Weldon Park is the perfect example of the difference the staff can make to the patron's experience.
We met one of the bartenders Nicole on a recent visit, and I have to say she was the reason our short stop for a single drink turned into partying at Weldon for the night. Right off the bat Nicole served up a well balanced negroni which was soon followed by a nearly perfect paper-plane! What impressed me more was that she was engaging, personable, and attentive even as the bar got crazy busy.
In addition to this particular example, my experience with other barkeeps, and bouncer has been great at Weldon, which will likely keep me coming back for more.
This, added to potent drinks, decent music, crowd, and atmosphere make for a pretty solid night out on the resurfacing College St. scene.