nIf “perfectly acceptable” is a compliment, then we’re giving Eureka a compliment!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The Mac N’ Cheese Balls are worth a try, and not just because we wanted to make our mom blush while reading this sentence.<\/p>\nThink of the cheese as the yin and the macaroni as the yang. No real reason. We just wanted to see if you’d do it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Other appetizers include Lollipop Corn Dogs, Truffle Cheese Fries, Cauliflower Bites and Crispy Glazed Brussels Sprouts.<\/p>\n
Salads, sandwiches and tacos round out the Eureka menu.<\/p>\n
The dessert menu is limited to a Bourbon Barrel Cake and American Chocolate Budino, but they looked tempting on their way to other diners.<\/p>\n
One of the big draws of Eureka is its hooch.<\/p>\n
Eureka boasts 40 craft beers on tap. We have never personally had a beer, but that sounds like a robust selection for those who imbibe in the rocketsauce. Which has to be a legit name for beer because we found it on the Internet.<\/p>\nBeer and vaginas have about the same acidity levels. We are not making this up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Eureka has a welcoming central bar perfect for solo diners who like slow, inattentive service.<\/p>\n
Eureka has a slew of signature cocktails we look forward to trying on someone else’s tab.<\/p>\n
Signature cocktails run the gamut, which is what we typically say when we don’t have time to actually read the menu.<\/p>\n
Specialty cocktails run from $10-15, and the first we’re likely to try is the Electric Butterfly, which features a “buzz button,” otherwise known as a “Szechuan button,” the herb made famous in Las Vegas by the Cosmopolitan’s Verbena cocktail<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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