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| - After being to Red Rock twice now, I plan on keeping it in my regular rotation of weekend nights out. We had a mediocre experience when we went for opening night, but now that everyone isn't swarming the place, it seems to be much more organized.
Let's start with the positives: reasonable drink prices, awesome atmosphere, great music. Beers are $3. There's a lot of unique decor. They play awesome country music. The crowd is pretty diverse, too. The country aspect definitely brings out some of the rural folk in Madison, so it's awesome to see the different groups interact. Everyone seems to be having fun when you walk around, so this place is not short in that department.
And of course there's a couple things that could be improved: cover charge, the live bands, and the mechanical bull. Both times we went, the cover charge was $5, which they justify by having live music. You can usually get out of paying for cover by slipping by the desk or saying that you're with one of the groups. Also, the bands that have played when I've been have been pretty mediocre. The crowd seems to be having more fun when they play regular music. Maybe it would be better if the band played 8-10pm, or something like that, but I'm definitely not a fan of going back and forth between live and regular music. The mechanical bull looks like it's about to fall apart after 2 weeks of use; it could definitely use a makeover.
I'll be back in a few weeks!
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