Although I find this place to be a little forgettable, it's partly because I've never had a bad experience there. A few friends of mine lived in the neighborhood for a while, so we would go there to start or finish our nights out, and sometimes we stuck around for the whole night.
The crowd is a little older than some of the places more in the heart of town, which works well for me, as I'm turning into a grumpy granny when it comes to kids in bars.
I have to agree with Brett M. It's a great bar. I don't know why. It just IS.