SteveB wrote:

> I grew up in Las Vegas. I remember this story from an old menu, I think
> from the Golden Nugget or the Showboat. A miner who had just struck it
> rich went into a restaurant and asked what was the most expensive things
> they had. They said oysters and eggs. He said fry up a mess of them
> mixed together. The dish was called a Hangtown Fry.


Yep, that took place in Placerville, California, not very far at all from
where I live. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangtown_fry

I'd guess that since the story was about a gold miner, you probably saw it
in the Golden Nugget.

Bob