One of the most impressive and Instagrammable sites in Las Vegas is the three-story crystal structure, known simply as “The Chandelier,” in the center of The Cosmopolitan.
Several of the cocktails here come out in particularly fun presentations, but their signature Old Fashioned, the classic bourbon cocktail served in a glass flask hidden inside a hollowed-out book, is the bee’s knees, if you will. While the whole “speakeasy” theme is a bit played out these days, here it makes perfect sense-you can’t talk about the history of the mob in America without talking about Prohibition, and the addition of The Underground in 2018 has made the experience of the museum all the more well-rounded.Įntry to The Underground is included with museum admission, but you don’t have to pay to visit the museum to enjoy the bar-there is a “secret” entrance around back where you can give “the password” (“I’d like to go to the cocktail bar” seems to work every time) and get in just as you would a regular bar. The Underground at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas is located literally underground, in the basement of the building, and serves as an immersive Prohibition history exhibit space with an operating distillery (they make their own moonshine and you can buy a bottle to take home) and speakeasy, a fully stocked bar that serves classic pre-Prohibition cocktails.
