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| - I don't get this place. - I don't know if it's because I didn't go to UofT, or if it's because I don't wear hemp pants.... I just don't get this place.
I've been numerous times in the past, but this is far from my bar of choice... probably last on my list of places to go socialize next to that shwarma/juice place next to the Bloor Cinema.
The one and only interesting part about this place is the location/exterior... it is kind of a cool feeling going around back through an alleyway to check this place out.... It felt like I was one of those degenerate Teenagers walking into the Foot Clan Warehouse in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.... so exclusive and cool... I went in with a Go Ninja Go Ninja Go... and Left with a No Ninja No Ninja No - I truly appreciated the exterior upon leaving the establishment... as the experience inside Green Room felt more like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3.....
You walk in, and you truly have no idea what's going on.... dark.... really loud music... tables scattered everywhere in no particular fashion ... with a group of 15 people standing in front of the doorway. You don't know if they're waiting for tables, or waiting for friends, or leaving, or just as confused as I was when I first entered this place years ago.
This wasn't my first rodeo, so I proceed upstairs as I know the seating upstairs tends to be pretty ample. Go upstairs only to experience the same thing downstairs...again.... Dark, scattered tables, loud music, and people standing around without being greeted or served. I only saw one guy who worked there and he was at the top of the stairs sweeping.... and that's about it.
Okay Okay Okay.... I get it.... it's a trendy hip place where you end up seating yourself.... I know.... I can't fault them for that.... but here is the kicker:
Sat down at a table, it was next to a radiator that was BURNING HOT... so we had to get up and find another place to sit, this booth had glassware from a previous party.. so we ended up tossing the glasses aside to another table...someone walked by to grab them... yet didn't acknowledge that we just sat down and wanted to place an order. We waited 15 minutes, and in the next break in the conversation - I stood up and said, "I'm going to the bar to get our rounds".
Went to the bar - walked past the same guy sweeping - and aside from him there was no one at the bar! I waited 2 minutes and two people magically appeared, rabbits out of a hat, and they made me two drinks.
Drinks were cheap in comparison to other places in the Annex... but I'd rather pay the extra buck or two and get great service.... even poor service... this was just an absence of service.
After that round, we weren't acknowledged or served after going up... we decided to get one more round at the bar. As I waited, I noticed the bartender who served me was now taking orders at tables, but this time he was wearing a hat....
Do they just have one person who works there that has their own tickle trunk behind the bar? Taking out random items that gives the illusion of having a properly staffed establishment?
Hat
Monocle
Broom
Which reminds me! ... The Sweeping guy! He went back to sweep the initial spot I discovered him at.... what's the deal with that guy?! The issue with this place is that there is no system, it was all willy nilly!
They got the sweeping covered... but nothing else !
The bartender is out from behind the bar covering sections in a disguise.... the waitresses' were hiding in the top hat, and the ceilings were on the roof... the whole place was topsy turvy!
AND THE PEOPLE... don't get me started on the people...
Patrons were taking out fruit containers from Metro and eating it at the table..... knocking drinks over themselves/each other, knocking chairs/decorations over without picking them up...It was like sitting in a den of thieves... hipster thieves. I've never wanted to inflict pain on so many people in one place at one time.... EVER.
I guess I figured out why they have a guy constantly sweeping, but the rest remains a mystery.
If it were me, I'd hire more staff... provide better service....and get the guy who is sweeping to start punching people in the throat for acting like jerk offs.
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