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| - Nope... Nope, nope, nope... Never again. This place is so terrible, it'll blow your socks off. My problem isn't with the facility itself, the DJs or the dance floors, it's with the bouncers.
I recently attended a friend's birthday party at Bat 244 on November 23rd. I got in and paid the $10.00 cover (which is the cover for a Saturday night. Don't let anyone there tell you there's no cover or a $3.00 cover which I was told). I got a stamp on my wrist to show that I had paid.
I had a friend text me telling me he was lost, and I went outside to find him. When I got back the bouncer at the front told me I'd had too much to drink and I wasn't allowed back in. It was 11:30pm and I was dead sober. I hadn't even been in the bar long enough to have a drink.
When I insisted that I was fine and spoke to him for five minutes, he kept insisting he go in and get my coat for me so that I could go home. It was freezing cold out and I had really just gone out to get my friend before going back in. The bouncer insisted I wait 30 minutes before going back in, to give myself a chance to "sober up". I was shocked by this! 30 minutes?! It was -12 degrees with the windchill and I had no coat.
His response to this? "Alright... I'll get your coat from coat check for you... but if I do, you're getting in a cab and you're going home."
I was FLOORED. So rude! He essentially insisted I suffer if I wanted to get back into the club. They weren't interested in anything other than getting as many cover charges as they could. I wasn't the only one stuck outside. There were several smokers who were in the same circumstance as I was.
Once the line was empty again, I was allowed to go back in, at which point my lips were literally blue from the cold. I found my friends and my boyfriend and explained what happened. My boyfriend isn't really a drinker, and hadn't had anything that night. He walked outside to have a word with the bouncer, and when he did, he got KICKED OUT for trying to defend me. He texted me to tell me he was kicked out and regardless of my friend's party, we got in the cab and went home.
My advice to anyone who plans on going to Bar 244? If you smoke and want to get out at intervals, DO NOT GO! these bouncers will not let you back in without a fight. If you're going to have a few drinks and dance, stick to one floor, otherwise you'll run into the bouncers at the stairs. It's easy enough for them to pull you outside if they don't "want" you there... which is clearly what happened to me.
Maybe I wasn't drinking enough... maybe I wasn't the kind of girl they want in their establishment... but this place isn't worth your time. There are a whole bunch of better clubs with better crowds very close by. Don't waste your time, dignity, or money.
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