Born in New York City and a Las Vegas favorite for two decades, Hogs & Heifers Saloon closed its doors in July. It was a bittersweet 20-year anniversary for what had long been a Las Vegas nightlife institution.
Coverage of the closure published by the Las Vegas Review-Journal back in May painted a vivid picture of a night at Hogs & Heifers:
“A bartender in black booty shorts with silver bondage clamps and a matching crop top pours two shots of ‘watermelon moonshine.’ Her sidekick then grabs a megaphone and shouts, ‘Clear the bar!’ Drinks are quickly pulled, ashtrays plucked away. The bartender climbs to the bartop and fiercely ‘clogs’ to a medley kicked off by Toby Keith’s ‘Courtesy of the Red White and Blue (The Angry American).’”…