Post #278627 by inkylouise on Sat, Jan 13, 2007 11:15 AM

On a recent trip to Ely, Nevada, Smiley and I took an afternoon drive out to a small town called Eureka. This is about 4 ½ hours north of Las Vegas, in the middle of nowhere on a stretch of Route 50, which is dubbed the Loneliest Road in America.

It is essentially a one street town that was a booming mining town a long time ago, but now is a bit of a living “ghost town.”

Well, we had a nice lunch of chili dogs at the only restaurant in town, then walked down the 3 blocks of this main street to look at many of the old defunct businesses. Much to our surprise we saw this.

Look a little closer…

This cute Lil’ Guy (!) all decked out in his bow-tie, was hanging in front of a very rundown bar. The graphic seemed a little modern, but the place was so trashed it looked like no one had been there in 15 years at least! We peered in the windows but it was an absolute mess, and there were no signs of tiki anywhere…no for sale sign either, I don’t think anybody is looking for much business opportunities there.

Anybody ever been to Eureka when this place was open?