It said the subcommittee 'did not receive records of any political or campaign events occurring in Atlantic City at that time,' and a former staffer told the panel that Santos once told him 'he enjoyed visiting casinos to play roulette, often with his husband.' Atlantic City: The report noted that $2,281.52 in campaign money was spent at resorts in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from July 23 to July 24, 2022.Hamptons holiday: The subcommittee 'identified a July 7, 2022, $3,332.81 Airbnb expenditure, reported to the FEC as a 'Hotel stay.' Review of the campaign’s calendar on that date indicated that Representative Santos was 'off at Hampton’s for the weekend.'”.Honeymoon in Vegas: The Investigative Subcommittee reviewed 'taxi and hotel charges on the campaign credit card that were incurred in Las Vegas in December 2021, during a time when Representative Santos had told his campaign staff that he was on his honeymoon and there were no corresponding campaign events on his calendar.'.Nowadays, options are more limited, though these buffets remain favorites among tourists.Here's a look at what the report alleges Santos' campaign spent money on: El Rancho Vegas’ Buckaroo Buffet only charged a dollar for all-you-can-eat fare when it opened back in the day.īefore the pandemic, Las Vegas had more than 70 buffets inside casinos, spanning from Aliante to Henderson, Summerlin to the Strip, serving gourmet fare at various stations.

Those early chuck wagons might have served some hot dishes along with cold cuts. It may have seemed like no big deal at the time, but the casino buffet would become a Las Vegas signature restaurant.” Knowing that the hungry gamblers would be happy with good, plentiful meats and snacks, the El Rancho Vegas’s managers created the all-night chuck wagon. “The buffet filled a need for the casino, which wanted to keep its late-night gamblers happy, but didn’t want the expense of keeping a full restaurant open all night. As UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research writes, “quantity was usually emphasized over quality.” El Rancho Vegas, the Strip’s first resort, came up with the chuck wagon, the earliest version of the modern-day buffet to turn up in Las Vegas.

Culinary trailblazers back in the 1940s found a way to keep gamblers inside the resorts with cheap food, and lots of it.

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