Patties & Pints serves eight kinds of burgers - made from a custom, Brandt beef grind - nine varieties of deep-dish pizza, 16 beers on tap, 16 in bottles, 17 kinds of ice cream shakes, including seven boozy shakes. Its menu was created by Howard Silver, Valley View’s vice president of food and beverage and a former Culinary Institute of America-trained chef. A new grand entrance leads to the added gaming area - made airy by a high ceiling and natural light coming through a sleek, indoor water wall. It also boasts the county’s only casino infinity pool.Īmong the features of its new expansion and renovation are: Known almost as much for its endless Maine lobster buffet as gaming, Valley View has a boutique, 105-room, 100 percent non-smoking, 21-and-over hotel. Valley View, located in Valley Center, is in the core of the North County casino hotbed, with Harrah’s SoCal, Pala Casino Spa & Resort, Casino Pauma and Temecula’s Pechanga all nearby.