Welcome to [Ba]Sin City!

Historic Old Town has been noted as the reason for the city’s nickname, “Sin City.”  However, an extensive urban renewal plan is in effect to reclaim this once-polluted area from the clutches of the drug dealers, prostitutes and thugs who openly roam its streets.  A twisty turn of alleyways and corridors, it was rumored to have been designed during the Depression to prevent police investigation and chases.  As one resident notes, “Walk down the right back alley in [Ba]Sin City and you can find anything.”

For our traveling businessmen, we encourage a visit to Kadie’s Club Faces.  One regular patron writes that “Kadie’s is my kind of joint.  Country, and I don’t mean that touchy-feely ‘You Put Me on a Natural High’ garbage they’re passing off as country these days.  No, at Kadie’s, it’s the old stuff.  It’s Conway [Twitty] and Tammy [Wynette] and Merle [Haggard], from back before they went all squishy.  Songs to drink to and songs to cry to.”  Kadie’s offers nightly entertainment from 8 p.m. on.  And the best part of all?  What happens at Kadie’s stays at Kadie’s! 

If driving, be sure to check out the quaint old-fashioned Good Luck Gas & Oil for your car — and snacking — needs.  Located on the edge of town, it is one of the few remaining full service stations.  The architectural and design detail is exacting, down to the employees’ dress — the original uniforms from Good Luck’s heyday, the ’30s!  Sadly, the gas does not reflect ’30s price.

If you’re a modernist, then be sure to get a room at Mimi’s Night Flight Motel.  Recently refurbished, Mimi’s now sports a retro-modern feel.  Floor-to-ceiling windows offer an incredible view of the city.  Inside, no detail has been spared: original ’50s era boomerang coffee tables, art by Kandinsky, and rich leather furniture make this the hipster’s place to stay in Basin City.  Starting at $89 a night.

Though Basin City may not be getting the buzz it once used to, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have the goods for a bang-up trip.  With plenty to do and see, it’d be criminal not to visit!  Take a chance and come see what this fair city has to offer.  We guarantee that you’ll leave a changed person!

—Basin City Chamber of Commerce

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