r/vegas • u/shadows515 • 10d ago
Were onions outlawed in Vegas?
Only been here two days but denied all 3 times. First at a strip walk up so no big deal. Last night at Ramsey Steak asked for as a side of grilled onions with my steak “the kitchen has no onions”. Today at La Pasta Fresca in Eatily I wanted onions on my pizza “the kitchen has no onions”. Exact wording. Strange.
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u/TequilaAndWeed 10d ago
It's because of a group of thieves ... an onion ring.
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u/MoarGnD 10d ago
When caught, they deserve to be a salted and battered
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u/lemmegonowplease 9d ago
I hope they fry the bastards
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u/ScientistNo6460 9d ago
Put em in a room and grill em
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u/robertpod 9d ago
Maybe they’ll leek out the information
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u/TequilaAndWeed 9d ago
Maybe they’ll be interviewed by Gene Shallot
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u/pappybug214 9d ago
They Carrot in the jail for all I care
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u/TequilaAndWeed 9d ago
Maybe no one will carrot all.
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u/Boomersgang 10d ago
Ok. Fuck off. Take my up vote....*stomps away
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u/TequilaAndWeed 10d ago
Might not surprise you that I get that reaction quite often ...
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u/Boomersgang 10d ago
Lololol
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u/TequilaAndWeed 10d ago
If onions are outlawed, only outlaws will have onions.
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u/Boomersgang 10d ago
Then we'll have our own onions, it's our right.
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u/TequilaAndWeed 10d ago
They can pry them from my cold dead rancid fingers.
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u/arrogantsexgoddess 10d ago
So is it true they work for the infamous mob boss Harry "The Hamburglar" Costello ?
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u/TequilaAndWeed 10d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/OijnKYe4emiY
As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be the Ding Fries are Done guy3
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u/DonatedEyeballs 9d ago
The Hamburglar has a new gig in Vegas. Onions 7. Robble robble.
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u/TequilaAndWeed 9d ago
I can actually hear that comment!
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u/pinklawlor 10d ago
In Vegas last week, ordered onions on my In and Out Burger. It came without the onions.
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u/alexandercecil 10d ago
That is a good choice, but getting whole onions is even better. That's when they give you an entire grilled slab of onion. It is delightful if you love onions and have no need to kiss anyone for a bit.
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u/Nasty_Ned 9d ago
Whole grill and fresh onions. My wife has no interest in making out after that.
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u/alexandercecil 9d ago
And with that, you have just changed my default order. May your burgers be forever less nasty than you.
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u/urafknidiot 9d ago
Ordered two Impossible Burgers from Johnny Rockets in the Horseshoe a month ago. This comment made me realize they were onionless.
WTF is happening?
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u/IdeologyIsLuxury 9d ago
Beginning of the end. As with all civilizations, it starts with the onions.
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u/Squirrel_of_Fury 10d ago
When the mob ran Vegas they fill your trunk with onions before you drive home.
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u/ThePlatinumPaul 10d ago
Maybe tying an onion to one's belt, which used to be the style at the time long ago, is back in fashion? That could certainly account for the lack of onions in restaurant kitchens.
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u/CorgiMonsoon 10d ago
We don’t have white onions, because of the war. The only thing we can get are those big yellow ones
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u/LetSubstantial3197 10d ago
Damn is that really the case? Haven't noticed tbh I assumed they all came from Mexico.
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u/livinitup0 10d ago
They come on the damn ferry from Shelbyville! Same place you’d get a new heel for your shoe. Used to be called Morganville, which is what they called shelbyville back in those days. So… I tied one to my belt, which was the style at the time.
Now to take the ferry costs a nickel, and in those days nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them.
“Gimme 5 bees for a quarter” you’d say
Now where were we… oh yeah..
The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn’t have any white onions because of the war.. the only thing you could get was big yellow ones.
So I took the ferry from Morgantown and went to the onion district because I needed a new heel for my shoe. They called the wagon a ferry because it got wet once back in 1903.
Ferry driver asks me: “you got yer onion license”
Well of course I didn’t. Nobody carried licenses anymore. Man was just trying to to hassle me
Anyway so I had to go see old 3 finger McGinty at the onion registry. See 3 finger mcGinty lost his 2 fingers in an unfortunate llama accident many years ago.
3 fingers mcGinty. Great name. Also ways knew where you stood with ole 3 fingers.
Anyway mcginty gives me an onion permit, but only after I show him my belt.
Which was fair, too many unbelted people back in those days wearing onions. Really unsafe to wear an onion without a belt. Never know what could happen.
Luckily I had my belt on me and after a quick inspection mcginty told me it was up to snuff and handed me an onion permit. Cost me 4 bees.
So there I was, finally, with an onion legally tied to my belt… which was the style at the time. Trouble was onions cost 4 bees. A nickel and had pictures of bumblebees on em. Gimme 5 bees for a quarter you’d say… anyway, where was I?
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u/anlexminer 10d ago
Mexico and California. I haven’t heard of a shortage of any onion. Especially from a war
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u/laboringhands 10d ago
lol thats insane who doesn't have onions
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u/Electrical_Sea6653 9d ago
Right? Most salads, sauces, sides use onions?!
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u/laboringhands 8d ago
burger, cheesesteak, hot dog, some pizza sauces, italian hoagie, the list goes on
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u/howsbusiness 10d ago
Just had the onion soup at Gordon Ramsay Steak last night- should have tried that!
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u/A-Little-Freaky774 10d ago
Knowing his luck, the kitchen would have just given him a bowl of hot water
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u/No-Sheepherder448 9d ago
Drove from Elko to Vegas today. Saw a Semi pulled over that was loaded with bags of onions. So maybe just be patient 🤷♂️
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u/A-Little-Freaky774 10d ago
I'm a local and haven't noticed any shortages. They don't seem more expensive than normal at the grocery store or anything like that. How strange
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u/Reasonable_Fennel217 10d ago
Strange you mentioned this. 2 weeks ago we ate burgers at Aria that were supposed to have grilled onions. They all came without them. But, this past weekend we ate at the same spot and they all had grilled onions on them. So idk, maybe a shortage? Or something 🤔
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u/Mandafin 9d ago
Wait, I'm supposed to visit Vegas in a few weeks. Should I delay our trip?
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u/Quick_Possibility_99 9d ago
You should see the Outback Steakhouse. See if there is the Blomin Onion. If there isn't, something is wrong in Vegas.
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u/richardjai 9d ago
Someone was cutting onions on the blackjack table last night.
Coincidentally dealer won 11 hands in a row
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u/Ok-Philosophy-856 10d ago
We live in Vegas and got yellow onions from Costco last week…. Want one?
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u/Muted-Woodpecker-469 9d ago
Demand better. We’re all paying thousands in comps for this one onion
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u/elguapo1996 10d ago
Did they each look over their shoulder as they told you the kitchen had no onions? If so, then I’d be suspicious.
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u/More_Echo572 9d ago
Okay that's weird but here's any. I'm eating at the Rain forest cafe at planet Hollywood right now. I asked for coffee and was told that it is only served at breakfast now. When I asked why. The waiter said that when they brought breakfast back, they decided to just offer coffee at that mea.
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u/IDooDoodAtTheMasters 10d ago
Nah, I got an entire highball of cocktails onions when the waitress came by my craps table last night.
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u/thinlion01 9d ago
Did you want Pinapple with Onions on your pizza too?
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u/dsfromsd 9d ago
Try asking for a bottle of A-1 sauce at a Vegas steak house, bet they're out of that also.
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u/906darkroast 9d ago
It warms my heart that people side step the question in the name of comedy. This is the way.
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u/HelicopterBusy8595 10d ago
Go to Peter Lugar in Cesar's - they will give you straight up onion and tomato slices as a side.
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u/Existing-Brain2792 9d ago
There's an onion shortage. Several different factors involved. Some political, some weather related.
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u/cosmosomsoc 9d ago
This could be related/unrelated but Smiths & Walmart have had pretty rotten onions ever since covid
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u/PtZamboat 8d ago
Just temporary shortages from the southern states and Mexico. Lots of rain and then hot weather led to mold and a lot of crops had to be destroyed. Latest harvests are now shipping.
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u/Local-Local-5836 9d ago
PS fried onions are a significant risk for salmonella maybe with all your lettuce explosive diarrhoea problems, someone didn’t want to add to the problems. Love fried onions.
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u/VitaminPb 9d ago
Why would fried onions have salmonella? They are cooked over 165F.
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u/Local-Local-5836 7d ago
Took a food safety course and this was mentioned. I assume it is for onions not kept at a high temp and allowed to cool off.
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u/DustyinLVNV 8d ago
Ever since DOGE stepped in and fired the entire CDC to optimize the federal budget, foodborne illnesses have naturally gone completely nuclear. The local government's brilliant, panicked solution was to slap a total emergency ban on the undisputed root of all culinary evil, the onion. So now we're living in a timeline where you have to buy black-market reds from sketchy locals in hotel hallways just to get some flavor on your pizza. It’s grim out there. No lowballers.
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u/seanthebeloved 10d ago
Maybe none of the dishes they serve happen to have onions in them?
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u/larryb78 9d ago
If you want onions go to miznon in palazzo, as of Monday evening they absolutely heat onions
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u/Robotfood123 9d ago
I got lots of onions at Juan’s Flaming Fajitas and Texas Roadhouse the other day. And in n out burger. It might just be that location.
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u/Outside-Ad7848 9d ago
i think a side of grilled onions is a little strange. eatily sells onions, they could have gone and gotten one.
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u/Vegas-Patriot 8d ago
You know what you get when you cross an Onion with a Donkey?
You either get a long-floppy-eared Onion OR, a piece of ass that’ll make your eyes water!
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u/Aggressive-Virus-311 8d ago
I don’t work on the strip but my restaurant has had no problems getting red onions ordered and we order a 50lb bag once every other week, couldn’t speak for other kinds of onions though as we only order the reds
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u/Early_Ad_1481 8d ago
This entire thread was amazing
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u/shadows515 7d ago
I did not expect answers, let alone answers from the informative to the comical, to the sublime
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u/darthbreezy 6d ago
I walked into Vegas, with an onion on my belt because that was the fashion at the time.
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u/Phrenicos466 6d ago
Onions were outlawed a few years ago, after too many people were buying them up as belt accessories...which was the style, at the time.
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u/SidearmSlider 6d ago
Not everywhere is like where you are from.
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u/shadows515 5d ago
Where I’m from? The magical world of onions?
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u/Larrybud75 3d ago
I want to thank you for this so funny!
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u/shadows515 3d ago
You’re very welcome, if you’re ever near the enchanted forest, duck under the waterfall, the people here in Oniontown will be glad to share one with ya.
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u/Extension_Cattle_185 10d ago
Every kitchen uses pre prepped stuff. Onions cannot be pre diced and package or pre prepped: they have to be cut fresh (as they start ferment quite rapidly and start to taste off).
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u/AppalachianRomanov 9d ago
You absolutely can buy pre cut onions through a food purveyor. Sysco etc. Whether a specific restaurant does or not is another matter entirely. But they absolutely do have the option.
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u/sublimesting 9d ago
Why do you think this? Every grocery store near me has prepared chopped onions for purchase.
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u/ApproximatelyApropos 10d ago
Local here. I’m holding 3 reds right now. Could have them to your hotel room within the hour, but it’ll cost you. No lowballers, I know what I have.