“He would always have steak and eggs, three or four times a week,” she said. Owner Vickie Kelesis said Elvis Presley was once a regular. Originally a lunch counter inside a drug store, Vickie’s is all that remains inside long-closed White Cross Drugs. At Las Vegas and Oakey boulevards, Vickie’s Diner served its first customers in 1950. Two Vegas restaurants have been dishing up food with a side order of history since the 1950s. Recently restored to its original appearance, the bar has been used as a set for TV shows and movies, including “Casino” and “The Hangover.”
One mile east along Fremont Street, Atomic Liquors has the distinction of having been issued the city’s first first liquor license, No.
Whiskey bottles, hidden in the walls during Prohibition and recovered years later during renovations, are among artifacts now on display in the lobby. It has been firmly rooted at 1 Fremont St.
