Cool venue.
My friends band was playing here so we made a night out of it.. showed up when an opener was playing and it was pretty packed.
The bar is a nice size, the bartenders are quick and friendly.
The place has a 21+ bar area and the performance area is all ages. Kind of hard to get used to, I forgot I couldn't cross a certain point a couple times, but the girl working was nice about it.
The sound was decent, the crowd was friendly, and there's lots of various seating in the bar area, with a pool table.
The only drawback is the single-person bathrooms... be prepared to wait in a line 8 deep for the ladies room!
I'm not from Nevada, so the indoor smoking is a negative, but can't hate on that for state laws. A friend (who is a smoker) had to go outside for fresh air himself, only we found all the other smokers lighting up themselves on the patio. Kind of funny.
I used to agree with the rest.... The Alley was the perfect place to go see a great punk rock show. My fiancee and I know a lot of musicians in the industry, especially in the punk scene, and we were stoked when we moved to Reno to find out that The Alley was the place to go for some of our favorite bands. We never name drop and rarely ask to be on guest lists, we hardly party (let alone go out), and we most definitely DON'T get into bar fights... so this night was a total bummer. Not only did some guy sucker-punch my fiancee in the face that night, leading to the ER until 3AM and stitches, the perpetrators were apparently buddies of security and/or the owner and were allowed to stay and watch the show while we were kicked out, and were later let go with no consequences after we waited for an hour outside for some sort of justification from security. The worst part was that after I finally called the cops (when we realized the establishment wasn't going to do anything about my fiancee's busted face) the two of us voluntarily took breathalyzers to document that my fiancee had 0.0% alcohol in his system in order to disprove the statement given by the guards and the owner of The Alley that my fiancee was "Drunk" and that he swung at a girl and that we "Instigated" the fight. Um, I'm sorry, what fight? Oh, you mean your buddies cheap-shotted us and then left scott-free? Yeah. We'll never be going back there. And we'll get the word out to friends about the unethical crap we endured on a night that we were out, like normal 30 year old adults, trying to have a good time.
Review Source:Bartender Celeste Staggs (aka "Marilyn Maneater" in the Roller Derby, Pin-Up and Burlesque scenes) invited me to her workplace, The Alley and made a specialty drink of her own just for the occasion! This drink is much sweeter than its title suggests. Smelling and tasting just like a vanilla-orange Creamsicle (minus the essence of popsicle stick), I was quickly taken back to youthful summers spent running through sprinklers on the front lawn and chasing  ice cream trucks down street for those sweet frozen treats.
Celeste's Maneater $8
1 oz Three Olives Vanilla
1 oz Three Olives Rangtang
1oz Pineapple Juice
1oz Orange
Splash Cranberry Juice Â
Splash 7-up
While visiting Celeste, I also met the new owner Chapin, who renovated and reopened the bar as The Alley in May of this year. Â The venue features live music most nights, DJ's, comedy & regular guest bartender appearances. Chapin made me his favorite drink off the menu the Alley Sheedy. This $4 shot is named after The Breakfast Club actress, tastes like a grape Jolly Rancher and is definitely full of "VODKA!!"
TIP! Beat the Clock Mondays at The Alley: Â $2 drinks from 10pm-12am
Went to The Alley on Saturday night [grand opening?] and had a great time. Extra bonus was music from The Saddletramps with opening act the Cowbellaros [sp?]. They rocked.
Pretty standard club fare so far as vibe. I think this was the former Vixens [never had the pleasure] and from the buzz, it sounds like some of the interior finishes were given an ample spit and polish. Plenty of places to stand and set a drink on a bar or take a seat and a banquette or sofa.
Good cross section of crowd; a range of ages, good ratio of guys to girls with a dose of pin up girl/rocker/roller derby sensibility. I look forward to going back especially with more good music in the line up.
PS Stock some Sailor Jerry's!
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