| rev:text
| - I have an odd love-hate relationship with Croc Rock. I thank the place for providing me with a 'few' great nights out, but on most nights I've been there I found it to be totally obnoxious. The place tries to be many things at once and fails at all of them. First, it's a sports bar with the TV's (especially the big one over the dance floor or a live band) showing us any and all sports, even when the music is blasting and the people are dancing. It's a dance club with a mini-dance floor, cheap lighting, and a hockey game playing on the big screen above it - kind of lame and off-putting. The sound system is really distorted and dated along with the TV's. It's a restaurant with waitresses, menu, food etc. The place is like a hyperactive child with attention deficit disorder. It does get crowded late nights, really crowded, and the people, much like the music and the place itself is a mixed bag. You got everything from tourists from the nearby hotels, workers from the nearby office buildings, and club goers wanting to get a few cheap drinks in before heading off to the soon-to-be-nonexistent dance clubs. Security presence is quite apparent, while they do let you get away with a lot (like my drunken self dancing on the narrow 3-foot ledge above the dance floor) I have seen them kick people out for being drunk and belligerent and for fighting. The vibes are usually positive, but I can sense a bad nasty undercurrent from people there just wanting to fight or cause trouble. I'm not in love with Croc Rock, yet at the same time I don't totally hate it.
|