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Hussong's now open... in Vegas ??
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/22/counter-intellig...
By Robin Leach
Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
Hussong's Cantina Grand Opening
Hot off the grill! The opening last night of Hussong’s Cantina in Mandalay Place also marked an inspirational milestone. I joined a packed crowd to
watch co-owner Scott Frost stand from his wheelchair and walk his first-ever 18 steps to the first bar seat in his new restaurant with fiancee Megan
Powell at his side.
Scott was seriously injured last May in an off-road motorcycle accident that paralyzed him from the neck down. Determined to not let this become a
permanent setback, he negotiated the leasing, financing and development of Hussong’s -- alongside his partner Jeff Marks -- from his hospital bed and
Desert Canyon Rehabilitation, where he spent 70 days. He has remained in physical therapy and is making great progress. While still wheelchair bound,
he was determined to walk into his new restaurant at the VIP grand opening without any mechanical assistance.
Scott miraculously achieved that goal with rock ’n’ roll mariachis and proud friends and family lining his path. After accomplishing the major feat,
he reminded everyone to focus on the important things in life and thanked everyone for making his dream a reality. With that, the crowd had true
reason to celebrate, enjoying Hussong’s Original Margaritas. A landmark in Ensenada, since 1892, the Las Vegas outpost plans to continue the famed
history with its nightly parties.
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The only thing to remember is that Scott Frost is a principal of TITAN nightlife of Las Vegas. This group licenses the names of establishments such as
Hussong's and Giggling Marlin. I sincerely doubt that the owners of the original places have much, if any say in how these places are run. Hey. Maybe
it's authentic looking and feeling. I don't know. But, bottom line is that these places are analogous to celebrity wax figures at Madame Tussauds.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNews
Hussong’s Original Margaritas. |
I wonder what that's supposed to mean?
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I've had what I consider the best and worst margaritas at Hussong's in Ensenada. Been thrown out by an armed guard once. Everyone should visit it at
least once, but frankly I always considered it a dump.
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If this is to be believed, nothing special.
http://www.premiersystems.com/recipes/mexican/margarita.html
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I went into the bathroom at the Ensenada Hussongs once. Worst mistake I have ever made. Still makes me queasy just thinking about it.
[Edited on 1-23-2010 by DanO]
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DanO
I went into the bathroom at the Ensenada Hussongs once. Worst mistake I have ever made. Still makes me queasy just thinking about it.
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Didn't they address that problem a while back? Now they have slats on the floor so you don't step in the pools of urine.
Yep...They be uptown now. 
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A primary reason that I take umbrage over such things as a fake Hussong's in Vegas-
Back in 1980, Harveys Casino Resort in Lake Tahoe was the victim of an extortion explosion. When all the dust settled, an expanded Harveys included a
wonderful locally operated Mexican restaurant in the basement of the building just off the underground walkway between Harveys and Harrahs. But after
a number of years, the marketing people decided that they needed a magnet for the unwashed, uneducated public. Thence, a Sammy Hagar Cabo Wabo became
the replacement restaurant. Hip, but lacking soul. This is exactly what I'm seeing with a Hussong's in Vegas.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by DanO
I went into the bathroom at the Ensenada Hussongs once. Worst mistake I have ever made. Still makes me queasy just thinking about it.
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Didn't they address that problem a while back? Now they have slats on the floor so you don't step in the pools of urine.
Yep...They be uptown now. |
It wasn't the pools of urine I was worried about. 
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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For it to be authentic to my memory, it will have to have Federal Police with machine guns.
One night when I was 16 (in the 70's), I got thrown out 3 times by the feds!!!
No worries
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Wow, they even have that stuffed Elk head, or whatever it is, on the back wall of the bar. But, nothing can take the place of a great experience at
the REAL Hussong's Cantina in Ensenada. I love to go there when the boats are gone and it's full of locals. At least for a couple of Margi's!
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My post from 2004...The original Maggies;
DIVING- HUSSONG- COLUMBIA- TREASURE-HISTORY
It no secret to most "vintage" divers that Hussong's was once a divers hang out. In the 1950 & the early 1960s it was a place that was "Muy
Tranquillo." The music was Strauss Viennese walzes played by a group of locals in the corner.
 ***The Maggies were huge, served with a glass and the container they
were mixed in (at least to the divers) -a few sips and the Cantina was transformed into another time and another place.
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Walter Hussong who was Percy's son was a very knowldgeable experienced pioneer diver and a darn good one. It was only narural that divers of the 1950s
and early 1960s would check in on the way south to check on conditions or on the way back to the states to report on the diving.
Walter and Bill Hogan who owned the Underwater Sports shop in Long Beach, California, teamed up in 1956 to salvage what silver remained in the
Columbia which was in 200 plus feet of water in or near the La Paz harbor. (To place this in perspective self contained (aka SCUBA) diving was only
five (5) years old in the US, equipment was rudimentary crude and dangerous use and unheard of in most of Mexico)
They dove it every day for a month returning with nothing but the ships bell which Bill located 50 feet from the wreck. They "did not find the silver"
= and "were poverty stricken."
HOWEVER, There is an epilog to this tale..
With in a year of returning Bill managed to purchase two large lots at the base of the Belmont pier in Long Beach and establish a huge dive operation
including one of the first training pools. He then divorced his wife, concurrently losing the dive operation in the process to her. Next he
established a "Divers Bar" called "Hogans" which he gave away more than he sold, In about 1960-1 (?) he packed up and moved to Costa Rica where he
remarried, raised a daughter and lived the life of a gentleman famer for most of the remainder of his years, departing to to the big reef in the sky
about thre years ago--But--- He "never found the treasure of the Columbia."
Walter on the other hand was living the good life in Ensenada. He was aways at the bar always avaliable to drop every thing if he recognized you to
"talk diving." However, the good life caused his demise-- He opened Hussons on the mainland and was shot by an irrate husband
--but Walter also maintained -- "never found the treasure of the Columbia."
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A damned shame
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I sincerely doubt that the owners of the original places have much, if any say in how these places are run. |
This means health and labor laws will be enforced, accurate sales figures reported and proper taxes paid.
All concepts foreign to Mexican business owners. 
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Sorry. But I don't like fake New York, fake Paris, or fake Hussongs. It's just me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Sorry. But I don't like fake New York, fake Paris, or fake Hussongs. It's just me. |
How do you feel about Disneyland?
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I hope they recreate the exact same bathroom as in Ensenada. It's all part of the Hussongs experience! 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Sorry. But I don't like fake New York, fake Paris, or fake Hussongs. It's just me. |
How do you feel about Disneyland? |
Funny you should ask. I live two miles from the place. Except for patronizing a couple of the excellent restaurants at Downtown Disney, which is
accessible to all, I haven't been inside the park in probably 20 years.
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Been thrown out by an armed guard once. Everyone should visit it at least once,. |
Me, too! Thirty something years ago. A cop took a "weapon" away from my husband (a Wyoming Deputy) and I snatched it out of the cop's hands and put it
down the front on my shirt.... My mom almost choked and we all just turned and walked away... it made for a great story all these years...
(The "weapon" was a 5 in. plastic stick called a kuboton)
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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I first started going to Hussongs when I was a senior in High School ('72) in Laguna Beach ...serious road trips...nothing but the original...
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BTW, Don't know if anyone actually noticed the byline on the original article starting this thread. None other than the "Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous" guy.
How the mighty have fallen. Shilling for a fake Baja dive bar!
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