"4"^^ . "3"^^ . "2008-06-21T00:00:00"^^ . "3"^^ . . "6"^^ . . . "Located in the Most Tragic Strip Mall in America (tm), the Commercial Center, home to the \"best Thai food in North America\" (Gourmet Magazine's review of Lotus of Siam), numerous \"Asian\" (mostly Korean) grocery stores and restaurants, a couple of gay bars, two gay bathhouses, a straight bathhouse, and truly tragic fetish fashion stores, this is a hidden gem. Sadlands looks especially tragic on the outside and it doesn't disappoint on the inside. The place is a goldmine of taxidermy. Imagine any kind of animal and it is probably dead, stuffed, and mounted on its walls. There is pool, a jukebox, and a dancing area. The jukebox is mostly new country (I have to hunt and peck to find the old shit that I love). This is a friendly locals bar, country western theme, and a great place to hang. I never see hardly anyone else in here when I visit, but that doesn't seem to matter. It's a unique cultural space in its own right, and extends the Vegas theme of a modernist relation to \"nature\" (i.e. anthropomorphism). Bartenders are always cool (I think it's the owner) and patrons are friendly. Located on the side of the Commercial Center that houses the Green Door (aforementioned str8 bathhouse). I want to thank the Underground Guide to Las Vegas which tipped me off to Sadlands back in 2006 when I first visited L.V.\n\nNot to be confused with (and no relation to) the Sadlands in the Castro in SF.\n\nUpdate: a couple of years back I revisited this place with some friends and they had cleaned it up, removed all the taxidermy, put up a fresh coat of red paint and some black and white photos on the walls. in other words, no more charm."^^ .