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| - I have entered the 7th level of Hell, and it is Zuma Grill.
Let me set the mood. It's Friday night, I am out with some "gym buddies" we don't hang out often, one is like me, low key, chill prefers places like Casey Moore's, the other likes the clubs.
As we hang at Casey Moore's a debate begins of what we should do next, Club dude, wants to walk down Mill and hit up some of the more club like places, with dance music, girls scantly clad, etc etc. My other friend and I decide after a few hours of whining, that we should just head out and let our Club dude, do his thang. We reluctantly leave Casey's, as I as good bye to my "regular" buddies, and head down Mill.
After trying a few places, (Library, Sky Bar or something) we settle on Zuma. I immedately feel akward here, and realize how lame Mill Ave is between Rula Bula and Casey's. I felt like I had waked into the movie Idiocracy as i witness disturbing behavior and conversations about absolutely nothing. Coming from the art diverse,and somewhat intelligent low key crowd of Casey's into this, was quite the decline into oblivion.
We ordered drinks, and drank...drank....drank. It was getting late so club dude, hit the pseudo dance floor that developed in the middle of the bar, and my laid back friend and I went out to the front "patio" so he could smoke. We continued our conversation about Stanley Kubrick while Club Dude, did his thang.
It was cool compromising, something I have learned to do better as I mature. We all were able to be in our own environments for a period. Sometimes when you go out with new people, you don't know what you are going to get, but in this case we ended up having a decent time.
I don't recommend Zuma for much, high priced drinks, really annoying atmosphere, and drunk people just falling out of the place, like lemmings on vodka. However if that is your thing, than go for it. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Classy moment of the evening: Walking by a table with 2 plastic fake glass buckets of ice, 2 bottles of Moet's imitation champagne turned upside down, now if that doesn't say enough, I am not sure what will about Zuma.
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