Quick Vegas bar question.
 

A couple of friends are going to be out in Vegas in a few weeks, and are looking for a couple cool bars to drink/hang out at while they're there.

They are NOT looking for 'clubs', so to speak. Just cool, chill bars that serve beer and appetizers, have bar games, sports on several TVs, blah blah blah.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Everybody loves Carnival Court. Everybody. It's not a sports bar, by any stretch. But it's got a live music stage, bartenders with flair, food, it's outdoors, and people just rave about how wonderful it is.

Personally I think if you just want to sit around and chill and drink beer, the keno lounge at Fitzgeralds is great. They still have the booths and you can get 6 folks around the table and get plenty of beverages for the cost of a toke. It's isolated, and quiet. But no sports on TV that I recall, unless you consider a Keno board "sports".

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Everybody loves Carnival Court. Everybody. It's not a sports bar, by any stretch. But it's got a live music stage, bartenders with flair, food, it's outdoors, and people just rave about how wonderful it is.

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I hate that place, so not "everybody". I'd choose a chill locals lounge with sports on TV anyday over carnival court.

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Carnival being the operative word.

Tourist trap being the truth.

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At NYNY, its called FINE NINE IRISHMAN or NINE FINE IRISHMAN...but its got a great beer selection and live music.

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I'm assuming you are looking for something on the strip.

Try the brew pub at the Monte Carlo (they no longer brew but they still call it a brew pub).

Downtown consider the 777 Brew Pub at Main Street Station.

You might also try Tobey Keith's at Harrahs, or Maragartiville at Flamingo, Kahunaville atTI. The bar by the Sportsbook at Paris apparently serves food, so you could try that.

Just about every casino has small bar/lounges but most don't serve food. so depending on how important that is to you it narrows your choices.

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If you have a car, I liked the Crown and Anchor.

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Go to the bar by the Exxon on S. Flamingo....get your car washed while you enjoy good food/cheap drinks/friendly staff. Then travel further South to Lee's Discount Liquors to finish the job.

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The bar next to the sports book at the Wynn overlooks the sports book almost like a balcony, so you can see their screens. A number of other sports books, like Bally's, have a similar setup.

Won't see many chicks in them though.

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Downtown consider the 777 Brew Pub at Main Street Station.


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Not a bad place when I tried it out two years back. Not really a "cool" place, but decent food and beer, where you could kind of just chill with your friends.

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Downtown consider the 777 Brew Pub at Main Street Station.


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Not a bad place when I tried it out two years back. Not really a "cool" place, but decent food and beer, where you could kind of just chill with your friends.

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For "cool" go across the street to the new hip lounge "Downtown" on Las Vegas Blvd.

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Everybody loves Carnival Court. Everybody. It's not a sports bar, by any stretch. But it's got a live music stage, bartenders with flair, food, it's outdoors, and people just rave about how wonderful it is.

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I hate that place, so not "everybody". I'd choose a chill locals lounge with sports on TV anyday over carnival court.

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It's actually Carnaval Court- don't ask me why. And I hate that place too. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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We liked the Monte Carlo Brew pub, not too crowded and decent beers.

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Blondie's at Planet Hollywood in the shop area is a blast and good snack foods.
Madalay Bay has a few very good lounges.
Napoleons in Paris is very nice a little upscale.
Ice House down by Freemont

This would be much easier if we knew what part of town you are staying in.

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The Cigar Bar at the 4 queens is a place I like to get some drinks.

I really like their All Nighter

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Monte Carlo brewpub. Are they still serving bottles in the poker room? I loved to go donk it up and drink lots of microbrews in that room..also the single blind made the 2/4 game kind of ridiculous to drink at

I always like just hitting a sports book when I'm drinking with the fellas. Might as well get comped while watching games

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The ESPN ZONE in the New York New York is a great place to watch games and have drinks. They even have a sportsbook right outside the place, so you can place some wagers without having to go so far.

Tommy

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The ESPN ZONE in the New York New York is a great place to watch games and have drinks. They even have a sportsbook right outside the place, so you can place some wagers without having to go so far.

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After spending a long hot day walking up and down the strip shopping the wife and I had to kill 3 hours before we were to leave for the airport. We stumbled into this bar and ended up in the recliner seats in the front- it was heaven. Nice AC after walking in the sun, cold beer, and 6 TV's in front of you and you could control which TV got its sound piped thru the chair's speaker. It had a nice food tray and cup holder too.