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| - I came here with my friend and watched as he got pierced. Never heard of the place until he told me about it. I drove right past it and had to make a U-turn, but the real annoyance was finding a parking spot. Nonetheless, I found one. I ended up parking at Arepa's and walking over to Atomic City. I don't know how I missed this place when the exterior is painted fluorescent green. Upon entering, I noticed the shop was pretty small and looked very clean. The Tattoo artists were set to the left with facing the window (I believe I counted 3 different stations. behind the 3rd station was what looked like an exposed storage room. It was roped off, but had a sign near the roping that indicated it was an Art Gallery of sorts. Next to that was a little end table with the most random things on it that was for sale. It almost looked as if employees of the Tattoo shop gathered scavenged through their closet to find things that they wanted to sell. On the table (just to name a few things): a pair of shoes, colored pencils, Prisma markers, an old book, and some shoelaces. To the right of that was a door. I later learned that it lead to a locked bathroom (you have to ask front desk to access). You walk through a mini hallway and end up at the bathroom. I had to urinate bad... luckily the associate was kind enough to let me use it. To the right upon entrance is a glass counter with the associate lounging behind it. Inside the glass was some body ornamentation (not too many pieces, but again very organized). To the right of that, your typical poster-style display of some generic tattoos that you can flip through. The Tattoo artist took a quick break to pierce my friend and did so in literally 3 minutes (super pro). He wasn't up for small talk and just gave my friend sanitary procedures to follow. After that he left the room and went back to tattooing. Staff was not too interactive w/ the customer, but they get the job done quickly. A- Ok !
Pros:
* Clean Shop
* Quick with piercings
* Bathroom available for customers
* Art Gallery (well, sort of)
* Random items for sale
* Decently priced
Cons:
* staff wasn't too talkative
* parking sucked! Next door is a motel that threatens to tow the cars of those that are not a guest
* There's a sign to park out back, but I couldn't find it. Confusing!
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