The Dillinger

3 Best Day Trips from Las Vegas | Condé Nast Traveler

"If you haven’t had your fill of New Deal-era history at Hoover Dam, drive into Boulder City, whose sole reason for being built by the Bureau of Reclamation in the 1930s was to house workers for the then-named Boulder Dam. It remains a small, history-filled town (fun fact: It’s one of only two Nevada towns in which gambling is illegal), with a few attractions like a theater owned by Desi Arnaz, Jr. and the Boulder Dam Hotel, which also houses a museum. One great surprise is The Dillinger Food & Drinkery, a gangster-themed pub that serves plenty of local craft beers, plus enormous gourmet burgers loosely inspired by historic criminal characters (like the surprisingly refined Baby Face Nelson, topped with baked brie, mixed greens and fig marmalade)." - Andrea Bennett