Steve's Coney Island.

In Downtown Vegas on Fremont Street, walk to the Mermaid's Casino to the very back - it's a tiny "Grind Joint," a casino with only slot machines.

At Steve's Coney Island, you can get deep fried Twinkies and Oreos, among other things. It ain't classy, but its cheap.



They provided DF Twinkie's at a party in this photo. The presentation at the restaurant is more functional.

on Fremont Street walking experience.

Golden Palms.

The Golden Palms. $20 rooms. Diner. An every night until 4am, unironic wood panel lounge with kareoke.


One time we arrived and not 5 minutes later a fistfight broke out. One of those real fights, where there was this build-up, and dancing around and then some stumbling, awkward struggle, with others pulling them apart with no real damage but a strange feeling. The attacker left with a girl.

10 minutes after that, the attackee got up and sang. But first he emparted a sign of the times: "Don't ever ask another guy's girl what her MySpace name is."

footnote: Noooooooo! Golden Palms just closed, March 12, 2007. Goodbye old school. Hello lame condo.

It's... Fantastik

The Las Vegas Swap Meet.

Or at least: one of the indoor ones. Looks like it used to be a supermarket of food. Now its a supermarket of Wow.

Inside you can get food, like pickles.

You can get snakes. (This snake was for sale in a cage. Dog nowhere to be found.)

You can get incense burners. Special ones.

You can get personalized leather jackets. Still, this is a pretty fascinating choice, although one of my favorite movies of all time.

You can, of course, get toy weapons.

And cane swords. CANE swords.

For your party, get some balloons...

and roman busts. In fact, more than one kind.


And the institution: you can get deep-fried oreos. Check the kid's shirt.

Only 50 cents each.

And you can get your photo on a keychain, mug, button, or in a normal frame. We got ours on a banner and in a snowglobe.

1717 S Decatur Blvd

Corner of Decatur and Oakey
Las Vegas, NV 89102

(702) 877-0087

www.fantasticindoorswapmeet.com/