Will the Rivers Casino offer quality dining?
Posted by mike | Filed under Community, Links
During my normal paper review, I just happened to notice an interesting little tidbit on the dining options at the soon-to-open Rivers Casino on the North Shore.
Trib: Storm-damaged slots cause Rivers Casino to delay grand opening
In addition to the 3,000 slot machines, Rivers Casino will provide the culinary opulence found along the Las Vegas Strip and Atlantic City’s Boardwalk.
The Andrews Steakhouse — named for the city’s famous Andrews of Carnegie, Mellon and Warhol — will be a fine-dining restaurant with steak and seafood.
Ciao will offer on-the-go sandwiches, salads and desserts, and the West End Cafe will serve sandwiches, pizzas and other cuisine inspired by Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods.
Grandview Buffet will accommodate up to 450 diners and offer made-to-order meals from Italian, Asian, American and barbecue stations. Selections include freshly made pasta and pizza from a wood-burning oven, ribs and brisket from two smoker ovens and grills offering Mongolian- and Argentinian-style meals.
Who knew from the title that they’d be talking about food for several paragraphs?
Quite honestly, I hadn’t really thought about the culinary aspect of the Casino. I also have no idea whether the restaurants listed will be any good. I actually tend to shy away from the behemoth restaurants common to casino’s (and, frankly, have not interest in gambling what-so-ever). That list is intriguing, but I still have a background suspicion that the listed restaurants will try too hard to be “prim and proper”—only to present an unnecessarily stuffy environment.
That all said, I am interested in what the sandwich shops and casual facilities will provide. Will they provide healthful and interesting menus or just revert to nothing more than glorified fast food? I suppose I’ll have to give them a shot to see.
