I love downtown Las Vegas, and when i am not at the glitter gulch getting my $1 motorboats or shooting the craps at the plaza then i am lounging at Gold Diggers at the World Famous Golden Nuggett. Gold Diggers is like your local hometown pub with an awesome balcony view of Fremont coupled with a modern style bar with LCD flat screens. Best part is there is no cover!
I prefer the local scene a hell of a lot better than the touristy strip, theres nothing fun about traveling 4 hours from LA to party in vegas with a bunch of folks from LA and paying more money then you would have just staying in LA..... seriously haha.