The Greenbrier Resort Mini-Vacation
Part Seven
Part Seven
My gal dressed up on Monday evening to attend "A Taste of The Greenbrier" dinner buffet. This dinner was a sampling of all The Greenbrier restaurants with a musical combo and dancing. This buffet was located in the very large Colonial Hall.
Colonial Hall seats 1,500 theater-style or 800 for banquets. The food was representative of the many restaurants at the resort such as Sam Sneads restaurant, Prime 44 West, Classic Greenbrier Desserts table (ole my, peaches and real cream - but the classic is the wonderful bread pudding with vanilla sauce!), and Drapers. Judy loved the shrimp risotto!
A new restaurant that has recently opened at The Greenbrier and is Prime 44 West. This is The Greenbrier's premier steakhouse and is dedicated to Jerry West.
Honoring NBA Legend and WV native Jerry West, the restaurant features exceptional cuts of beef in addition to a wide selection of entrees ranging from your classic New York Strip to a tableside Dover Sole. Appetizers and dessert are just as tempting, with the a classic raw bar, Chesapeake Bay Crab Cake Cigars, and a not-to-be-missed signature dish, Karen's Italian Cream Cake.
In addition to great food, Prime 44 West showcases over 100 pieces of West's memorabilia, including his most monumental basketballs and his 1960 Olympic gold medal. The room's dark natural woods, combined with rich burgundy walls, soft suede textures and rich brown leathers, create a warm, intimate atmosphere, a perfect place to pay tribute to West, one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
It is from Prime 44 West that one may enter the Tavern Casino. The Tavern Casino is in a small area and encompasses a 3,700 square feet casino with a Monte Carlo atmosphere. Discreetly located below Prime 44 West, the facility features a variety of table games, including blackjack, roulette and three card poker as well as 44 slots.We started with one dollar and played the slot machines. We checked out with thirteen dollars. We were certainly big winners!
Judy and I had a great time on our mini-vacation. During our Monday evening meal, we had our picture taken. It was against a green screen and the photographer digitally added the background. I pointed out to him that we had snow on the grounds. He said that he could add a winter Greenbrier scene, but we would have to go get our coats! Oh, well!
Thanks for allowing us to share this January mini-vacation with you all!
posted by Jim Meads @ 2:00 AM
4 Comments:
Jim, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your Greenbrier chronicles. What a fabulous time you and Judy must have had! Love, Susan H
Thanks Susan for sharing your comments. We had a great time! Have we started going through those seed catalogs yet and made some choices?
Beautiful couple! I thought we would be there this afternoon, but we will wait until next month. So glad you guys went first to tellus all about what to do and the great places to check out!
Jim and Judy, I loved your vacation at the Greenbrier. I just read about it. It took me back to the times that I used to go to the Greenbrier for reading conferences. However, the rooms have certainly been modernized. We did not have TVs in our rooms back then. It looks like you had a great time. I am so glad.
Love, Sharon Kraus
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