SELF-GUIDED TOUR
2015 SELF-GUIDED TOUR
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HOURS: Open 24 hours 1 GOLD SPIKE 217 N LAS VEGAS BLVD GOLDSPIKE.COM
A former hotel-casino, Gold Spike is now a 24/7 hangout hot spot. During the day, expect to see people co-working in The Living Room using our free WiFi. When the sun goes down, the fun gets started. In The Backyard, play oversized games like cornhole, Jenga, beer pong, or a good old fashioned game of Four Square. Adjacent to the property is Oasis, a newly remodeled boutique hotel. Rooms can be booked at oasisatgoldspike.com.
DON’T MISS: • Live Music on Thursday, Friday & Saturday • Cornhole (come on, play a game!) • Carnival Bar
HOURS: Open 9am-7pm 2 INSPIRE Bar is open until 2am 107 S LAS VEGAS BLVD FRGLV.COM
Located at one of the most famous intersections in the world, Inspire is the event center/bar complex/corner newsstand/café that downtown Las Vegas–and the world– has been waiting for. Designed for locals and tourists alike, there’s truly something for everyone at Inspire–from nearly 200 hometown papers and international magazines to Italian-style coffee, Vegas-style entertainment, and stellar views of downtown’s bustling Fremont East Entertainment District.
DON’T MISS: • The News Café’s International Selection of Publications • Grab a Cocktail at Wayfarer Bar or on The Roof SELF-GUIDED TOUR
HOURS: Hours of each business vary 3 JOHN E CARSON 124 S 6TH ST
A mixed-use building featuring retail and office space along with food & beverage outlets. The building is home to Grassroots Juice Bar, O Face Doughnuts, Kerry Simon’s Carson Kitchen, Bikram Yoga, Bocho—a sushi restaurant and karaoke bar—and Black Spade tattoo shop.
DON’T MISS: • The Courtyard • Savory Doughnuts at O Face Doughnuts • Ginger in the Grass at GrassRoots
HOURS: Mon-Thu & Sun: 7am-10pm 4 THE MARKET Fri & Sat: 7am-12am 611 FREMONT ST THEMARKETDTLV.COM
The Market is an urban grocer featuring conventional, organic, and natural goods, combined with a chef-driven celebration of food and drink. The Market provide one-stop shopping for Vegas locals, Downtowners, and visitors, featuring groceries, prepared foods, baked goods, produce, Stumptown Coffee, beer, wine, and kickass sandwiches.
DON’T MISS: • The Sunrise Sandwich • Mural (created by Brazilian street artists Bicecleta Sem Freio for Life is Beautiful Festival)
HOURS: Opens at 11am Mon-Sat 5 DOWNTOWN CONTAINER PARK Opens at 12pm on Sunday 707 FREMONT ST DOWNTOWNCONTAINERPARK.COM
Envisioned as a small business incubator, Downtown Container Park is home to 39 owner-operator businesses including bars, restaurants, art galleries, and a wide variety of retail shops. The businesses are housed in 43 repurposed shipping containers and 41 locally manufactured structures called Xtreme Cubes. The Park is also home to daily live entertainment and a killer kids’ play area including a Treehouse and a Slidetainer with three slides—the highest is 33 feet tall and 55 feet long. And a Praying Mantis that shoots flames from its antennae nightly. Really.
DON’T MISS: • Volunteer Drum Circle Daily at Dusk • The Praying Mantis • Slidetainer (adults are encouraged to try the slides as well!) SELF-GUIDED TOUR
HOURS: Mon-Fri: 8am-3pm 6 EAT. Sat & Sun: 8am-2pm 707 CARSON AVENUE EATDTLV.COM
Chef Natalie had worked in kitchens in some of the biggest hotels in Las Vegas, and was ready to pack it in and leave town for good. She was introduced to DTP and became our first small business investment. Eat opened in September of 2012 and Chef Natalie paid off the investment within just 15 months. Eat is a breakfast and lunch joint only, so get there early to get your grub on.
DON’T MISS: • The DWBTLA • Chef Natalie Herself (she’s often on the bench out front—ask her to tell you her story)
HOURS: Open 7am-6pm 7 THE HYDRANT CLUB Closed on Sundays 820 FREMONT STREET HYDRANTCLUB.COM
A social spot for urban canines and their people, The Hydrant Club unleashes a new experience for urban dog living. It’s a membership-access facility that revolves around dogs and their owners. Equal parts off-leash play space, structured exercise environment, daycare, training, and boarding, Hydrant Club takes a fresh approach to the idea of traditional dog parks or dog facilities by emphasizing the importance of being directly engaged with your dog.
DON’T MISS: • The World’s Largest Functioning Fire Hydrant (go on, pull the lever)
HOURS: Mon-Sat: 10am–8pm 8 THE WRITER’S BLOCK Sun: 11am–6pm 1020 FREMONT ST THEWRITERSBLOCK.ORG
The Writer’s Block is a bookseller, book manufacturer, literary treasury, writers’ workshop, and artificial bird sanctuary. Its Book Shop is Vegas’s exclusive retailer of new fiction and nonfiction books, writing and print supplies, games and Venus flytraps. Codex, a studio space located behind the store, is dedicated to education, production and publishing—and is where The Writer’s Block offers free classes to Las Vegas students in creative writing and bookmaking.
DON’T MISS: • The Baron, The Writer’s Block’s resident rabbit • Linguistica, a pictorial history of language, literature and publishing • The bookmaking station, including an authentic letterpress from 1890 SELF-GUIDED TOUR
HOURS: Sun-Thu: 5pm-12am 9 THE BUNKHOUSE Fri & Sat: 5pm-2am 124 S. 11TH STREET BUNKHOUSEDOWNTOWN.COM
The Bunkhouse Saloon is a live music venue, bar, and restaurant. Established in 1953, The Bunkhouse Saloon has earned a reputation as one of Vegas’ best places to see both established and emerging bands. With a menu featuring bar food taken to a whole new level—sloppy joes, grits and gravy, and a killer ice cream sandwich, along with throwback beers on tap and in cans. The backyard is a great place to hang out, drink a beer, grab a bite to eat, and listen to music.
DON’T MISS: • BBQ Broccoli (sounds weird, tastes amazing) • Grits and Gravy • The Listening Tree
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WORK IN PROGRESS STITCH FACTORY WORKINPROGRESS.LV STITCHFACTORY.COM
WIP offers cool, functional and professional workspaces, Stitch Factory is a fashion incubator, co-working studio and multiple membership types with a large range of amenities, creative community established to support emerging fashion connection to a vibrant and supportive community, and designers. access to a broad range of learning opportunities to accelerate business growth and professional development.
9TH BRIDGE SCHOOL TURNTABLE HEALTH 9THBRIDGESCHOOL.COM TURNTABLEHEALTH.COM
A private school located in the heart of Downtown Las Vegas A membership-based primary care and wellness ecosystem with the mission to transform education by redefining the focused on everything that keeps you healthy. experience of school.
ZAPPOS TOURS.ZAPPOS.COM
Zappos is an online shoe and clothing shop based in Downtown Las Vegas. Consistently ranked as one of the best places to work and highly dedicated to “Providing service through WOW.”