Revised on 2015/02/15 Saturday
For an evening with family, the event was flawless. Easy parking on the street at this time of evening (7 pm), greeted at the door and escorted downstairs to our reserved tables. Manager's suggestion was excellent. Menu, both upstairs and downstairs is the same. Both comedy acts were excellent -- everyone enjoyed them both. Wait service was as good as it gets, but they do need to add one person to the mix when every seat in the downstairs area is full. Mark, the owner/manager came by our table to say hello -- nice courtesy.
656 will be doing monthly comedy shows apparently. This should be a success if robustly advertised. A Blues for Youth event is coming up shortly. They flyers on the wall announcing events is helpful, but I would give everyone who comes in a paper flyer of upcoming events as well -- a walk/take away as a reminder.
A useful addition to the place would be a couple of variable power LED lights on the ceiling in front of the stage, or even on the back wall set to "skim" across the ceiling to open up the stage visually. Just a touch of additional lumen power would enhance that performance space significantly.
Bellevue has a nice event and restuarant. 565 is a BYOB place -- which makes an evening rather inexpensive compared to the full bar service at others with a small glass of chard pegged at $6.
I am sure we will be back again. A fun evening for all.
f8 and be there.
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One visit thus far; tomorrow 7 us are going back for a comedy act that will perform. Menu is basic American. Hamburger was credible; fries tasty. Just hanging out there waiting for a business meeting later in the afternoon. Not crowded but it was daytime. Waiter was excellent; coffee unending.
I've now used their online booking system for obtaining seats at the show. Worked perfectly. Indeed "Mark" even sent email back to my account and we talked a bit about where the group could be seated. Our seats are reserved. This is a nice touch since many places with music or other performances, smaller places, just let one fend for themself when they show up. This is a nice courtesy.
Will follow up on this after the show re our dinner, and the ambience.
f8 and be there