Post #447572 by moondog426 on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 6:15 PM

Frankie's was everything I had hoped for. I knew I had to ''hit it''' while I was in Vegas for Viva Las Vegas. Friday morning I am outside of the Orleans Hotel having a conversation with my wife on my cell phone with my Friend from PA nearby. A cab drives by and I get him to stop. We are going to Frankie's and it's 10:00am.......hmm shouldn't be too crowded. We get there and immediately have to wait til our eyes adjust to the dim lights. What a great set-up inside Frankie's we find. We are greeted by a great bartender ''Tanya'', she must know we are FTB virgins because she takes time to explain everything to us. The menu, the mugs, the t-shirts....She had us both before our eyes readjusted.. The first drink was the bearded clam. My friend and I got our t-shirts and bearded clam mugs. The drink was good but I wanted a bit more so I went for a navy grog next. It was very good, just as I expected. Next was the ''Sea Hag''. This turned out to be my favorite of the day. My friend and I snapped photos and conversed with Tanya and the manager Scott. He was trying to get the light in a puffer fish working again. People started coming in and out of the bar. We met some great locals who told us stories of Frankie's bar before it became tiki. We loaded up the juke box and what a great tiki bar juke box it is. Someone took a lot of time and effort picking those albums and they truly help set the mood at Frankie's. We took lots of pics. (a couple are posted on ''who's going to VLV''). I had 2 more drinks, a Thurston Howell and a Mai Tai and Scott bought the whole bar a shot called ''pond scum''? I may not have the name right but I know I got the guys name right who bought them!!! I could have stayed in Frankie's all F'in day...and maybe someday I will...because that's how good it felt!!! Artsists and carvers you did an outstanding job. I can't wait to go back.