2000 Best of Las Vegas

The following is a quick list of the winners and runner-ups
in the online edition of the 2000 Best of Las Vegas.

     Eat and Drink

     Best restaurant located inside a hotel
     1. Emeril Laggasse's New Orleans Fish House
     2. Great Gatsby/Brown Derby

     Best restaurant located outside a hotel
     1. Andre's
     2. Outback Steakhouse

     Best coffee shop
     1. Starbucks
     2. Jitters

     Best desserts
     1. Cheesecake Factory
     2. Rio buffet

     Best microbrewery
     1. Monte Carlo Brew Pub
     2. Gordon Biersch
     3. Triple 7

     Best cheap eats
     1. Taco Bell
     2. Binion Horseshoe (steak deal)

     Hotels

     Best hotel
     1. Bellagio
     2. MGM
     3. Mandalay Bay

     Best buffet
     1. Rio
     2. Bellagio

     Best showgirls
     1. Bally's Jubilee
     2. Tropicana's Folies Bergere

     Best hotel employee uniforms
     1. Rio
     2. Paris

     Best place to play bingo
     1. Sams Town
     2. Palace Station

     Best place to play blackjack
     1. Binion's Horseshoe
     2. MGM

     Best place to play keno
     1. MGM
     2. Excalibur/Rio

     Best poker room
     1. Binions Horseshoe
     2. Mirage
     3. Bellagio (really close third)

     Best place to play slots
     1. MGM
     2. Sunset Station

     Best hotel entertainment
     1. MGM
     2. Rio

     Best hotel for families
     1. Circus Circus
     2. MGM

     Best hotel theme
     1. New York New York
     2. Paris
     3. Venetian

     Best hotel attraction
     1. Bellagio Fountains
     2. Treasure Island Pirate Battle

     Shopping

     Best Las Vegas souvenir
     1. Money/winnings
     2. T-shirt
     3. Chips/tokens

     Best place to spend your winnings
     1. Caesars Forum Shops
     2. Home (a hugely distant second)
     (other choices were the variety of topless bars)

     Best gift shop
     1. Bonanza
     2. Mirage/Caesars (tie)

     Best mall
     1. Caesars Forum Shops
     2. Fashion Show

     Locations

     Best Las Vegas golf course
     1. Desert Inn
     2. Angel Park

     Best photo opportunity
     1. Top of the Stratosphere
     2. Red Rock Canyon

     Best place to get married in Las Vegas
     1. MGM
     2. Bellagio (very close second)
     3. Little Chapel of the West/ Little White Chapel

     Best place to view the city
     1. Stratosphere
     2. VooDoo Lounge at Rio

     Best swimming pool
     1. Mandalay Bay
     2. Mirage

     Best place to take your family
     1. MGM
     2. Circus Circus

     Coolest building in Las Vegas
     1. Luxor
     2. New York-New York (very close second)

     Best place to people watch
     1. Forum Shops
     2. Strip
     3. Fremont Street

     Entertainment

     Best show
     1. "O" at Bellagio
     2. "Mystere"
     3. Wayne Newton

     Best hotel lounge
     1. Bellagio (Fonatana)
     2. Rio's VooDoo Lounge

     Best dance club
     1. Studio 54
     2. Club Rio
     3. RA

     Best thrill ride
     1. New York-New York roller coaster
     2. Big Shot

     Best non-gaming attraction in Southern Nevada
     1. Hoover Dam
     2. Red Rock

     Best tour from Las Vegas
     1. Grand Canyon
     2. Hoover Dam

     Best arcade
     1. GameWorks
     2. New York-New York

     Miscellaneous

     Best airline
     1. Southwest
     2. America West

     Best annual event in Las Vegas
     1. National Finals Rodeo
     2. New Years Eve

     Best freebie
     1. Fremont Street
     2. Treasure Island's pirate show

     Best customer service
     1. MGM Grand
     2. Bellagio

     Best Bang for your Buck
     1. Golden Gate's Shrimp cocktail
     2. Fremont Street


     Best of the Worst

     Most overrated restaurant
     1. Ruth Chris Steakhouse
     2. Rio buffet

     Worst hotel show
     1. "Crazy Girls"
     2. "Splash"

     Worst customer service
     1. MGM Grand
     2. Caesars Palace

     Worst buffet lines
     1. Rio

     Worst casino theme
     1. Circus Circus / Excalibur

     Biggest tourist trap
     1. Fremont Street
     2. MGM Grand

     Worst attraction
     1. Stratosphere
     2. Fremont Street Experience



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