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| - I attempted to go here with three friends on Saturday night. We were dressed up - I had on a nice black dress and platform heels and the guys with me had on collared shirts, dark jeans and loafers. Anyway, we'd been waiting at the front of the line for about 20 minutes, so I walked up to the door man to ask when he thought general admission would be let in. He waved his clipboard and responded, "you can go back to the line and tell your friends right now that if you don't have a table, or you aren't on the VIP list, then they're not getting in."
I went back to the line and told my friends and some other people waiting in the line what the doorman said. A few moments later a blonde chick walks up from the back of the line, and asks about general admission. He asked her who was with her, looked at her friends, and then unlocked the rope and let them. We watched this type of thing happen a few more times and it became clear that the common denominator was everyone that was being let in was white. I don't know if this was intentional, but it doesn't matter because it's clear who they DON'T want in this club.
I also watched three nicely dressed guys give him a name for a VIP party and be told that they needed to contact the person who put them on the list before they could be let in; however, a few minutes later while the guys were standing out front trying to get in contact with their VIP guest, a group of white girls came up and gave the same bouncer the same name and he let them in with no additional questions asked. When the guys questioned the bouncer about it, he said "look, I'm trying to work with you here" but still didn't let them in.
None of it was right. After we saw that, my group left along with a lot of people in the line who also saw what was happening. It was very disconcerting and I definitely won't be returning. I understand being selective about people that come into your club, but this was just downright racist.
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