Toby Keith Really REALLY Wants You To Know Something
You may not have been one of those folks who cried a river when Kerry Simon’s KGB Burger Bar served its last meals at Harrah’s earlier this year. As for me, the closure was like watching The Notebook – a two-boxes-of-tissue event.
Since then, I’ve found few reasons to return to Harrah’s….until a super-cheap room rate put me into one of their beds, from which I’m typing right now. And when I arrived to check in on Tuesday, I noticed this covering the parking garage elevator doors.
Passed this on the way to the reservation desk:
Spotted this on my way to the elevator banks:
And found this staring back at me when I entered my room:
Geez, what’s a guy gotta do to get a burger around this place? Well, if I don’t know by now, I deserve to starve.
Toby Keith’s “I Love This Bar & Grill” seems to have been around forever. It’s one of those places that few people talk about…and apparently even fewer actually go to. The oddball location by the Harrah’s/Linq monorail station certainly doesn’t help. Yet, it stubbornly remains…much like toenail fungus.
Another packed lunchtime crowd at Toby Keith’s
The powers that be around Toby Keith’s seem intent to shake things up with their new burger menu. Along with a blitz of advertising materials around the hotel and casino, Toby Keith signs are hitching rides on taxis throughout Vegas…as I saw last evening while on my way to Umami Burger and Beer Garden at SLS (sorry Toby, but not really).
Having been unimpressed with I Love This Bar & Grill in the past, I found no real reason to put the country-inspired hangout back on my radar. As for those pictures…they remind me of Rachael Ray’s crazy canned-chili-and-Velveeta nightmares. No thanks.
We can’t tell the difference. Just sayin’…
Besides burgers, I Love This Bar & Grill offers an array of stomach-churning specialties like a Fried Bologna Sandwich smeared with Miracle Whip dressing (on Texas Toast, naturally), beer-battered and deep-fried Mac ‘n Cheese Balls and the ever-popular Freedom Fries (Really, Toby? Still no love for France?).
Finish off with a Southern Fried Twinkie, wash it down with a White Trash With Money signature cocktail, and you’ll be all set for an evening above one of Harrah’s beautifully-sanitized toilets (while simultaneously setting back international relations).
If you’ve got a hankering for indigestion, er…a delicious hearty meal, feel free to visit I Love This Bar & Grill. You can take a peek at their offerings by clicking here. Beware, they’re also serving a special menu for Thanksgiving. And you thought that only turkeys had it rough around the holidays.
Update: After this article was put to bed, I decided to give into my rumbling stomach and (against my better judgement) headed up the escalator to Toby’s for a late-night salad. It was 30 minutes before closing time, but the doors were already locked, the lights were out, and a cleaning crew was finishing up. Toby, I think it’s time we went our separate ways.
Toby Keith’s “I Love This Bar and Grill” is located on the second level of Harrah’s Las Vegas. Hours are 11:30 am until 2 am (3 am on Friday and Saturday)…supposedly.
Photos: [Sammasseur, Harrah’s, Rachael Ray]
A fitness buff and Vegas fan. Sam enjoys shows, bargains, and cheap healthy eats.
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never tried this place and after this review i def will not. happy to have you hear from vegas chatter
I live in the DC suburbs and we had a TK’s open up…..and close within just over a year.
In Minnesota we had a TK bar for a few years in a trendy suburban shopping/dining district not far from downtown Minneapolis, in a first-ring suburb. It seemed to garner its share of word-of-mouth buzz, as a place for wannabe cowboys to frequent. The novelty eventually wore off and the landlord put a boot in Toby’s ass, evidently. I’m pretty sure the joint didn’t close because it was so successful. I seem to recall an issue with paying bills, like taxes, but perhaps I made that up.
Regardless, the love for TK ain’t what it use to be, no matter how much he hates the Dixie Chicks.
Who thought it was a good idea to hide a restaurant inside Harrah’s?
We had one of these in Dallas for a short time before it went under. I wasn’t that impressed with it when it was 10 miles from my house, and I certainly wouldn’t waste my Vegas time there.
I found it funny that at the Harrah’s Marketplace there was a sign stating “Burgers can be found at Toby Keith’s upstairs” I have only walked by this restaurant on my way the Diamond lounge. :-)
Judging from the menu and the pix of the food on Tripadvidor, it’s no wonder we’ve got such an obesity crisis in America. Then again, perhaps I’m a bit of a fine dining snob, routinely dropping a mid-to-high 3 digit$ for the wife and me on a single dinner.
Here’s a good write-up on the backstory of how this chain is tanking:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/consumers/2015/09/30/toby-keiths-love-bar-and-grill-closings-lawsuits-and-liens-raise-questions-across-country/71916554/
On dinners in Vegas, that is :)