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Casino Royale3411 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-737-3500, CasinoRoyaleHotel.comSERVING SINCE: 1992WHERE YOURE DRINKING: Center Strip, baby! Squeezed in between the Ve-netian and Harrahs, the diminutive Casino Royale continues to thrive, thanks to some crafty marketing hooks that include the only craps table in Vegas dealing 100-times odds and a 25 percent daily rebate on slot losses. Tourists mix with informed locals at the long bar next to the table-games pit.WHAT YOURE DRINKING: Only the best drinking deal on the Strip (and maybe in all of Vegas). That would be the ice-cold Michelob bottles, which Casino Royale deals 24/7 for only a buck. Heineken is $2.50, and a teeny Coors Light draft is 75 cents.TRIVIA ROUND: Want to wash down those beers with an authentic White

Castle slider (or six)? This is the only bar west of the Mississippi where you can. Anthony Curtis

Dispensary Lounge2451 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-458-6343SERVING SINCE: 1976WHERE YOURE DRINKING: In a Quen-tin Tarantino movie. Seriously: The Dispensary is Las Vegas best-preserved fern bar, with its clunky dining-nook furnishings, fake fow-ers, wood-paneled walls and softly churning water wheel. Occasionally 70s and 80s hits food the room to complete the illusion. Its some kind of wonderful.WHAT YOURE DRINKING: Keep it un-sophisticated. This isnt a mixology bar or a place with a huge wine cellar; just order a gin and tonic, like your old man had to drink to get through the malaise of the Jimmy Carter years. And dont be cute and ask for a weed menu. Were not quite there. Yet.TRIVIA ROUND: The Dispensary fea-

tures live jazz on Fridays and Satur-days, curated by UNLV bandleader Uli Geissendoerfer. The band sets up right next to that water wheel. Geoff Carter

Huntridge Tavern1116 E. Charleston Blvd., 702-384-7377SERVING SINCE: 1962WHERE YOURE DRINKING: This bar adjacent to a drugstore sits at the out-skirts of Downtown, the Arts District and the Huntridge neighborhoods, thus drawing the fringe dwellers of all three. The red-vinyl booths, ve-neer fnishes and vintage beer signs feel like a mellow, old-school dive, but bands, DJs and theme parties oc-casionally goose the atmosphere.WHAT YOURE DRINKING: Whatever you like. The price of a domestic beer on the Strip will buy the fnest of top-shelf liquors at the HT. If you owe your friends a round (or two), this is the place to pay your debt.TRIVIA ROUND: Noted chef and cur-mudgeon Anthony Bourdain visited the Huntridge for a 2014 episode of his show, Parts Unknown. By all reports, he ft right in. Lissa Townsend Rodgers

Mountain Springs Saloon3325 Hwy. 160, Mountain Springs, 702-875-4266SERVING SINCE: 1957WHERE YOURE DRINKING: If the bras and dollar bills hanging over the bar didnt tip you off, the Mountain Springs Saloon is a popular spot for the motorcycle crew to take a break from the road to enjoy live music, tasty barbecue and, of course, a re-freshing beverage. The bar is low-ceil-inged and sprawling, with pool tables and a small stage, but theres plenty of outdoor space for shuffeboard, horseshoes or just hanging out.WHAT YOURE DRINKING: Not only is the air a bit cooler up here, but the beer seems colder, too. Order that Man-hattan once youre back in the big city.TRIVIA ROUND: The last Saturday of the month is pig roast day! LTR

Pioneer Saloon310 Spring St., Goodsprings, 702-874-9362, PioneerSaloon.infoSERVING SINCE: 1913WHERE YOURE DRINKING: Picture a true frontier saloonthe ornate wooden bar, the wall-mounted animal heads, the timeworn wood-slat foor, even the bullet holes in the wallsand take nothing away. The Pioneer is the real deal, right on the deserts door-step in Goodsprings near Jean.WHAT YOURE DRINKING: Beer is a good choice; whiskey another. Both are cheap and appropriate to the sur-roundings, and both pair well with the burgers from the bars kitchen. Just dont overdo it or fail to designate a driver: Good luck getting a cab out here.TRIVIA ROUND: Clark Gable spent three miserable days at the Pioneer in January 1942, drinking, chain-smok-ing and waiting for news of his wife Carole Lombard, who perished when her plane crashed into Mount Potosi. Some say that Lombards spirit still haunts the premises, endlessly trying to comfort him. GC

Stage Door Casino4000 Audrie St., 702-733-0124SERVING SINCE: 1976WHERE YOURE DRINKING: The Stage Door has been holding down its corner of the Strip since before The Crom-wellhell, since before the Barbary Coast. For almost four decades, theyve been pouring beers and shots for a crowd thats more velvet painting than velvet rope. Sure, the place is small and smoky, and the soundtrack is sports on TV competing with classic-rock radio (the glassed-in booth here is for cashing paychecks, not a DJ). But isnt that kinda comforting in this bottle-service-and-Versace neighborhood?WHAT YOURE DRINKING: $1 for a beer, $2 for a shot and $3 for a hot dog and a beer. Thats something both Team-sters and tourists can appreciate.TRIVIA ROUND: Bring cash. The Stage Door doesnt want your stinkin plastic. LTR 23

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Welcome back to the great Vegas Seven Bar Hall of Fame debate, an annual tradition that pretty much unfolds thusly: Our committee of dedicated drinkers gathers at a local watering hole the frst round of cocktails arrive the list begins to take shape (we love this, hate that) the second round of cocktails arrive opinions begin to dif-fer, voices get louder the third round of cocktails arrive spirited discussions begin to devolve into contentious arguments the frst round of shots arrive Yes, if theres one thing weve learned in four years of having this

semiliterate, borderline-unconscious bar brawl, its that any discussion of the best bars in Las Vegas will produce opinions as varied as Bloody Mary recipes and as strong as Bacardi 151. And its clearly not just us. Just look at a few of the 20 bars our readers have voted into immortality and infamy: an Irish pub, a top-foor club, two sophisticated steakhouses, two down-and-dirty dive bars, a lounge in an upscale Strip hotel and a circular bar in a laid-back off-Strip hotel.Now, its time to add fve new members to these celebrated ranks.

Once again, youll be helping us choose from a list of nominees that was determinedafter much blood, sweat and beers; see aboveby Vegas Sevens expert panel of social drunks. As usual, all 31 nominees had to meet the following criteria:1) Each bar must be at least 5 years old (opened in 2010 or earlier). After

all, its easy to arrive with a big bang, but maintaining a loyal clientele and solid reputationwhatever that reputation might beover a num-ber of years is the stuff of which Hall of Fame careers are made.2) Each bar must offer something unique in its atmosphere, quality and/

or service. It must have characterthat nearly indescribable something that distinguishes it from the dozens of other watering holes in our city.Now we invite you to read on, then visit VegasSeven.com/BarHall2015

and vote daily for your favorite nominee in each of fve categories: clas-sic, neighborhood, restaurant, cocktail/mixology and sports. After the voting closes at midnight July 9, our panel of boozehounds will recon-vene and determine the Hall of Fame Class of 2015, which well unveil in our July 16 issue. At that point well all raise a glass (or two) to the victorsand begin drinking our way toward next years list.

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This is one of those spots where celebs escape and local power takes center stage, negotiating over drinks at the classically styled dark wood bar (sur-rounded, of course, by primates).WHAT YOURE DRINKING: Glusmans extensive cellar fows into a list that includes 31 wines and bubbles by the glass ($12-$25), plus nine pages of bot-tles (from a $35 La Marca to a $6,800Rothschild). Otherwise, its likely a gin martini, olives, up. Whether youre wooing a date or a business deal, you come to Pieros to unleash the power of the wallet.TRIVIA ROUND: According to Glusman, Martin Scorsese paid a $30,000 daily location fee to Pieros for flming parts of his Vegas opus, Casino. JPR

SinatraIn Encore, 702-770-7000, WynnLasVegas.comSERVING SINCE: 2008WHERE YOURE DRINKING: Sophisti-cated isnt usually how you describe a celebrity-themed restaurant these days, but Sinatra keeps it Chairman-classy. Both the dining room and bar are airy, elegant spaces with garden views, adorned with touches of or-ange and a few tasteful portraits of the man himself. Frank, Dean and sometimes Peggy or Billie croon in the background.WHAT YOURE DRINKING: Frank took his cocktails seriously, and so does Sina-tra. The gorgeous, mirrored bar is abundantly stocked and adroitly de-

ployed: Try a Sinatra Smash or Flame of Love. Or just ask for two fngers of Jack on the rocks, like Ol Blue Eyes routinely did.TRIVIA ROUND: That Grammy you see? Its for Strangers in the Night. That Emmy? Its for Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. And the Oscar? From Here to Eternity, baby! LTR

Top of Binions Steakhouse128 Fremont St, 702-382-1600, TopOfBin-ionsSteakhouse.comSERVING SINCE: 1988WHERE YOURE DRINKING: Off the beaten path yet in the middle of it all, the Top of Binions Steakhouse features an impressive view, from the so-close-you-could-almost-touch-it Plaza to the

farthest reaches of Red Rock. The 24th-foor space has remained virtually unchanged for decades and is a classic example of wood-paneled, velvet-wallpapered, old-school Vegas. Enjoy the unironic retro atmosphere before the freaking hipsters fnally discover it.WHAT YOURE DRINKING: Youre in a classic steakhouse overlooking the lights of Las Vegas. Translation: This is not Miller time. Have a proper cocktail, you cretin; ask the bar-tender to shake you up a Manhattan, martini or Old-Fashioned.TRIVIA ROUND: Top of Binions was once the Mint Casinos Sky Room, until Binions bought the casino and folded it into the Horseshoe. We still weep for the loss of that gloriously Googie Mint sign. LTR 27

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IM NOT REALLY A DESSERT GUYexcept, I kind of am. You see, for me dessert is a meal in and of itself, not an afterthought tacked on to the end of a dinner. So Im particularly fond of desserts that pattern themselves after savory dishes. And Las Vegas has plenty of good ones to offer. If you think like I do, here are a few ways to substitute sweets for sustenance.

FLATBREADS

Michael and Jenna Morton take their fat-breads seriously at both La Cave Food & Wine Hideaway (in Wynn, 702-770-7375) and Crush (in MGM Grand, 702-891-3222). And their perfect crusts also serve as bases for two amazing des-serts. Crushs Sweet Elvis ($12) features peanut butter, Nutella and banana slices, with a smat-tering of salty bacon bits to cut through the sugar. The Smores Flatbread ($12) at La Cave is pure sweetness, thanks to hearty doses of milk chocolate, white chocolate, toasted marshmal-lows and graham cracker crumbs. For a bit of contrast, I recommend pairing the latter with a selection from the cheese menu. Truffe Tremor is my favorite.

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I came across two astounding sweet spins on the classic sandwich at Hubert Kellers Burger Bar. The Cream Cheese Cake Burger ($6.50) is a scrumptious pastry made with cheese cake and caramelized pineapple layered inside a split Krispy Kreme glazed donut. But its not nearly as visually appealing as the Nutella Mousse Burger ($6.50), for which pas-sion fruit gele replicates cheese, slices of fresh kiwi stand in for pickles and strawberries take the place of tomatoes atop the nutty chocolate patty. In the Shoppes at Mandalay Place, 702-632-9364, Burger-Bar.com.

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IT SOUNDS CLUELESS AND BLINKERED TO compare the vibrant new comedy Dope, set in multicultural Inglewood southwest of L.A., to the extremely white 1983 flm Risky Business.But wait. The flmmaker, writer-

director Rick Famuyiwa, is the frst to refer to his movie as Risky Business for the social-media generation. Pro-ducer Mimi Valdes, also quoted in the production notes, adds that its focus is black nerds in the hood. Why hasnt anyone shown that part of the culture before? Heres an opportunity to show a black kid who is super smart, trying to get into Harvard, acing his SATs, lik-ing tech stuff and hip-hop music and rock bands and grunge. Weve never seen that character in the movies. Maybe so. Were certainly not likely to hear a better movie soundtrack in 2015.Famuyiwa has been around a while

and his best work, such as the screen-play for the Don Cheadle vehicle Talk to Me, indicates a voice deserving of wider recognition. A hit at both Sun-dance and Cannes flm festivals earlier

this year, Dope borrows from all over, guided by its protagonists obsession with 90s music and fashion.Malcolm, played by tall, serene

Shameik Moore, is a graduating high school senior who lives with his bus driver mother (Kimberly Elise). His father, Nigerian-born, came in and out of their lives quickly, and Malcolms only meaningful memento of the man is a copy of his favorite movie: Superfy, the one about the drug-dealing antihero.This is no casual detail, for the

events of Dope send Malcolm and his best friends into a criminal and lucrative orbit not unlike the milieu of Superfy. At a nightclub birthday party thrown by drug dealer Dom (A$AP Rocky), guns are pulled and bodies fall and Doms stash of Molly gets stashed in Malcolms backpack.

Malcolm realizes this when the drug-sniffng security dogs at his school start growling. From there Dope becomes a survival comedy, with Malcolm on the run, though theres a little romance between Malcolm and Doms sometime squeeze (Zoe Kravitz, a strong screen presence).Our heros best friends are superbly

cast. Diggy, out of the closet and ready for anything, is played by Kiersey Clemons. The one they call Jib is handled by Tony Revolori, a long way from his turn as Zero, the bellboy, in The Grand Budapest Hotel. Not every-thing works in Dope. Famuyiwa strains to make the scenes dependent on our understanding of a Bitcoin scam inter-esting. The scenes featuring the silky, Harvard-educated drug lord Jacoby are muddied by the monotonous, whispering Roger Guenveur Smith.

Small matters. The flm moves feetly and the technique, full of split-screen images and unpredictable fashbacks, pulses with life. The bright, hot cin-ematography, consistently expressive, is by Rachel Morrison. Music superstar Pharrell Williams executive-produced; Forest Whitaker narrates and also pro-duced. The tone of Dope is very inter-estingfunny, but rarely stupid-funny. The flm does not wear its serious observations, about aspirations and realities and hypocrisies of all kinds (not just racial), in a heavy fashion. Life in The Bottoms, the neighborhood from which Malcolm wants out, may be dangerous but Famuyiwa presents it as part cautionary tale, part merry, cynical capitalist fable with a good-natured survivor at the center.

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Spy (R) Melissa McCarthy plays Susan Cooper, a

behind-the-scenes CIA analyst who works

as the remotely connected intel expert for

superspy Bradley Fine (Jude Law). When

Fine runs afoul of Bulgarian arms dealers

and disappears, presumed dead, Cooper

gets her chance to enter the field. Where

Spy goes from there is predictable in many

ways but fresh in a few others. Paul Feig

the director is required by Paul Feig the

screenwriter to chase after a wearying

amount of plot, sometimes entertainingly,

sometimes less so.

Insidious: Chapter 3 (PG-13) Going back in time before the haunting of the

Lambert family that made up the first two of-

ferings of the series, this is the story of how

psychic Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) was able to

face her own demons to be able to help oth-

ers. Quinn Brenner (Stefanie Scott) is a teen

dealing with a lot of pain and sorrow after

the death of her mother. An attempt to speak

through the shroud of death turns into an in-

vitation for a demon to haunt the young girl.

Its a fun and chilling creep show that is more

concerned with scares than being gross.

Jurrasic World (PG-13) Business at the retooled dinosaur theme

park off the coast of Costa Rica has hit a

plateau. Scientists led by B.D. Wong have

responded to requests for a new star at-

traction. Behold the genetically engineered

hybrid Indominus rex. Chris Pratt is the

hunky raptor trainer. Bryce Dallas Howard

is the uptight operations manager. Vincent

DOnofrio is the InGen security honcho,

out to weaponize the parks dinosaurs for

military purposes. I wasnt expecting the

world, but I wouldnt have minded sharper

jokes and grander action scenes.

Inside Out (PG) A move to San Francisco shakes up Riley

(voiced by Kaitlyn Dias). Her emotions

scramble to work out an equilibrium. In ad-

dition to ringleader Joy (Amy Poehler) and

her flip side, Sadness (Phyllis Smith), theres

Anger (Lewis Black); Disgust (Mindy Kaling)

and Fear (Bill Hader). Joy and Sadness are

plunked down into uncharted territory near

Rileys long-term memory storage. They

must find their way back to the control

center, amid an array of animation styles and

dimensions, and assist Riley in her darkest

moments as she settles into her new life.

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Shameik Moore (right) plays a good kid caught in

bad circumstances.

Ill See You in My Dreams (PG-13) Blythe Danner plays Carol, a retired and

widowed schoolteacher who lives in L.A. Her

pals, portrayed by June Squibb, Rhea Perl-

man and Mary Kay Place, urge her to get back

in the game. Right on cue, the game begins

when a sly, cigar-chomping fellow (played by

Sam Elliott) asks her out. This is one of those

scripts that might have been more interesting

a couple of drafts ago, before the detours

were closed. Yet, when Danners Carol

shares scenes with Elliotts calmly deter-

mined suitor, theres considerable charm.

Tomorrowland (PG) Built for Disneyland in 1955, Tomorrowland

was a gleaming vision of a future. And,

whatever its faults, the new Brad Bird movie

Tomorrowland is never less than on-mes-

sage, a buoyant old-school, Disney-certified

imagineering of hopefulness. George Cloo-

ney is gruff and grizzle, predictably warming

up to a young dreamer (Britt Robertson) of

cheer and vision. Yetaside from the films

goofy last moments, a hilariously odd mis-

step that appears to rework Its a Small World

as a doomsday culttheres nothing cheap

or particularly ironic about Tomorrowland.

Poltergeist (PG-13) Director Gil Kenan has made efforts to con-

temporize the storys framework. Paterfa-

milias Eric (Sam Rockwell) has been laid off

from his job; his wife (Rosemarie DeWitt) is

an unsuccessful writer. Faced with financial

pressures, the two have moved their three

children to the suburbs. Cherubic 6-year-old

Madison (Kennedi Clements), magnetically

drawn to a malfunctioning TV set, is quickly

abducted by the houses malevolent spirits.

Less an escalating thriller than a guided tour

through a county fair-style haunted house,

Poltergeist offers some quality jump scares.

San Andreas (PG-13) Dwayne Johnson plays Ray, the L.A. Fire

Department rescue honcho whos on the

phone up in his helicopter, talking to his ex,

Emma (Carla Gugino), when one of a series

of Big Ones unleashes its digital fury. The

film concerns Ray and Emmas attempts

to rescue daughter Blake (Alexandra

Daddario). Blakes in soon-to-be-leveled

San Francisco with her mothers snivel-

ing boyfriend (Ioan Gruffudd). San Andreas

imagines the insanely destructive possibili-

ties inherent in a 9.6 quake, plus the inevi-

table tsunami. The effects are quite good.

Entourage (R) Fans of the HBO series (2004-2011) will

find the film passable. It picks up where the

show left off. Movie star Vince Chase (Adri-

an Grenier) and his crew from Queens are

eager for more of what Hollywood success

has in store. Entourage brings Vince into the

auteurist big leagues. Jeremy Pivens su-

peragent Ari Gold is elevated to studio head

and wants Vince to star in a contemporary

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What does BarMagic of Las Vegas do?

BarMagic is a full-service beverage consult-ing agency that specializes in the design-build process, but we do everything. People think that Im a mixologist who does cocktail menus and bartender drinks; that is 1/60th of what we do, the easiest and the smallest part of what we do. The reason Ive been hired by Starbucks is because nobody does what we do: proforma analysis, union reclassifcations, investor-level analysis for entire hotel properties, video/TV

styling for liquor companies, interior design, operational design, engine design for bars, and CAD [computer-aided design] equipment schematicsI mean, pretty extensive.

In February, you launched the Tobin Ellis Cocktail

Station by Perlick, a bartender-designed bar that

improves service, speed and efficiency, but I

understand you had a very different name in mind.

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tum leap in bar-equipment design, so it seemed like a pretty appropriate name. Something memorable, simple, but [Perlick] decided it was going to be my name.

Sounds like a sleek automobile.

Sure, its designed to improve effciencies in bartender comfort and ergonomics. We basically tried to fgure out how to get bartenders the tricked-out cockpit theyve always dreamt about, and that included things like equip-ment thats closer to the bar counterso theyre working closer to where theyre mak-ing drinks and interacting with guestsseparated health-code-compliant sec-tions for various ice pro-grams; insulated, refriger-ated juice caddies; curved speedwells that ft any size bottle all the way up to Grand Marnier and Patrn.I tried to design a zero-

step station, and thats not been done before to my knowledge without custom fabrication. Thirty-six liters are within a zero-step radi-us, meaning you dont have to move your feet to make a vast majority of drinks on a given shift; you can stand in one spotand thats really the one thing that I believe bartenders will get right away. Every step you take is a wasted step. Walking doesnt help produce drinks.

Where would you guess the

first bar is going in?

Its either going to be a hotel in Central America or there is a bar in Colorado that we tried to do a rush order for. Its being produced right now. And we know that there are already a couple of orders in for Las Vegas bars.

Couldnt help but notice you

mentioned Starbucks earlier.

What are you working on right

now with them, and how did

you get the gig?

Ive been brought into the Global Innovations team. They were searching for someone in the bever-age world who had a lot of design-build experience and who had a reputation for innovation and creativ-ity, but who also has solid, proven, practical, opera-tional experience in casual dining chains, fve-diamond hotels and high-volume night clubs, right down to geeky cocktail bars. I went in for a one-day innovation session

with about 15 people and at the end of the day, one of the directors pulled me aside and said, Youre the clear rock star in the group. What are you doing tomorrow? And I was like, Whatever you want me to, and thats it, now Im up in Seattle two days every week.

You co-founded the Flair

Bartenders Association in 1997.

Are the worlds of flair and

mixology mutually exclusive?

They are inherently inclu-sive and codependent. I dont know how you could possibly stand behind a bar and exclude one or the other, because a bartender is both a chef and an enter-tainer and if youre not pas-sionate about your work you have a hole in your game. If youre fully passionate about your work then you should be passionate about your tools, technique, ingredients, knowledge and your cocktails.You should also be pas-

sionate about your ability to create guest rapport, inter-action and to basically DJ a room. If you dont know how to change the entire mood of a room when youre be-hind a bar, Id wonder what kind of bartender you are, because bartending is about people not about drinks. The drinks should come second; the drinks should be automatic. I tell bartend-ers all the time: You need to learn the drinks, so you can forget them.

When you come home to Vegas

to roost, for which bars do you

make a beeline?

Youll see me at 365 Tokyo for a daiquiri. Ill be at Herbs & Rye for a pisco sour. And Velveteen Rabbit for what-evers on their menu. And dont be surprised to fnd me somewhere in Bellagio or Wynn just rolling around having a Negroni.

In addition to cocktails and cats,

you have a love for all things

Star Wars and an obsession

with Chick-Fil-A. What will be

your first order when it comes

to the Valley?

Same as it always is: spicy chicken sandwich, pickles, done. No fries, no drinkjust give me my chicken.

What trends are here to

stay, and what does Ellis

hope will become the next It

thing in beverage? Find out at

VegasSeven.com/TobinEllis.

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