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| - Six of us went to see Tracy Morgan last night and had our first experience at Stand Up Live. I can echo much of what has been said by other Yelpers, but here's an abbreviated run-down of Saturday, September 3, 2011:
PROS:
- national acts (Tracy Morgan, Norm Macdonald, Jay Mohr, Sklar Brothers)
- great Website with acts scheduled far in advance
- ample room with mostly good seats and view of stage (300+ seats?)
- despite our late arrival (right at 9:45pm), all six of us were able to sit together
- downtown venue with decent sound and lighting
- cheese curds just right
CONS:
- awkward check distribution during last ten minutes of set with the waiter flatly demanding, "I want to come pick all of these up at once." This distracted and confused us given the timing, the dark ambience preventing us from seeing the automatic 15% gratuity, and the personality reversal of our once-chipper server.
- exorbitantly prized drinks with no prices indicated on menu ($8.50 for a no-alcohol lemonade, $13 for a Strong Island Iced Tea)
- overall cost of experience ($35 ticket, $2.50 service fee, $26 for my two required drinks, street parking near Hanny's = $63.50)
- density of seating felt, as one of our party said, like a casino floor
I'll return in December for the Sklar Brothers, but not sure about Jay Mohr in a couple weeks.
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