Southpaw

01/23/08

COMPLETE DISASTER

by harlemviolette at Citysearch

was excited to see a concert on this venue, since it was nice place to meet up with a brooklyn buddy (i live in manhattan) but was completely disappointed and upset with experience i had here. arrived an hour early but still waited in line outside in JANUARY for almost 3 and a half hours. then waited for coat check for additional 30 minutes. show was not held for those still waiting outside. staff treated everyone horribly, but can see why considering how stressed they must have been. the stated capacity for the show was 350 but complete bag checks were done by the one bouncer while other patted saem people down. completely ridiculous process. i really wanted to like this place, but i would NEVER reccomend that anyone go there.

• Pros: had great artist
• Cons: horrible service, 4 hour wait

01/06/08

The RUB? A ROB of my Saturday night!

by kriscress at Citysearch

I haven't been to a show here, but heard about The Rub dance party (1st Saturday of every month) from friends. I decided to check it out and was REALLY dissapointed. It was supposed to be good+fun old school dance music from the 80's and 90's, but ended up being almost ALL house music - okay, with one Bel Biv Devoe and an Arrested Development every hour or something. I even made a request to the DJ for a little more old school stuff and he told me that there was no cover for tonight and if people didn't like what he was playing, they could go the [expletive] home. Then he actually grabbed the mic and said the same exact thing to everyone else. Ouch!

Also, the crowd is SUPER young, so if you're over 22, you're going to feel like an oldie. It's really crowded and messy and not appealing enough for me to give it another try.

Oh man, I'll never get that Saturday night back!

• Pros: One night of free cover
• Cons: DJ is sub-par, too crowded, VERY young crowd

09/23/07

ONLY go on 1st SATURDAYS

by aw12345 at Citysearch

excellent HIp-Hop-ol' skool , new skool , and every good mix in between.

Only Catch...............FIRST SATURDAYS at "The Rub" party.

DJ Ayres (Vassar Alum) is on point with his sultry grooves and mixes of everything from Tribe to T.I.

Check it out! Park Slope heads don't know what they're missing when they take the train to NYC and the good stuff is right in their own backyard on 5th Avenue.