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[[File:Atomic Liquors - Dec 2019 - Stierch.jpg|thumb|Atomic Liquors in 2019]]
'''Atomic Liquors''' is a bar in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] in the [[United States]]. Opening in 1952, it became the first business in Las Vegas to be given a tavern license to sell liquor and operate an onsite bar.
==History==
Stella and Joe Sobchick opened '''Virginia's Café''' in 1945 on [[Fremont Street]] in Las Vegas in 1945. In 1952, the Sobchick's closed the restaurant and reopened the building as Atomic Liquors.<ref name="AO1"></ref>
They were given the first tavern license in Las Vegas, meaning they could operate a bar and also sell liquor to go. They opened the bar and liquor store due to increased demand for liquor as a result of the growth of the [[Nevada Test Site]]. The bar was open 24 hours a day. Eventually, they expanded the bar to have a rooftop seating area, where customers could watch the atomic testing, 65 miles away, while drinking.<ref name="AO1"/>
The Sobchick's operated the bar until they died in 2010. Their son, Ron Sobchick, operated the bar.<ref name="AO1"/> In 2011, the bar closed. In 2012, it was purchased by brothers Kent Johns, a commercial real estate broker, and Lance Johns, an attorney, and Derek Stoneberger.<ref name="Stapleton"/>
Famous people who have visited the bar include [[Bugsy Siegel]], [[The Smothers Brothers]], [[The Rat Pack]], [[Hunter S. Thompson]], [[Roy Rogers]], [[Bradley Cooper]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Robert DeNiro]], and [[Barbra Streisand]], have visited the bar.<ref name="AO1"/><ref name="Stapleton">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A bar stool with a star on it sits at the end of the inside bar, the preferred seat of Barbra Streisand when she visited regularly.<ref name="Stapleton"/> Atomic Liquors has appeared in ''[[The Hangover (film series)|The Hangover]]'', ''[[Casino (film)|Casino]]'', and ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''.<ref name="AO1"/>
==References==
==External links==
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*[https://ift.tt/2QD2Mvl Atomic Liquors in Las Vegas] from the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Las Vegas]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1945]]
[[Category:1945 establishments in Nevada]]
[[Category:1952 establishments in Nevada]]
[[Category:Bars]]
'''Atomic Liquors''' is a bar in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]] in the [[United States]]. Opening in 1952, it became the first business in Las Vegas to be given a tavern license to sell liquor and operate an onsite bar.
==History==
Stella and Joe Sobchick opened '''Virginia's Café''' in 1945 on [[Fremont Street]] in Las Vegas in 1945. In 1952, the Sobchick's closed the restaurant and reopened the building as Atomic Liquors.<ref name="AO1"></ref>
They were given the first tavern license in Las Vegas, meaning they could operate a bar and also sell liquor to go. They opened the bar and liquor store due to increased demand for liquor as a result of the growth of the [[Nevada Test Site]]. The bar was open 24 hours a day. Eventually, they expanded the bar to have a rooftop seating area, where customers could watch the atomic testing, 65 miles away, while drinking.<ref name="AO1"/>
The Sobchick's operated the bar until they died in 2010. Their son, Ron Sobchick, operated the bar.<ref name="AO1"/> In 2011, the bar closed. In 2012, it was purchased by brothers Kent Johns, a commercial real estate broker, and Lance Johns, an attorney, and Derek Stoneberger.<ref name="Stapleton"/>
Famous people who have visited the bar include [[Bugsy Siegel]], [[The Smothers Brothers]], [[The Rat Pack]], [[Hunter S. Thompson]], [[Roy Rogers]], [[Bradley Cooper]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Robert DeNiro]], and [[Barbra Streisand]], have visited the bar.<ref name="AO1"/><ref name="Stapleton">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> A bar stool with a star on it sits at the end of the inside bar, the preferred seat of Barbra Streisand when she visited regularly.<ref name="Stapleton"/> Atomic Liquors has appeared in ''[[The Hangover (film series)|The Hangover]]'', ''[[Casino (film)|Casino]]'', and ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''.<ref name="AO1"/>
==References==
==External links==
*
*[https://ift.tt/2QD2Mvl Atomic Liquors in Las Vegas] from the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Las Vegas]]
[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1945]]
[[Category:1945 establishments in Nevada]]
[[Category:1952 establishments in Nevada]]
[[Category:Bars]]
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