VEGAS, BABY!! – The Foodie Tour – Gallagher’s

Price: Bring your paycheck
Atmosphere: 4 out of 5
Quality of Service: 4 out of 5
Food Overall: 5 out of 5

This restaurant, located in the center of the New York New York Hotel & Casino on the Vegas Strip, is home to the 28 day dry aged steak. Now I’ll be honest, I’ve seen TV shows featuring dry aged steaks. I’ve witnessed the process through various programs. But I’ve never had it personally.

Until now.

We were greeted by fresh bread and a friendly waiter who provided us a no frills menu: Roughly about 10 choices on there to select from, 90% of those choices were or included beef. As the wife and I are serious carnivores, we had no problem ordering steaks.

I had a Caesar salad to start with (she had an apple-tini). Nice, cold and crisp lettuce, not overdressed…you could definitely tasted the anchovies and garlic, the fresh lemon zest; every element came together nicely for my opener.

But I know, a salad is a salad is a salad. And you didn’t come all the way from your PC to this blog to hear about rabbit food (but if you did, check my Eiffel Tower review). You’re here for the beef, as I was. So here we go.

The steak arrives: 16 oz. medium rare 28-day dry aged sirloin, bone in. It literally has 3 pieces of fresh spinach next to it, topped with 1 singular kettle chip, and a roasted head of garlic. The rest is eye porn that’s intended for your stomach (I mean…just look at it!)

First bite in, it is juicy. It is warm, and simply seasoned with salt and pepper. It is, texturally, like eating warm butter. The dry aged process brings a sort of creamy element to the meat, and it’s just indescribable.

My wife ordered the 16 oz. ribeye, which was also a wonderful cut of beef. Seasoned with a touch of garlic and topped with onion straws, this was one of the better ribeyes I’ve tried. We also shared a mashed potato dish that was made with white cheddar and asiago cheeses. Salty, sharp, creamy love in a skillet. 

This is another very nice restaurant, where dress up isn’t required, but if you’re footing that bill, you may as well (like Paris, it was about $180.00 w/tip, however we were given much more food here for our dollar. Just not quite the experience part of the meal that was the other hotel.)

But like The Eiffel Tower restaurant, it’s totally worth it. If you’ve never eaten a dry aged steak before, you owe it to your belly to have one. It works hard. It digests all the stuff I advise you to cram in your gullet. Why not reward it with something nice every once in a while?

After all, it’s just Da(m)n Good Food.