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| - You know, it's tricky writing a review for a dance club. One man's trash is another man's treasure if you get my drift. So while I give Diesel a 5-banger, certainly there are others that wouldn't even warrant it a 1. C'est la vie...I'll put my observations up here and you draw your own conclusions.
Bottom line, Diesel is the best ~real~ dance club in Pittsburgh. It replaced the tired, old Nick's Fat City in the summer of 2006. The new owner came in, renovated the place, not all cheesey-like, but dropped some serious coin. Great lighting, sound system, VIP area (with a glass floor so you can see the peeps below), and to top it off, attitude!
Don't go here expecting everyone to be all nicey-nice. You'll get a little bit of NYC aloofishness (made that word up) from the employees, but who really cares? They are there to serve you drinks, not become your best friend. Because after all, you already have a bunch of friends, right? Well if you don't, it's unlikely you're going to meet any here. The girls are here to dance (more on that later), the guys are here to leer and attempt to pickup said girls. That's pretty much what it boils down to here.
So why 5-stars? Because if you really want to dance, this is the place in Pittsburgh to do it. It's not all Top-40, it's not all hip-hop, it's not all dance/techno but rather all mixed together! And the DJ here doesn't just play track A followed by track B. He actually "mixes", like what DJ's are supposed to do! You might hear a cool remix of a Madonna classic, followed by a current hip-hop track, etc. So as far as music, this place is about as fresh as pubescent boy in his first Adult World.
Humor yourself: grab a few pre-going-out-drinks, try out Diesel, keep in mind my fun facts listed above, and you'll have a good time. It may be for you, it may not, but hey, at least you tried.
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