Post #173632 by jadeblade on Thu, Jul 21, 2005 8:23 AM

Oh my god. what a travesty! I'm glad I got there when I did in Sept. 2004.

my understanding at the time when I talked to a couple of the servers there was that Venus was closing but not taboo cove, but I guess that's not the case.

It drives me crazy when the people that work in these places have no appreciation for their surroundings and all the great Bosko and vintage stuff around them. The bar staff at taboo cove were literally giving away massive volcano bowls, not knowing what they had. And even all of the massive sputnik light fixtures from Venus were just being dumped. (but such is vegas, tear it all down and begin fresh...) If i only could have rescued all those beautiful things myself! One of the bar staff was taking most things home himself claiming that once the place was closed down, his home would literally be "the only tiki bar in Vegas".

sigh :(