Park on Fremont Serves Up 100 Beers and Whimsy

Venture a few feet from the Fremont Street Experience, downtown, and you’ll stumble into Park on Fremont, a quirky gastropub where the decor is as important as the brews and grub.

Humanity, in all its intoxicated glory, passes by here nightly.
Humanity, in all its intoxicated glory, passes by here nightly. Fairly mellow during the day, though.

Park on Fremont is a popular entry into the wave of new offerings in the Fremont East District, complete with great people-watching, a charming garden patio for dining and carousing, funky decorative touches like a vintage jukebox and, naturally, stuffed dead animals.

We won't hold it against them.
We won’t hold it against them.

Fun Las Vegas game: Spot the blonde, the obscene neon art, the humping horses and the full-sized carriage.

The outdoor seating will charm your pants off. In the summer heat, it'll charm your make-up off.
The outdoor patio will charm your pants off. The copious amounts of liquor will help as well.

Though it’s been open since April, 2013, the restaurant still seems to be working out some service kinks, which can be spotty at times, and the food gets inconsistent reviews as well.

The burgers, and items like the Cap’n Crunch-breaded friend chicken and apple wood-smoked bacon waffles, are worth a try.

The menu's hit and miss, but the hipsters don't seem to mind.
The menu’s hit and miss, but the hipsters don’t seem to mind. They’re very busy being hip.

Park on Fremont truly shines on the pub side of “gastropub.”

Let get the liver damage started!
Let get the liver damage started!

There are about 100 craft beers available, as well as some winning Bloody Marys and specialty cocktails.

You can't overstate the value of pretty when it comes to Vegas cocktails.
You can’t overstate the value of pretty when it comes to Vegas cocktails.

Side note: Our biggest issue with cocktails served in mason jars is it’s impossible to make our favorite drink, Captain and diet, “tall.” We’ll survive.

We couldn't love this more.
We couldn’t love this more.

Overall, Park on Fremont is a viable option for social intercourse and refueling, downtown.

Park on Fremont boasts some of the finest knockers in Las Vegas.
Park on Fremont boasts some of the finest knockers in Las Vegas.

To reserve a table (you don’t really need to), visit Park on Fremont’s almost entirely useless Web site. A useful site, on the other hand, is FremontStreetBars.com.

On an unrelated note: “100 Beers and Whimsy” would make a fantastic band name. More Park on Fremont photos, below.

Park on Fremont