Club Gossip

Large club with several bars. Used to be The Wedge which used to be Silverdollar Saloon which used to be... well, you get the idea.. The place will just never die. It's current owners are still holding to the sexist ideal of 18+ for women and 21+ for men. The main drawback is that it draws in a younger crowd. Most of the people going are well under 25 so be prepared for the occasional brawl or 3 on any given night.

Staff is mainly male with only a sprinkling of shooter girls and female bartenders. You'd think they'd put their best foot forward and set the standard for what they want to bring in, but they don't. Guys working there wear ripped baggy jeans, tank tops a step above wife-beaters, and all thugged up with tats and whatnot. Not a good first impression whatsoever.

Lines on a Saturday night are extremely long both to get inside and to get drinks. Average wait for my group was about 10 minutes so we took to buying 2-3 drinks at a time so not to wait.

Music was nothing special either. Just another aspiring DJ fresh out of high school.

From the moment you walk through the doors everything about this venue oozes low class, from the women trying their best to emulate their guidette heroines on Jersey Shore to guys who dress somewhere between ghetto and preppy to an elevated DJ stand made out of 2x4s and plywood. That's right, there's a stage on one end of the venue where they built a DJ stand out of rough wood. Stay classy Club Gossip.

I suspect the only reason this place gets away with it's current standing is because A) the kids going there don't know any better being so young, and B) there's nothing else like it in the area so there's zero competition. On the other hand, because it's so busy it still makes for a good meat market if you like younger women, so it gets an extra point for that.

Bottom line is it's trying to be a large high end club, but their own management mistakes are holding them back. Bottle service is a start, but they really need to step up the vibe, DJ, and better filter what walks through the door. It has potential to be like a DC, NYC, or Miami club, but it's got a long way to go. For example, they don't even have promoters! Yup, they've got work to do.