Sidebar is a small cocktail bar on 3rd Street in downtown Las Vegas that has become the preferred off-duty spot for the city's professional bartenders, which is the best endorsement a bar can have. The programme is built around classic structures — daiquiris, old-fashioneds, Negroni variations — done precisely and priced honestly.
The room seats perhaps thirty people in close quarters; the bar itself has eight stools where most of the interesting conversation happens. The spirits selection is strong on American whiskey and aged rum. No menu theatrics, no dry ice, no tableside preparation — just well-made drinks in a room that respects the craft. Open late.