"This place is still a whisper in the downtown scene, which is both a positive and a negative.\n\nThis place is pretty small, so the more people who crowd this place, the worse off the rest of us will be who don't want to stand around a narrow bar.\n\nYet, places like these need to thrive and the more who frequent the place the better, obvs.\n\nI really enjoy the deep-dark basement this place emulates. The bartenders are friendly and quite literally VERY skilled at their craft, being able to understand your drink order over the Krakatoa-volcanic-eruption-like noise level that is the Ruby Room. \n\nI like the cheap drinks and the accessibility to the smoking 'patio', which also doubles as the parking lot. Nonetheless, the bouncer here is really friendly and chatty during those sometimes-lonely smoke breaks."^^ . . "0"^^ . "2008-01-25T00:00:00"^^ . . . "1"^^ . "4"^^ . "0"^^ .