For cocktails, opt for Strawberry Fields or In the Nuclear Fashion, made from rye, amaro, ginger, and orange bitters.
The bar food is also great, and diners recommend the burgers. It’s not the most glitzy place, but guests come for the history and the old-school feel. During the nuclear bomb testing in the 1950s and early 1960s - the test site is only 65 miles from Vegas - patrons would go up to the bar’s roof to watch the mushroom clouds rise with special Atomic cocktails! The bar continued to be a popular watering hole in the latter half of the 20th century and has appeared in several movies, including The Hangover and The Gauntlet.ĭecors are pretty relaxed, with an old-style jukebox along with plenty of reasonably-priced drinks that start at $10. Atomic Liquors, on Fremont Street, prides itself on being Las Vegas’s oldest freestanding bar.
