I've had a good time before and it's really not that bad a spot late at night. I'm not sure if they still do it, but I believe they used to be open extra late hours, cutting off booze sales so the E-kids could gyrate along to the dj. That's not my thing, but I do remember drinking in there awfully late one night.
Anyway, it is small, but we had a good time there and made some new friends. It's certainly not the worst bar on 17th.....