Is this place ever open?? More on that below…read more
This location is inside Max Casino in downtown Carson City, at the rear, almost at the corner of the building on South Curry Street and West 10th Street, and kitty corner from Curry Street Pub in the casino. I have been here three times:
today, Tuesday, June 11, 2019 (they were closed, as scheduled)
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Friday, March 8, 2019.
This used to be a Max'd Out Coffee, an independent company that leased this space inside the casino. They most likely did not too well, as they were more of a coffee place/cafe, but the casino was not too busy in the daytime. Now the location is run by the casino itself and is supposedly open in the afternoons and evenings on certain days.
To be honest, I am not sure if the restaurant is actually called "Max's Snack Shack", as there is no name posted in the place, and no website with info about it. It just sprang up a month ago on Yelp. I hesitated to officially create this business three months ago on Yelp since it is owned by the casino and did not have a name, other than "Snack Bar". But I guess someone else did.
Currently the Yelp hours, categories, and location are wrong; I reported this to Yelp just today. They are not open 24/7; they never served breakfast & brunch, pizza, or sandwiches; and they are not inside "Max's Casino" (it is called "Max Casino"). Originally, the zip code and map location were also wrong, until I corrected that a few weeks ago. But Yelp did not change the hours, as I had requested. Ugh.
The snack bar consists of an L-shaped counter with cash register and prep area behind the counter. There is a large seating area around it, consisting of high tops and a counter. But no one is ever there. It's kind of an unused section of the casino.
I also said "supposedly open" above since the first two times I have been here, there were signs that said:
"be right back" (see: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/maxs-snack-shack-carson-city?select=OUbrXp6zXLyxT3gBw9B9JQ&utm_campaign=www_photo_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) ), although they were not right back in the 15 minutes I was here;
and
"in the kitchen 15 minutes" (see: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/maxs-snack-shack-carson-city?select=fB4mpfsSY_LtXy4Lzt6fAg&utm_campaign=www_photo_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) ).
Both of these incidents occurred during hours the snack bar was supposedly open. So the first two times I came here, they were not there when they were supposed to be. Kind of funny...and frustrating...and unprofessional. I have wanted to try them out, but I am not having much luck.
According to the printout out they have posted at the snack bar at various locations, they are open:
Thursday: 5 PM-9 PM
Friday: 4 PM-10 PM
Saturday: 2 PM-8 PM (but on one of the printouts, "8 PM" is manually crossed out and replaced by "10 PM" -- see https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/maxs-snack-shack-carson-city?select=-ohhqZlbVi3dYh3C2mQU7g&utm_campaign=www_photo_share_popup&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=(direct) )
Sunday: 2 PM-8 PM
There menu consists of exactly the following seven items:
hot dogs
wings
mozzarella sticks
tacos
beef quesadillas
nachos
jalapeno poppers
It honestly sounds like microwaved food from the limited selection. I am not sure if I am missing much by not eating here.
I will try to go here again. Maybe the third time will be the charm and I can leave a higher rating.