Viva McDonald's Is a Whopper of a Vegas Restaurant

Food in Las Vegas is, as long as you like to gamble, generally pretty cheap and easy to come by. If you're not willing to roll the dice (pun intended) and go for the comps, though, you can always hit up whatever is the currently best "$4.99 boo-fay" in town.

But now there's a somewhat classy new alternate for the frugal foodie in Sin City: Mickey D's.

Both of the new 8,600-square foot restaurant’s state-of-the-art kitchens were operating at full strength Tuesday night, churning out Big Macs and crispy chicken sandwiches by the dozen. Order after order of the chain’s famous French fries were dished out, too, all deep-fried and seasoned to crispy, greasy, salty perfection.

Yet audiences previewing the new Viva McDonald’s on Las Vegas Boulevard were also given food supplied from an off-site caterer — and drinks from a bar that served red and white wine, bottled beer and a martini created especially for the event.

See? Me using "classy" and "McDonald's" in the same sentence doesn't sound so crazy after all, does it? Granted, Ronald won't be spilling dirty martinis over patrons every night; this monstrosity to American excess still isn't officially licensed to sling liquor.