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| - I really like this place. It's a surprising oasis of cool in the midst of a scary industrial part of town - strip clubs, auto repair, industrial industrial industrial. At first I thought it was part of the Grand Avenue art scene, but I hadn't paid enough attention to the address - it's waaay north/west of the art scene downtown, even northwest of the Madhouse on McDowell - 24th avenue & Grand. Yikes!
I attended an event organized by CenPho.com peeps together with the Downtown Friday Nights crew, and they had some AMAZING deals on drinks. They have a nice misted patio, with comfy furniture. The interior decor is almost over-the-top when you consider the barbed wire and boring stucco exterior of the place.
The bar staff was superfriendly and I too met Renee, the owner, who introduced herself.
Great place. I deduct a star because the location is too far north west for my taste; and, oddly, there was a bathroom attendant after a certain point in the evening. So instead of going in the oversized and attractively decorated "onesie" ladies room and locking the door behind me, a woman was sitting on a chair with the door to the bathroom propped open. I was instructed to enter, and then enclose myself within the toilet area by dropping a heavy red velvet curtain around myself.
I felt a little like Alice in Wonderland at that point in the evening. Time to go home!
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