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| - this place is as phoenix can get to the legendary tucson rock club, Club Congress, while completely screwing it up somehow to make it almost unbearable to stay at.
it reminds me a lot of Congress because it is a two room bar with a small patio and many small bars. it is also is in a historic building that has a lot of theme nights, good drink specials, and sometimes has indie concerts. unfortunately the similarities start to wan there.
the main problem is the crowd that goes there, or the lack of crowd that goes there. when i moved back to phoenix about a year ago, i started going to the "pretty vacant" night hosted by william "fucking" reed there. it had awesome music, stella and vodka drink specials, and really good sound and lighting. the problem was that all too ironically, no one came to "pretty vacant" night.
not sure if the marketing disaster was in the name, the fact that hipsters didn't want to go to a bar in downtown scottsdale, that people didn't know about it, that people like glam's "faux sho" friday night better, or what. i kept going because it reminded me of when Club Congress did "The Optimist Club" for a long time with no one coming, and it suddenly took off and became the biggest indie night in the city. but alas, "pretty vacant" never took off. now william and company host "french kiss" night at homme lounge on fridays.
i only went to the "80s" night once and that was enough. the djs there create an embarassingly stupid and cheesy blend of 80s, early 90s, and late 70s pop that attracts the completely wrong crowd. its average age is around 36 and weight is around 270 lbs. its hard to stay there more then 20 minutes without becoming so embarassed that you have to leave. there is also banners for some radio station, which i assume is equally terrible, all over the place which makes it really tacky in there. again, it makes me long for the 80s nights at Club Congress they have on mondays.
this place could be great, but unfortunately can't find a way to attract a good crowd.
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