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| - This is not a review for comedy, as I didn't get to see any, but a review of food and venue.
The layout is confusing and the staff is none-too-willing to help you navigate the place. As Karl R has said, "it's confusing for the first time visitor and the staff seems to assume you know the setup." Staff was decidedly unhelpful and I saw more than a few people milling around trying to figure out what the etiquette was. I overheard "What time does the show start?" "Where is the stage?" "Do you guys have food?" etc.
You walk in (basement) and there's a bar. You can sit at the bar and order food. To the right there's an area with tables, where you can eat said food. To the left (unseen) there is a corridor that leads to the secluded/soundproofed comedy area with stage. I learned this by essentially giving myself a tour and wandering through the place and opening every door possible and poking around. It's pitch black in the comedy room, so if the show has already started, STFU and stand wherever you can because finding a seat in the dark is obtrusive to the performance and the room is tighter than a...I don't know.
I asked the bartender what time the next show started, but she didn't know. I accepted the fact that I would not be enjoying any comedy that night, and since I was famished, I ordered food - Mac & Cheese. It was not good.
I must not have been the only person who thought so, because just now when I went to check the website for the exact price (I recall it being ~$9), it was no longer on the menu. Thank you, Comedy Bar, for removing this underwhelming version of a dish that should be difficult to fuck up from your menu. It was watery instead of creamy, lacking salt and any semblance of cheesiness despite (reportedly) containing three types of cheese. I would even say it was offensively bland, but I was so hungry I plowed through exactly 1/3 of it - and I don't exactly scoff at anything with the words "baked" and "cheese" in the description.
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