First things first: Say you're on the world famous Las Vegas Strip and you're thinking, "Where can I find a place that serves pizza and margaritas and I won't need a co-signer when it comes time to pay my bill?" you need to look no further than the east side of Las Vegas Blvd. for Margarita Baby Pizza Kitchen and Bar. The margaritas come in five flavors like a first box of crayons and you can mix and match them into an artist's palette of hundreds if not thousands of wonderful combinations. They deserve their name in lights on the marquee. They were exquisite. They come in souvenir cups and glasses including the 50 oz. MONSTER which is a cool $10.00 and offers unlimited refills and I am quite sure that that generous offer is rarely accepted. The food offerings come from a fairly limited menu which is befitting a place like Margarita Baby. A quaint, cozy, friendly little oasis on The Strip. There is an outdoor patio which sits alongside Las Vegas Blvd.where the sound from the several flat screen TVs inside is piped. I'm not sure that watching TV without the sound isn't a much better choice than listening to TV without the picture but I also believe that when The Echelon megaresort is built right across the street in the not too distant future there'll be plenty of much better things to keep my eyes trained upon than a TV anyhow. I'll give them my vote here and now for future planning.

The place has some amenities that you wouldn't expect to find in a pizza place and in spite of it's small size, Margarita Baby stacks up very well against every other restaurant in their category. Pizza, salads, burgers and sandwiches and none of them are named after obscure Swedish film stars or even more obscure vacation resorts on the Italian Riviera. We started our dining with an order of "Frings" which consists of french fries and onion rings in large proportions which were seasoned well and served with sides of ranch dressing and ketchup like what you'd get in an old fashioned diner. With the addition of a vowel here or there I'm thinking that a Donald Trump connection and the Frings could be very big. The New York pizza that I enjoyed (and I emphasize enjoyed) was very good. I'm sure that the fact that the dough and sauce are prepared on site daily had a lot to do with just how tasty that pizza was. My partner in dining and love (not necessarily in that order) ordered a club sandwich which had a wonderful grilled chicken breast, near perfect crispy bacon, fresh lettuce and tomato on an outstanding ciabatta bun. It was delicious.

The cheesecake again was somewhat surprising just because it's offered in a pizza parlor and even more uncommon for it's quality. It really did melt in our mouths and topped off a meal that far surpassed our expectations on several different levels. I hear that breakfast is soon to be on the menu and it will start at 5:00AM. That's about as accommodating as it gets, particularly on The Strip. Not pretentious in the least and good food and drink at affordable prices with some surprising amenities makes Margarita Baby a regular stop now on our Fantastic Gastric Journey across Las Vegas. If you work or party or both in the area or just want a great margarita and some very good food then stop in and see the folks at Margarita Baby Pizza Kitchen and Bar. If you do it once you'll do it again.