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| - I have to give it to the owners for trying, but this place just doesn't quite give me the same feel as Breakfast Club. I know, I know, it's a different place, it's not trying to be Breakfast Club, except that... it kind of is? Same drink specials board, same furniture, same decor. Roxbury is a mix of the 80's and 90's, but it seems to be heavily leaning towards 90's, which I'm not ready to admit was all that long ago.
I had never been inside whatever it used to be before it was Roxbury, but you can almost hear the Ghost of Frat Boys Past calling everybody "brah" from the shadows. I hope they have plans to redo the interior- I want less wood, more paint and neon. Black and white tiles, glow in the dark paint, Pac Man murals. It has the appearance of a typical Irish pub throwing an 80's party- very temporary.
I was pleased that the DJ downstairs was spinning real vinyl, but disappointed in the music he was spinning. I did hear one Michael Jackson song, but everything else was boy bands- N' Sync, Backstreet Boys, LFO, 98°. The basement was slightly more appealing than the upstairs, but I didn't really look around that much.
I'm placing this solidly in the "Meh" category- I'll go if somebody else wants to, but I'm not putting it at the top of my own list. In the meantime if you need me, I'll be driving past 6th and Caldwell singing sad Phil Collins songs.
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