Thursday's Lounge

On the occasion of my 100th Yelp review, I figure I should review the place that had the biggest impact on my life for the past 12 years or so.

Thursdays pretty much defined the better part of an entire decade for me:

- listening to amazing music and dancing like Ian Curtis;
- ruining our lungs by the age of 25 with pack and a half nights in the weird prison courtyard;
- drinking cocktails so strong and so cheap, it's amazing we ever made it home most nights;
- kissing scruffy boys who, at best, only LOOKED homeless (you'd be amazed...);
- trying to keep our "nice" thrift store clothes safe from various bodily fluids on every surface;

When I go to Thursdays now, I am amazed at its resilience. Still pretty dirty and full of hipsters, but definitely 98% less smoky. DJ Mario is still playing the best 80s new wave along with current indie hits. Drinks are still strong and cheap.

I remember my friends and I dancing our asses off to "The Good Life" by Weezer, sing-shouting every lyric with conviction, already nostalgic for our fleeting youth at the ripe ages of 22 or 23. Oh, the irony...

I went here for the first time to see some bands play including Worship This. The bar environment is pretty cool and definitely captures the idea of the dive bar pretty well. The area in front of the stage was large enough and allowed one to get right up close to the band.

The bar service was quick and courteous. They had a decent selection of beer including a rather nice porter that I cannot remember the name of right now. The prices were very reasonable and certainly fitting of the sort of environment they have created. Oh the bartenders also know how to pour properly strong drinks as well.

Overall this place was a blast, and I hope I end up getting to visit again. This is pretty much an ideal sort of place to watch some live music.

having been going to this place for 6+ years now, theres so much i can say about this place but you need to experiance it yourself. thursdays used to be the place to go dance if you were goth, punk, hipster before the term existed, etc. nowdays seems everyone goes to thursdays. i mostly blame this on the universities dorms and the stadiums all moving in and around the area changing up the locale a lot. its still the best place to go dance if you dont want assholes grinding on you and prefer having beer spilled on you. if you want to hear indie, dubstep, and remixes of alternative and 90s and industrial on occasion youll enjoy it here. i miss the way this place used to be but i hear its still a good time and the bathrooms still flood so it still has its charm. drinks are dirt cheap and on thursdays and saturdays expect to be crowded like cattle to the slaughter on the dancefloor and everywhere else. the new patio has really helped with the overflow but the crowd is part of this places charm. Mario still djs here and barb shows up pretty rarely. i cant reccomend this place enough it was a big part of my life for a lot of years and even though i dont go much anymore, all my memories of this place good and bad i wouldnt take back (except that one time i got into a fight. no not that one, the other one...no..the other one...no...ugh nevermind).

tues: 80s and 90s
weds:karaoke
thurs: dance party
fri: i have no idea.
sat:dance party
sun: techno/dubstep dance party. electronic and djs only.