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| - STEPH JUDGEMENT: Cool, fun place for live music in downtown Calgary.
Note: This review is just for their bar and live music space downstairs--I did not try any of their food. The bf and I were looking to see if there was any live music going on around town and found out that the band Andrew Jackson Jihad would be playing here so off we went. What we didn't think to do was buy tickets ahead of time, and we found out that the show was sold out, wah wah. However, the guy at the door told us that they often have people who need to sell a ticket so if we wanted to just hang out at the bar for a while we might luck out. So we plunked ourselves at the bar and proceeded to down some "Canadian" pints, which turned out to be 20 oz--4 oz more than standard US pints. Mind. Blown. Sure enough, after about half an hour, some people who needed to sell tickets turned up and we were in! The music venue is downstairs, in a pretty spacious basement-like space. The place was filled with young Calgarians hanging out and enjoying themselves, and we really liked the vibe--chill and casual. The sound was pretty good, and we enjoyed the bands a lot. All in all, we had a great time and would definitely go back if we ever find ourselves in downtown Calgary again!
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