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| - This is my favorite bar in Las Vegas! I was here on opening day, bought nearly all of their tiki mugs, bring out of town friends here (when we lived in LV), spent my 40th birthday here, and spent my last night of Las Vegas residency here. I LOVE FRANKIE'S. The fact that it is opened 24 hours a day is a major plus!
On First Friday, it's difficult to get in, but showing up early or really late on FF is always an option. I usually show up on a Sunday afternoon, because I am certain that Tanya will be behind the bar. Tanya makes the best mai tai on Earth. Having sampled mai tais in several countries, and falling head over heels with the original mai tai, Trader Vic's, I am no stranger to the varied (and horrible) concoctions some bars call a mai tai. Tanya's is only second to Trader Vic's.... but what makes her mai tais the BEST is that it is served up with Tanya's awesome personality. She always remembers us and never disappoints.
The only complaint I have ever had about this place is this one bartender (don't know her name, but I refer to her as attituding nerdy chubby white girl) had the nerve to cop a major attitude with me when she served up an undrinkable thing she tried to call a mai tai. Word to the wise: NEVER SHOULD THERE BE SIMPLE SYRUP IN ANY MAI TAI! It was like drinking a glass of sugar and when I returned it to the bar, she replied 'well, have you ever HAD our mai tais?'...... yes, witch, I have had more than a thousand of your mai tais!!!! That episode got me very very close to never showing up in that place again, but lucky for attituding nerdy chubby white girl, Tanya was on that night and gladly remade my mai tai.
Other than that, don't miss Frankie's. Visit. Have a seat. throw a 20 in the video poker, and have a good time.
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