My 84 year old dad's a big fan of Pawn Stars and was looking forward to seeing the shop as a highlight of our Las Vegas trip.  On Thursday at noon, we saw 100+ people waiting in the blazing heat to get in.  So we asked the cab driver to take us to Rick's Restorations which is about 5 minutes away..\n\nAs we stepped out of the cab in the uncrowded parking lot, Ron walked by and said a friendly hello.  We went into the well marked visitor's door into a mini showroom.  It had great examples of restored work that look even better in person than on an HDTV.  Kelly pointed us to an 8-minute tour, led by Kowboy, that was just starting in the observation room to the left.  We joined.  This room had more restored pieces and big windows to see into the various workshops.  Kowboy explained what was going on in each.  There were only 8 people on our side of the glass so it was easy to see the work actually being done.\n\nKowboy thanked everyone for visiting and for  their support in making the family business hugely successful.  Then we exited back into the showroom which is attached to a gift shop.  I got an \"I've Been Restored,\" t-shirt.  Both of us were glad to have made the trip.  It's rare for me to have such respect and positive regard for a company & its people.  These guys do everything right.  When conditions permit a big restored item to fit into my life, I know where I'll go to get it.