Miss the days of renting movies and showing your parents how to work the VCR? Well, the old-school video store is back — with a twist (to garnish your cocktail). Back 2 The Video Store is a pop-up speakeasy, running from March 25 to May 17 in Las Vegas.
📼 Alcohol-Fueled Nostalgia
Back 2 The Video Store takes over part of PKWY Tavern on the corner of Flamingo and Decatur. Admission is $17.80, which includes your first cocktail, a 90-minute window, and open seating. Just like a real video store, you get a membership card. Browse the selection and pick out a “movie,” which represents a cocktail, and bring it to the bartender to place your order.
🍹 Drinks, Food & Fun
The cocktails are movie themed, fruity, and reflect the era. (In other words, they wouldn’t look out of place at TGI Fridays.) Highlights include the Titanic with mezcal, vodka, and a rose-shaped ice mold, Happy Gilmore (a boozy take on an Arnold Palmer), and an Indiana Jones punch bowl. The drink prices, between $8 and $16, border on “throwback” status as well. The NBA Jams Fireball-Rumchatta shot includes a toy basketball net presentation. Royale with Cheeseburger Sliders and Mighty Ducks Mini Corn Dogs headline a menu of small bites.
No late fees. (Bucket Listers/Back 2 The Video Store)
📸 Anything Else?
The experience includes a few photo stations, from movie posters and cutouts to a throne worthy of the “Fresh Prince” and a “Clueless” backdrop. You may even get a chance to test your skills with an arcade-style video game, bowling, bingo, or karaoke. A DJ plays throwback hits on weekends.
🩷 Why Stop There?
The pop-up is presented by Bucket Listers, the same event company behind Mariah Carey’s Holiday Bar, which came to the Park MGM last year and other licensed concepts like the Family Guy Experience, Golden Girls Kitchen, and Malibu Barbie Cafe, which wraps up its Vegas run at AREA15 this weekend.
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