Stonegarden - breakfast

I've had Stonegarden on my list for awhile now. I saw a picture of their omelette and it looked like a traditional French style omelette. I made a reservation, but it wan't very busy on arrival, so not sure that was necessary. Perhaps a later arrival time, say 10 or 11 am would require a reservation. 

I had the french onion omelette with caramelized onions, gouda, parmesan. It was a large and filling omelette and I really liked the onion flavors. 

My friend had the the nordic omelette with dill, horseradish crème fraîche, gravlax, capers, lemon zest. This was a newer menu item and it was excellent. (I had a small bite.) 

We split a side of the fried potatoes. They were a bit bland but I added some hot sauce, which gave a little kick. 

The food and service were both excellent. I enjoyed the light, bright ambiance and relaxed atmosphere. I'll definitely return to try some of the other menu items that sounded interesting. 

 

Stonegarden
Address: 5401 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55417
Phone: (612) 489-7715
https://www.stonegardenmpls.com

Las Vegas Trip Report - 6.14-18.2024 - The one with the big 4-0 birthday!

This was a relatively short trip to Las Vegas for our Canadian friend Brian's birthday celebration. There was a big group and we had a lot of fun!

I had an early morning flight out on Friday. I discovered that the airport Shake Shack has a very good breakfast sandwich for rather decent price. ($5.99) My flight was on time and uneventful. 

Brian had a cabana at the Sahara pool courtesy of his host and we all enjoyed that Friday afternoon. 

The cabanas have their own plunge pools, which were nice as you did not have to walk far to get in the water. 

After waiting all day for my room it was finally ready around 5pm. Not sure what the hold up was. The room was very nice and clean though. Almost the whole group had rooms at the Sahara. I think this was my first time staying there. 

Friday evening the group had plans to go ride the High Roller Wheel at the Linq as a group, which was very fun. 

High Roller views

I think we had dinner at Chickie and Pete's before we road the High Roller wheel, but I don't have any photos. 

Saturday morning Deanna and I had breakfast at Zeffer's at the Sahara. It was OK, but I would not call it destination dining. 

Played slots after breakfast and most of the afternoon with a few wins here and there. 

I had a $100 food comp at Fountainbleau so Deanna and I went to Komodo for dinner. It was a kind of trendy clubby sushi restaurant. The food, service and drinks were all very good. I had a Thai mai tai to start. 

Japanese milk bread

hamachi serrano

rainbow roll

fried chicken

fried rice

after dinner we briefly played slots, I had a nice wheel win! 

room views

I had breakfast at Zeffer's again on Sunday morning before we packed up and headed to the El Cortez for a couple nights.

El Co room was fine as always

Deanna, Brian and I had an early dinner/ late lunch at Siegel's.  

Deanna and I played quite a bit of blackjack Sunday night at El Cortez and some video poker as well. We had a very fun table!  

Monday morning I believe we went to Magnolia's at Four Queens for breakfast. 

I had a great little Wheel win at Circa!

Deanna, Brian and I walked down to Circa for food at Victory Burger as we all had food comps available. I had the nachos. 

I had breakfast on Tuesday at Siegel's before heading to the airport. Also, I took the El co shuttle to the airport and it was great. They have a black suburban that is free for hotel guests to take to the airport. My flight home was fine, on time, etc. 

This was a very fun trip with a big group. I enjoyed meeting everyone and look forward to seeing everyone again in Las Vegas!  

DDB Quad Report

                                                    Melissa      

Aces                                                    1                      

Premium quad                                     1       

Regular quads                                     6    

Vegas trip count: 

Melissa: 50

Las Vegas Trip Report 5.24-29.2024 - The one with our final stay at the Mirage

John and I had a quick trip to Las Vegas over Memorial weekend to stay at the Mirage one last time before it closed for good to be remodeled into Hard Rock. 

Burger from Stone Arch at the MSP airport was quite good. Our flight was fine and we headed to the El Cortez to check in for the first two nights. 

I don't have any notes from this trip, so lots of guessing and going off what photos I have.  I got a couple quads on video poker at El Cortez, so I think we played there for most of the first night. 

Breakfast was at Magnolia's at Four Queens Saturday morning. Solid as always. I believe we played at El cortez after breakfast. 

We had lunch at Victory Burger at Circa. I think we both had some food comps to use. 

We had dinner at Siegel's at El Cortez. This is the prime rib special. I think I've said before, for the price it is decent. 

We went to a newer place called Winnie and Ethel's for breakfast. It is on East Charleston. The food was good and it is pretty close to downtown. 

Played a bit a El Co until it was time to head to the Mirage for the last few days of the trip. 

I forgot to take room pics at the EL Cortez until we were heading out. Sorry about the terrible photos. Looks like we had a tower king room though. 

A few pics of the room at the Mirage. It was a standard king room with a strip view. 

We were doing a bunch of status matching on this trip and we both got $100 food credit at Fontainebleau. We ate at the sports book/ bar restaurant there for a late lunch.  

I  have a receipt for Tekka Bar as well, so I think we went to Cosmo for awhile to play and have something to eat as well. 

Monday morning we went to Grand Lux Cafe at the Venetian for breakfast. We've been here before and it is always pretty good.  

After breakfast, we went to the pool at the Mirage for awhile. I am going to miss this fantastic pool. 

After getting ready fro being at the pool we went to Resorts World to get something to eat and play a bit. We went to Viva for happy hour. I learned you have to activate your food comps in a machine before trying to use them. I was so hungry I forgot to take pics of the food. Looks like we had chips and salsa, quesadillas and a tuna tostada, per the receipt. 

I had been saying all day that I waned to go to Main Street Station to play video poker and get a royal, so that is exactly what I did! I think the bartender Jose is good luck! LOL! 

We eventually made our way over to Fremont Street and had a late dinner at Chart House at the Golden Nugget. 

Tuesday morning we had breakfast at The Pantry at the Mirage. I think we went to the pool at the Mirage for a bit after breakfast.  

We had a late lunch at Gordon Ramsey Burger at Planet Hollywood. I think we had some food credits from the Caesars status matching to use. 

I have video poker quad pics from Cosmo, Park MGM and Ellis Island. So I guess we went to a few different places to play that afternoon. 

Wednesday morning we went to Wicked Spoon at the Cosmo for breakfast. I think we had a BOGO from John's silver status. 

I think we wandered back to the Mirage via the Bellagio since I have pics of the Bellagio Conservatory. Pretty as always. 

This was a fun trip overall, especially the part where I got my second lifetime royal flush at Main Street Station! : ) 

DDB Quad Report

                                                    Melissa      

Royal flush                                          1

Aces w/Kicker                                     1                      

Premium quad                                     2        

Regular quads                                     6    

Vegas trip count: 

Melissa: 49