In less than an hour, you could find yourself at a poker table in Graton Resort & Casino, a massive new spread of cards, slots and hand-pulled noodles, now open in Sonoma.
Let’s run the numbers, shall we...
340,000: Total square feet.
$800,000,000: Rough cost to build this thing.
79: Blackjack tables.
0: Bigger casinos in the Bay Area.
3: Hours it took to reach capacity on opening day yesterday.
43: Minutes they say it takes to get there from the city, without traffic.
56 to 1: Odds this magical “without traffic” situation will ever factor into your life.
16: Total number of restaurants, bars and lounges.
48: Days prime meat is aged at the Daily Grill.
900: Degrees the wood-burning pizza oven hits at Tony Gemignani’s new spot, Tony’s of North Beach.
16,000: Strands of noodles being hand-pulled at any one time in the M.Y. China kitchen.
1: Pickle bars at DK Wings.
15 or so: Years you’ve waited for a restaurant with a pickle bar.
0: Celine Dions in residence.
340,000: Total square feet.
$800,000,000: Rough cost to build this thing.
79: Blackjack tables.
0: Bigger casinos in the Bay Area.
3: Hours it took to reach capacity on opening day yesterday.
43: Minutes they say it takes to get there from the city, without traffic.
56 to 1: Odds this magical “without traffic” situation will ever factor into your life.
16: Total number of restaurants, bars and lounges.
48: Days prime meat is aged at the Daily Grill.
900: Degrees the wood-burning pizza oven hits at Tony Gemignani’s new spot, Tony’s of North Beach.
16,000: Strands of noodles being hand-pulled at any one time in the M.Y. China kitchen.
1: Pickle bars at DK Wings.
15 or so: Years you’ve waited for a restaurant with a pickle bar.
0: Celine Dions in residence.