Eating Large in Atlantic City
Ever since gambling became legal in Atlantic City in the late 1970s, the New Jersey oceanfront town has been a sort of Las Vegas Lite, following in the footsteps of its Western correlative.
Gambling was supposed to revitalize the city, but for the first 20 years it only seemed to make the boardwalk seem seedier, the town more downtrodden, the beach more abandoned. At one time, the same could be said of Las Vegas. But in the late 1990s, luxury hotels like MGM Grand and the Bellagio began to change the vision of what Las Vegas could be. Now the city has become a destination for more than just gambling and all-you-can-eat buffets, drawing visitors to high-end spas, salons, and restaurants, and importing celebrity chefs from around the world: Paris's Joel Robuchon is the latest big name to hit the restaurant marquis in Las Vegas.
Atlantic City has followed suit, bringing familiar favorites from New York and Philadelphia into their hotels. What Atlantic City lacks in culinary originality, it makes up for in spot-on imitation.
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Source - New York Sun
Atlantic City has followed suit, bringing familiar favorites from New York and Philadelphia into their hotels. What Atlantic City lacks in culinary originality, it makes up for in spot-on imitation.
External Source - For the complete article click here
Source - New York Sun
