A little Tacoma action.
April 1st, 2005 by brother9Recently the The Silver Dollar Casino - one of a couple of chains of casinos in the Seattle area - recently expanded to Lakewood (a town inbetween Fort Lewis Army Base and Tacoma), so I decided to check it out. They do have a 24 hour restaurant, after all. Western Washington is substantially lacking in 24 hour restaurants given the number of people who live here, so when one opens that isn’t a Denny’s or a Shari’s, it’s a cause to celebrate. Especially with a few rounds of blackjack.
The first thing I’m confronted with is that the view of the interior through the door is desolate. The only thing I can see is one person sitting at the pull-tab bar. The gaming tables are a LONG way away from the front door; it looks like you’re going into a restaurant that hasn’t finished construction before they open.
Looking closer I see a Dress Code sign - which was refreshing as most casinos don’t have a posted dress code. In fact the best you can hope for in most casinos around here is “Please don’t spill your Meth on the table.” What caught my eye was rule #2. You’d think it would be something like “Jackets required” or “No black tshirts” or “no baseball caps” or something like that. Rule #1 was “No sleeveless shirts” if I remember correctly. I’ll have to make it a point to go back and see if I can get the complete list, but for now trust me on what rule #2 was:
No towels.
If your fashionable ensemble for the evening consists of the towel you ripped from the Palm Springs Hilton, I’m sorry, you can’t go to the Silver Dollar Casino in Lakewood. I don’t remember seeing any prohibitions on being wet and naked. What to do when you’re fresh from the shower? Waddle on over to the Siler Dollar, I supppose.
Speaking of, I might have to go check the Silver Dollar up in SeaTac to see if that location has the same dress code rules.
