Reggie's will forever be etched in my mind as the most unique first experience I've ever had.
At Kat F's insistence we headed to Reggie's a few weeks ago after being at Circa (my first and fingers crossed, only experience there). When we get to the area it becomes immediately visible that there is some shit going down. A block radius (encompassing Reggie's) has been cordoned off and cops are everywhere. Snipers on rooftops, the whole deal.
but dammit, we want sandwiches.
so we call in an order and explain that we are standing on the corner and the police won't let us through. They were going to walk the order out to us on the street. So far so good.
We go around the back alley and realize that we could probably get in through a back door. Another phone call later and a door opened and we were inside with a front row seat for the goings on (some incident at the Century Room across the street, with cops pulling people out of the club in handcuffs)
The sandwiches made the perfect fare for watching this semi-surreal spectacular go down. A tad pricey but I went with the tuna melt ($2 cheaper than any other sandwich) and was not disappointed.
Oh, and we went back the following night. Just to see what entering through the front door was like.