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| - Went here on a show night to see a performer perform.
Pros:
Nice inside - the front bar is cute and the back listening room has nice decorations, cool sound and some comfortable seating like couches. Cleaner and better fixed up than most rock clubs.
Sound was pretty good.
Staff were reasonably polite.
Location is convenient for me.
There is a decent amount of parking on the street, in a lot next door and around the corner in a reasonably OK residential area (though this being the end of Lakewood that is near Cleveland, there are occasional sketchy people walking by at night).
Cons:
Compared to the previous owner, the band bookings are not as much things I would be interested in (like classic rock, alternative rock) and tending more towards dance, "urban" and cocktail loungey stuff. More like a lounge that happens to have an occasionally-used stage than a music club primarily.
Prices WAY HIGH. I go to shows all over town and 20 dollars to get in the door of a rock club show is high end, especially for Lakewood and especially at this end of Lakewood. I guess they were able to get it because the artist attracts a die hard crowd of older well-heeled people, but I saw the same artist a few months ago at Beachland Tavern for about 12 bucks. Now granted maybe the Bevy is slightly nicer than the Beachland in terms of amenities, but not 8 bucks more worth nicer.
Food and drink - I opted to skip it entirely because I just blew my budget on the door price.
In the band room there was no aisle for the wait staff to use away from the stage, meaning that all night long while the artist was performing on a stage raised maybe a foot off the floor, a server was running back in forth in front of him while he was playing - didn't even wait for breaks in the songs. Again, 20 bucks to be distracted all night by somebody running food and drinks...smh. Make an aisle in the back or between the tables and tell the server to stay away from the stage while someone is playing, at least unless you have to deliver a drink or plate to the table in the front - and even then, couldn't you do it between songs instead of in the middle of a number?
One last thing that might not totally be the club's fault as it was a patron making most of the noise, but one guy was yakking it up loudly at the bar, part of the time with a staff member, during the acoustic numbers. The design of the club being wall-to-wall tables, I couldn't easily walk to another area of the room to get away from the distracting noise. Please, please shush these people...for 20 bucks I want to hear the artist, not some guy jabbering with the bartender.
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