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The Gladstone Café is one of my fave places to eat in the whole city. I love the décor, love the staff, always feel well taken care of and happy. The main ballroom is great for our corporate events, and equally great for other fun shows like the Burlesque comedy show I checked out a few months ago. The other side, where karaoke is held, is a little more divey, but the menu is still superb, with an awesome staff. Neither myself nor my friends have ever eaten anything here that wasn't completely delicious. AND they serve a ploughman's meal like I remember from the Old Country, complete with Branston pickle!
Ooh, I love the washrooms too.
Some friends of mine from out of town recently took my advice and stayed in two of the artist-designed rooms, and had a blast. I checked out one of their rooms and it was beautiful. There's such a retro kitsch feel to this place, that you can't help but feel good. Plus the manual operated elevator is super fun.
Sure it gets full of hipsters on the weekend, but what place doesn't? Sometimes it's good to just enjoy a place because it's good and use the hipsters as fun eye-candy and conversation pieces.
And the piece de resistance? My favorite grilled cheese in the city. A few types of cheese, hot, but not soggy apples, and raisin-walnut bread. Can I has now? Mmmmmm.
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