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| - I took my Danforth Social Meetup group here last Saturday night, Feb 28th. I really want to love this place but it has to be written: the place is kind of a dump.
Between the old Halloween decorations, debris, multiple tables out of commission, parts of the room being worked on--but not really being worked on...yeah, the place does NOT impress. It just feels like it was left for dead, back in the 70s, and needs a lot of work.
Which is too bad. It is a cavernous space. It used to be a gym. I can't imagine the potential: yoga studio, gym, club, etc. There is a place for bands and a dance floor. I'd love to DJ some 80s night here or something.
No ipod--the music is what a tuner is set to.
No beer on tap. Only the most basic domestics and imports. But on the plus side, $4.50 a beer is not bad.
And $5-something per person, per hour, is good entertainment value. About an hour of pool is all most morals can take.
I didn't explore the restroom situation.
The service was fine. If you want food, it comes from the place downstairs. Somebody in my group ordered, and enjoyed, the fries.
We had the place to ourselves--I suspect only the most local of the locals venture out for this one.
There was supposed to be live music at 10 and at 10 they closed off the billiards area. By 10:45 there was still no music so we took off. Somebody who stayed said it was worth the wait.
NOT the place for the serious billiard player, NOT the place to take a date or impress anyone BUT this could work as a meeting place to start your Danforth pub crawl. It is a short walk from the subway and several better drinking holes on the strip.
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