The Cell Block

Yeah, the crowd is young. And kinda skeevy. The indoor areas are uncomfortably smoky and the music ain't nothin' special.

But the Cell Block is one badass behemoth of a place. It's hard not to have a good time exploring all of the floors, stairways, and courtyards in this giant prison-turned-night venue. For that reason alone, the Cell Block gets 4 stars.

Oh, and word on the street is that Snoop Dogg/Lion came through here some time back. And the kids went crazy.

The venue is both quite nice and very cool, a very large bar and club housed in an 1876 vintage jail which was the doorman told me was still an active jail until the 1990s. Some customers actually had been in jail there before! The big downer at 10 pm on a Thursday in June was the male- female ratio, counted about 30 young guys who were clearly mostly oil and gas industry workers and all of 2 (two) women. I guess the women were going to have an eventful evening if they wanted to. I left quickly. I assume when the local colleges are in session this situation improves, or maybe I was there the wrong night of the week

First of All,.....They named it correctly. The place is an old Prison. They did a heck of a great job converting it into a Night Club. The prices for drinks and food are very affordable for everyone.....especially college students. Drinks range from 25 cents to 3.00. Ages of customers range from 21 to 26....with a few college students parents roaming around on some weekends. During the weekends, it is mostly college students unwinding and getting stupid drunk on their cheap happy hour prices. I was amazed with the building and how well they kept everything in tact from the prison. The Cell blocks, holding cells, tunnels, court yard, and even the look out balcony that oversee's the dance floor were pretty fasinating. Too bad I didn't have a camera along to take pictures of this magnificent piece of architecture. I enjoyed celebrating with my daughter and family at her favorite College hangout. Since she just Graduated with a Biology Degree from Lycoming College. Thank You for giving her a safe place to unwind on weekends.