True Colors

This place is great! Went on a Thursday night Happy hour seems to end at 10pm but during happy hour I order a Long Island an it was $6! The bartenders take care of you here. Other drinks are $3 during happy hour. I was told regularly the Long Island is  $8 when it's not happy hour so I assume reg. drinks are $5. Nice dance floor space! Highly recommend! Drinks aren't strong so maybe pre-game before to save money.

It was the afternoon of Queens Pride 2012.  I had just spent the afternoon and part of the morning walking around the festival and doing tabling for different organizations. I was  about 10 blocks away from the point I was at. I thought it would have cooled down because it did manage to rain a bit but unforfunately by the time I passed this bar, I was tired and hot. I figured it was the perfect excuse to step in here for the 2nd time of my life.

Thankfully, in the crowwded bar, a kind gentleman was nice enough to point me to a bar stoool close to him because I am still using a cane and walking and standing for great lengths of time is painful.

The bartender did not take much time getting to me to take my order which is a very good thing on a busy day.  I ordered a Absolut screwdriver.  Being such a busy day, this is one of the bars that serves drinks in plastic cups.  That's fine since I'm used to it.  When the drink was served, it was surprisingly strong.  I was chatting with the same gentleman who let me know about the barstool and it was a very pleasant conversation.  I thanked the bartender when I finished as well as  that same kind gentleman.

We stopped in here around 1:00 AM on a Friday night after a night of bar-hopping and we ended up closing the place at 4:00 AM.  The music is really loud which I enjoyed (but not for everyone) and was a mix of English and Spanish pop/dance songs and the dance floor was packed.  The second time I was here was a quieter night and there were only one or two couples dancing.  

The clientele is mostly local Latinos and Jackson Heights folk.  The bar tenders are super-friendly and the drinks are CHEAP (even on a busy Friday night, beers were $4).