After driving around for twenty minutes looking for parking and walking several blocks, we were in. The bouncer asked us for the usual (our ID's) but when it was our turn to ask questions, we were ignored. The answer to our question was ""The party is upstairs""...we asked a yes/no question but he was too busy chatting with friends. Once upstairs, the bouncer there made us line up with our money in hand. I explained that I was the designated driver but this didn't matter-I was expected to drink $45 worth of alcohol apparently. The bartenders were the only ones who seemed to be doing a good job-it never took my fiance more than 5 mins to come back with a drink. The music was generic-think Z100 meets WPLJ. The third floor has a balcony but don't expect to make use of it-when my friend went out there to take a call from his brother, a soldier in Iraq, the bouncer rudely interrupted and said: ""can't you read?""-there was a sign that appeared to be written in pencil on the door forbidding entry. A simple ""excuse me, please don't use the balcony"" would have been better-the staff treated us like unruly children when it clearly wasn't warranted.
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