Went to the Piston last night (Saturday night) to meet up with some friends. Arrived around 11:45. It was really, really crowded. It's one of those bars which is long and narrow, which means that there is a major bottleneck right along the bar, which is almost impossible to get through.
It was Ska night, which isn't my kind of music anymore. It was when I was 16, but I've kind of moved on in the last 2 decades. I guess some people still like that kind of thing, which is cool.
The saving grace was that we were able to snafu one of the tables right up at the front of the restaurant. Eventually they did end up mixing up the music a little bit. It seems like a cool place, but not ideal if you like to talk to the people you're with. Pretty typical bar I would say.