“We have dovetailed an already popular industry in our region, wine and wine tasting, with the gaming industry to create a place with a unique ambiance that is not available elsewhere. “It is the only underground entertainment venue of its kind in San Diego County,” Bembenek said. CAVE’s lounge offers an imaginative menu of craft cocktails as well as the extensive wine list. Entertainment in the underground cave will feature popular jazz and R&B solo artists, duos and trios. The restaurant is a modern eatery offering Mediterranean cuisine with an Italian flair. It’s a great product for our existing customers and a lot of other customers who are more in the 55-to-65 age range, not into the 20s pool crowd scene.”ĬAVE, Pala Casino’s new underground wine venue.ĬAVE is composed of a 4,300 square-foot restaurant and lounge and a 2,400 square-foot underground wine cave. It has an extensive wine inventory and will offer guests access to over 480 domestic and imported wine labels. It’s something our competition doesn’t have, unique to the marketplace. This is something we started planning over a year ago. Music to the ears of Bill Bembenek, Pala Casino Spa and Resort CEO, who said, “We’re excited. “We’ve been hearing about thew CAVE for a while and it’s just phenomenal.” “It’s nice, nice, very nice,” said Angela Gegelys, who had trekked with hubby Ted from Menifee to the CAVE for its Friday, media opening. Serving mass quantities of gourmet dishes like escargot, octopus and duck, the 4,300-square-foot CAVE restaurant and lounge along with its 2,400-square-foot underground wine bar outdoor San Luis Rey outdoor patio restaurant and Starlight Theater entertainment venue hit the Pala scene running.

With all the public relations event hoopla and ambiance one might expect from one of the West’s signature resort and gambling venues, Pala Casino Spa & Resort did the CAVE right for almost four years. Tree people were part of the grand opening festivities.

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