The Dambar & Steakhouse is a throw-back to the area’s Wild West and ranching roots. Originally built in the 1930’s as a depression-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) project, it was a gas station in the fifties and a bar in the sixties. Legend has it that a construction worker inquired about buying it and his wife protested against buying that “damn bar.” The name stuck and the DAMBAR eventually expanded into a full restaurant.  The ‘Dam’ also refers to Hoover Dam, as Kingman was called the “Gateway to Hoover Dam” in the 1930’s through the 1960’s.