"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! \n\nI 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. \n\nThe bar staff was superfriendly and I too met Renee, the owner, who introduced herself. \n\nGreat 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. \n\nI felt a little like Alice in Wonderland at that point in the evening. Time to go home!"^^ . "2009-08-30T00:00:00"^^ . . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . "4"^^ . . .