The Mad Greek Cafe on The Las Vegas Strip
Anyone who has made the drive from Southern California to Las Vegas is familiar with The Mad Greek. Since there are billboards for this restaurant every dozen miles or so, it would be hard not to at least be superficially aware of its existence.
Located in Baker, California, The Mad Greek is arguably the most popular diner between Vegas and LA. Baker is also, inexplicably, home to the World’s Largest Thermometer. I am not kidding and I have no idea why such an attraction exists.
Anyway, since I’m fairly impatient and have no desire to hang out in the middle of Tweedledick, Nowhere … I typically zoom by this small town at the appointed interstate speed limit, and not a single mile-per-hour faster.
One day about 8 years ago, however, it appeared that I was overly-optimistic with regards to the fuel efficiency of my vehicle. I stopped in Baker to fill up my gas tank, drain the monster … and while I was there … figured I would eat at the pissed off Greek dude’s restaurant.
Unfortunately, I do not remember the details of the food vividly. This either means that it was not memorable, I had other things on my mind, or both.
Last year, I began noticing billboards going up around Las Vegas indicating that a location for this restaurant had opened on the Las Vegas Strip. Since this joint was already somewhat associated with traveling to Las Vegas, this seemed like a natural progression.
