Two years ago, this place would have gotten four stars from me, but I think it's a bit of a victim of its own success. It's so insanely loud and crowded all the time when I go there nowadays that it's put me off from going back. Maybe it's a sign of my old age that I want to be able to have an audible conversation with friends when I go out for dinner and drinks. Never mind that it's hard to get a table for dinner, and Industry seems less cool now that it's crawling with undergrads. Man, I sound super-crotchety in this review ("You kids better stay off my lawn!")!
On the plus side, the interior is cool, the Smoke Stack smoked whiskey is incredibly tasty, and they have a great booze and food menu, with high-quality ingredients (boar bacon-yumm). So there. No cataracts and hip replacement for me just yet.