Cheap eats in Nevada under $10
10 spots where you can eat well for under $10, from 3am tacos on Las Vegas Boulevard to a $4 slice at the back of a downtown pizza place.
Line of adobada tacos on paper at a late-night stand
Las Vegas
Tacos El Gordo (multiple locations, the Strip one at 3049 Las Vegas Boulevard South): adobada tacos $3.25 each, three for $9.75, open until 3am weekends. Secret Pizza on the third floor of The Cosmopolitan: $6 slice, no sign, ask staff. Pizza Rock downtown: $5 slice at the walk-up window. Nacho Daddy: $6 street tacos at happy hour. Earl of Sandwich in Planet Hollywood: $8 hot sandwiches. In-N-Out on Dean Martin: Double-Double meal $10.50. Ellis Island cafe: $9.95 steak special 24 hours.
Reno and beyond
Awful Awful burger at the Little Nugget Diner in downtown Reno: $9.50 for a burger the size of your face, since 1958. Peg's Glorified Ham n Eggs: $10 breakfast plates. Beefy's on Wells Avenue: $8 pastrami. In Tahoe, Base Camp Pizza at Heavenly Village slices from $6. On Route 50, the Middlegate Station bar between Fallon and Austin serves the Middlegate Monster burger challenge but a regular burger is $9.50 — and the walls are covered in dollar bills stapled by every trucker who ever passed through.
Frequently asked questions
What people ask before they set off on this one.
No. The cheapest full buffet is now around $30 midweek at Main Street Station. The $5 shrimp cocktail dinner at the Golden Gate is closer to the old spirit.
Off-Strip: Ellis Island, South Point cafe, Ferraro's happy hour, Ohjah Noodle House on Spring Mountain Road for $9 ramen.
Du-par's inside the Golden Gate downtown at $10 for pancakes. On the Strip itself, expect $18 minimum for eggs and coffee.
Yes. Block 16 at The Cosmopolitan and Proper Eats at Aria have $12 to $18 mains from named vendors.
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