Best Hotel Shop
NAWLINS AUTHENTIC
Rio
3700 W. Flamingo Road
We had to go a long way down the list of vote totals, disqualifying group entries for the likes of Forum Shops until we found people who understood our singular intent in this category. At the top of the list -- or close enough for jazz -- was this popular shop at the intersection of the Rio's Masquerade Village and its parking garage. Apparently the ability to buy an authentic voodoo doll counts for something that second-place FAO Schwarz, cool as it is, cannot equal.
Our Pick:
IN CELEBRATION OF GOLF
The Venetian
3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Granted, this isn't a shop that tries to be all things to all people. But enough people play golf to make this single-minded store in The Venetian's retail mall a tourist attraction to rival the wax museum. Forget about those pro shops where they fish the old balls out of the water hazards. Instead, relish the art collection in the Art of the Game Room or the old club trophies in the Antiquities of the Game room. But hurry, before somebody walks home with the 35-foot bronze driver.
