Golden Gate Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada

The Golden Gate opened in 1906 as the Hotel Nevada. In 1907 it was assigned Las Vegas’ first telephone with the number 1.  Located a one Fremont street in downtown Las Vegas Nevada. It is the smallest hotel, 106 rooms, on the Fremont Experience. The Golden Gate was the first to serve a fifty cent shrimp cocktail in 1959. It continues the tradition today. There is the “Original Shrimp Cocktail” $1.99 and the ”Big” Shrimp Cocktail, made like the original, but using larger-sized shrimp, $3.99. A bargain at either price.

Update 6/25/2017: After Dupar’s closed, no more shrimp cocktails.

Souvenir Mart on the South End of Las Vegas Blvd. (the Strip)

This sign was found in the parking lot next to a liquor store on the south end of Las Vegas Blvd. on the Las Vegas Strip.