Atomic Liquors Now Closed Now Opened

Joe and Stella Sobchik opened their Fremont Street bar some 50 years ago when the desert shook from atomic bomb detonations at the Nevada Test Site.

The bar at 971 E. Fremont Street, a couple of blocks east of the Blvd. Barbara Streisand shot pool there, the pools tables are still there, and it is rumored that everyone from Frank Sinatra to the Smothers Brothers stopped in for drinks over the years. You see it is far enough away from the Strip that even headliners could stop in a be a regular Joe, or Frank or Dean. Several movies, including some westerns and 1995’s “Casino,” used the bar as a backdrop. Atomic Liquors is one of the oldest continually open bars in Las Vegas still kept by the original owners, and hold liquor license Number 00001. Stella once told me that she used to sit facing the front door and watched the mushroom clouds rise in the distance, that view has since been blocked by buildings.

Stella Sobchick who ran the bar with her husband Joseph, passed away on Jan 15, 2011 at the age of 91. Joe passed away 3 months earlier also at 91 years. They had run the business for 55 years.

Update: Atomic Liquor is back in business.

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