This place just doesn't get it. I want to like this place because, as a Pitt student, it would be awesome to have another fun bar with a different atmosphere to go to.
This place has the potential to be a good bar for me and my friends. It has a dance floor upstairs, late night food (which I haven't tried yet), a ton of beers, and a patio which no other Oakland bar has.
Unfortunaly, all of these thing and more are done poorly. This place is "out of the way" for most Pitt students so they need some sort of late night draw which they don't have so the dance floor is empty. One night they even said they had a "private event" upstairs and there was a $7 cover.... yeah right. When the bar gets somewhat busy the bartends don't know how to handle it. Service is slow, getting checks are impossible, I would really hate to see it if the place were packed. Also, drinks are pricey compared to G-door and hems.
I just don't think this chain wants to adapt to the college scene. They run the place like a bar for a little older (25-40) crowd but put a dance floor upstairs and blast party music. Its too bad