Silky Jones

As far as bars go, I think Silky's has the biggest identity crisis. It wants to be casual, modern, swank, trashy, dance-y, chill, etc. all at once, and it for the most part fails at most of these.

I do have to say that the first Thursday of every month they have a gay night called FLAME. Its a major redeeming quality of the bar if you enjoy gay bars. This one night is the closest thing Ithaca has to a gay bar. The DJs are hit or miss, but during FLAME they tend to be more of a hit. I'm increasing the star level by 1 just for this reason.

I have had things stolen at this bar. I don't know if its an anomaly or a problem, but their coat section is so small that some accidental theft is bound to happen.

Celebrated my 24th here with a good friend. Silky had a small selection of beers and a competent barkeep. The highlights of the night included the weird music the DJ kept spinning and the competitive game of dare-jenga we played.

Ended up here totally by chance and I am glad we did.  From the street it just looks like a regular bar; what you don't see is the lounge/dance area in the back.  Great techno-ish/chill music playing in the back, dimly lit, color changing lit up tables, a few martinis and I was in heaven.  On top of that, the bartenders knew how to actually bartend....that seems like a bonus in this town!