The Stardust Hotel & Casino long ago bit the dust, and I do mean that literally as well as figuratively — it was imploded on March 13, 2007. The implosion was accompanied by a big extravaganza, complete with fireworks, prior to the building crumbling down. The casino-hotel complex was nearly completely rebuilt in 1991, meaning [...]
Matchbook Monday: Steaks at RingSide in Portland
September 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Serving up steaks to Portland (Oregon) residents since 1944, the RingSide has been continuously owned by the Peterson family for over 60 years. The restaurants has received award from local and national wine, fine dining, and steakhouse organizations. Portland residents frequently list it as one of their top special occasion restaurants. While smoking at the [...]
Matchbook Monday: Dubrovnik, Croatia
August 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I picked up this matchbook earlier this summer when I was visiting Croatia. There is still a fair amount of smoking is this country, and it is not looked down on as much as it is elsewhere. Since many of the restaurants where we ate were outdoors, it didn’t seem too overwhelming, however it was [...]
Matchbook Monday: Tacoma Sheraton Hotel
August 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Here’s another matchbook that’s a blast from the past, as so many seem to be. This one is from the old Tacoma Sheraton Hotel, in Tacoma, Washington. I remember when this hotel opened. It was the most luxurious hotel in Tacoma, had a great fine dining restaurant (I believe it was Italian), and since it [...]
Matchbook Monday: Desert Inn, Las Vegas
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Matchbook Monday: Twin Oaks Restaurant
August 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today’s matchbook comes from reader Jeff Williams. Jeff runs the website Matchbook Traveler, and attempts to keep travelers up to date about places where you can still pick up matchbooks. With our ever increasing No Smoking world, those locations are getting fewer and fewer, but Jeff manages to list a pretty good selection of spots. [...]
Matchbook Monday: Red Robin Restaurants
June 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Today’s Matchbook Monday comes from a local Seattle burger chain, Red Robin. Known for its extensive menu of burgers, and serving bottomless steak fries, Red Robin was first opened on Eastlake beneath the southern end of the University Bridge. It was first a tavern named Sam’s. The owner was a fan of the lyrics, “When [...]
Matchbook Monday: Andiamo’s Restaurant
June 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been doing a bunch of cleaning around the house, and found a bunch of old matchbooks tucked away in the back of a drawer. As I’ve sorted through them, memories of past vacations came flooding back, and there were a lot of chuckles as I remembered some of the things that had happened. There [...]
Matchbook Monday: Visit Paris in Las Vegas
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Matchbook Monday: Hotel Poli in Castelnovo di Sotto, Italy
March 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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