Rating: meh++.

Schlepped across town to the Sahara tonight to catch a show, so I decided to stop in at the dirt cheap Sahara buffet: $6.95 for dinner if you have a player’s card. You’re getting just about what you pay for here; most of the food gives the impression that it might once have been worthwhile, before it spent the last three weeks on the steam table. (Note: I’m here on a very slow Tuesday; it’s likely that the place actually improves when it’s busier and they have to replace the trays.)

I do kind of like the college cafeteria approach here; everything is self-serve. Get your own beverages, pick your own table. The waitstaff seems to be here to bring your napkins and maybe take away your plates (apparently only after you leave). The result is that you don’t have to wait for that cup of coffee you really need right now.

Point scored: the pizza and taco bar is pretty darn good, and in fact is making up the bulk of my meal.

Point scored: seven bucks, and they have lox on the buffet. At dinner time. That sort of blew my mind. Unfortunately, they serve same with minibagels that resemble hockey pucks, so I resorted to inventing the lox and cream cheese burrito. Mmmmmmm.