OLD Vegas Trip- Suggestions ?

[SparkleSparkle]

Hi all! We are taking a vegas trip for my birthday but this time we are doing OLD Vegas! i.e. Rat Pack, Martini kind of stuff. Any suggestions for unusual stuff to do or suggestions for cheap but delicious food. We really wanted to do something different than strollin the strip.
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[SparkleSparkle]

*just bumpin*
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[thixle]

If you walk down Freemont Street (the old strip) away from all the lights (heh, it dead ends one way- go the other way)-- you will find:
*the swankiest stripper store ever- complete with Rat Pack style clothing and flapper garb
*an awesome and cheap blues bar (it's 2 blocks from the 7-11, still on Freemont)

I wish I knew the names, but I was a few Jack&Cokes to the wind!
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[madgeylou]

liberace museum! i'm always pimping it because it's so awesome -- full of all his crazy costumes, cars, pianos, and a bunch of old women who still don't believe he was gay. that man sure was somethin!

[TiffanyTJB]

Binions is downtown and their food isn't bad at all.

The Stardust has been gone since like November, but as long as you hang out downtown you should be fine.

"She went looking for her grandparents' Las Vegas, but in a city that constantly reinvents itself she was taking a gamble." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/13/AR2005091301540.html

"Deal Us In: Now here's a Vegas game of chance: One town, two days, four different personalities. Could they all find fun in Sin City?" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/13/LI2005041301539.html

FWIW from 2002 "No Dice: 7 Options for Non-Gamblers in Vegas"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2002/10/13/AR2005041500962.html


eta If you rent a car you can go to both the Hoover Dam and Red Rock in one day. The Hoover Dam is BIG and in Red Rock, you cannot take a bad picture.
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[Scooter]

Yep Freemont.

If you are on the Strip go to Bills Saloon.

Also if you wnat to check out local punk garage bands I highly recommend the Double Down Saloon!! It's an awesome dive and never a cover!
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[ruggedchick]

Fremont for sure....but if you're on the Strip I would recommend Barbary Coast (is it still there? I heard it was shutting down) and the steakhouse that is in there.
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[Scooter]

tigrrrl, you are absolutely correct.
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[SparkleSparkle]

You guys are perfect! Mucho Thanks! I think an awesome time will be had by all. *) Great Suggestions!
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