One of Downtown's first day time places to hang out and around the corner from Vegas' new Godfather, Tony Hsieh's Ogden...this hip little coffee house drips with history. This building was once a JC Penny's, then a medical building. Painted concrete floors and old vinyls characterize this historic hipster hangout.
They offer an extensive lunch menu and the delicious garlic aroma made our mouths water during our downtown project tour. For a coffee house, they need to have real coffee machines as they look silly pumping coffee orders out of a large thermos. Expect an extra long wait for food orders. Even having what looks like a full staff, the pace is slow. We waited 45 minutes (after we were told it would be 15 minutes) for a tuna sandwich and baked mac & cheese that still came out cold in the middle. Food was ok, but definitely not worth the wait time. Parking downtown also not the easiest. Hopefully with the revitalization, there will be more competition nearby to make The Beat come up to par.