Cheap Food (& Drinks)

Gold Spike Casino: $1.99 breakfast; 1/2 lb hot dog and soft drink: 99¢.

Golden Gate: Shrimp cocktail for $0.99 (rated "best in town").

The Courtyard Cafe, in The Orleans, serves steak and eggs or ham and eggs for $1.95. Between 11 pm and 6 am.

Sahara buffet: Weekday brunch: $6.99; weekday dinner: $7.99; prime rib dinner/champagne bruch: $9.99.

Wild Wild West: Hamburger for $1.89. Served 24 hours.

Two hot dogs for 99 cents: Fremont St next to Golden Nugget.

Half-chicken, $4.95, at Terrible's Casino. 24 hours.

Slots-A-Fun, next to Circus-Circus: 99-cents half-pound hot dogs, $1 Heineken, 75¢ frozen margaritas.