http://www.goldennugget.com

I prefer Main Street Station
http://www.mainstreetcasino.com
IMO - MSS has the best value buffet in all of LV for lunch and dinner - The Pullman Grille is a great restaurant - Triple 7 Brew Pub for prime rib and beer.

The rooms are nice, and the people are the best. MSS is a wonderful hotel to stay/play/eat. Even if you don't stay here make sure to visit. MSS has so many antiques, artifacts & artwork that it could qualify as a museum, the front desk has a brochure.

My third choice would be the Tower rooms at the El Cortez - the EC casino is not all that nice but their tower rooms are very nice and very large compared to other hotel rooms downtown.
http://www.elcortezhotelcasino.com

Best restaurants downtown
Pullman Grille - MSS
Hugo's Cellar - Four Queens
Vic & Anthony's - Golden Nugget
Roberta's - El Cortez

Best buffet
Main Street Station - L,D

Best Seafood Buffet
Fremont - Sun/Tue/Fri

Convenience stores
Walgreens
ABC

A deal so good it's a LV legend
.99c shrimp cocktail - Golden Gate

Best meal deals
Market Street Cafe - California - 11pm-9am

Fremont Street Coupons >go to the FSE office, it's located on the 2nd floor of the parkng garage next to Walgreens, show an out of state ID. Get one set for each of you, these are great coupons. $10 free play coupons to Binion's & the Golden Nugget, 2-4-1 buffet to MSS and Fremont plus several more good ones.

Travel to the strip
http://www.rtcsnv.com

From MSS you walk straight East on Stewart Ave 2 blocks to the DTC to catch the Deuce which will cost $5 for a 24hr pass

From the Golden Nugget walk East on Fremont Street to LV Blvd S to catch the Deuce.

If you want to visit the LV Hilton or Hard Rock, catch the #108 Paradise bus in front of the Plaza.

This is a good source of info on LV
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com

~Jack~

Later: No problem: The Golden Nugget sits in the middle of Fremont Street, you can walk to every other hotel on Fremont in maybe 2 or 3 minutes.

MSS is actually on Main Street but it's only a short walk from the hotel cluster on Fremont Street and you can walk from MSS to Fremont Street via the California & Vegas Club hotels the only time you have to walk outside(in case of weather/heat) is to cross the street from the Cal to Vegas Club. It's maybe a 4 or 5 minute walk if you take your time and check out the sports memorabilia at the Vegas Club.

The El Cortez is located one block East of the main hotel cluster on Fremont Street.

Parking downtown:
We like the parking garage at the El Cortez best. MSS has a nice one too, and they have valet parking on the South side of the hotel. There is a "pay" parking lot just to the East of MSS. There is plenty of other "pay" parking DT, it's free if you get your ticket validated by the casino(no big deal)

Please feel free to e-mail me through Yahoo answers - I will help you in any way I can. I freely share all of my ill-gotten LV knowledge :))

We go to LV 2-3 times a year for 2 weeks or more at a time and have for over 20 years. We were in LV 6/4 - 7/5(31 nights) and spent 15 nights on Fremont Street(MSS(11) & El Cortez(4)) -

LV maps of hotel locations broken down by area.
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/maps.cfm
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Always use a player's card.

The Fritz' gave both my sister n' law and I 3 nights and $50. We check in for the $50 and stay elsewhere then check out 3 nights later. I have fun playing at Fitz and Fremont Casinos but Fitz was dirty in June and Fremont rooms are very, very small. A king room has no place to put the suitcase but on the bed to unpack.
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