U-31 Cocktail Lounge

I always thought U-31 was a cool venue for music+drinks and such seeing as how they used to have Reggae night on Sundays and Tribe of Kings would play, but now this place has become too cool for me.

The last show I went to at U-31 was to see DJ Pete Rock and they had the inside of the place crammed wayyyyyyyyyy past capacity. How do I know this? Because nobody could move at all and it was near impossible to reach the restrooms or the bar to order another drink without force shoving our way through the crowd. I seriously should have called the Fire Department to ensure the safety of all the people stuffed in here like a can of sardines.

It took about 15 minutes, if not longer, to order a drink, but what I really hate about this place is how many drunk idiots come just to drink here. They don't even have a clue who is performing because they came only to get their drink on. To make things even more classier is that several fist fights took place inside between drunk men which had security scrambling to contain them but they couldn't reach them because of how crowded it was. Don't even get me started with how stupid drunk the females get inside of here because I saw some chick throw up all over the middle of the floor and I know people got some vomit on them LOL.

Another bad memory from my last visit was when I was leaving some stupid drunk hoe threw her drink of vodka and cranberry juice right in my face because she was so drunk and no longer had any coordination to aim at the other stupid dumb whore she was fighting with. The supposed security/bouncers were standing right in front of us and just laughed and didn't have the decency to throw that dumb bitch out.

On another note,  the place is always crawling with wannabe playas who are constantly trying to buy any female they see a drink while they try and run their pathetic game on your girlfriend/wife/date whatever right in front of you, so don't say I didn't warn you. They really should not serve glass bottles in here because I was so tempted to crack a Heineken over some leva cholo's head after he mentioned he was going to steal my girlfriend away---riiiiiiiiiight.

Their taco tuesday is SUPER awesome.  $2 draft beers?  Amazing.  Then I found out about their Wednesday trivia night.  It's a really good time.  They have 31 cent wings too. The wings are honestly really good!  Good place.  Not the best best food but it's good and good value.

Came here on a Friday night.  The place kind of looks like a hole-in-the-wall type of joint, and they charge you $5 for cover.  Pretty lame if you ask me, but I guess that's how it is all over SD?  Seems like it.  The crowd's kind of ghetto.  My friends encountered these big tall women who looked like giants.  They seemed not care who's in their personal zone and get in your way on the dance floor.  I wasn't there, but my friend's cousin had drama with these women.  There were many people who don't watch where they were dancing.  I walked through the crowd to get through the restroom and one girl just walked in front of me.  Another kind of did the same too.  I just walked by fast.  They got in my way and I kind of knocked them with my hip pretty hard, but on accident lol

A lot of people seem to pass by and not watch where they're walking, especially the women.  I had on sandals so I was scared someone would step on my foot with their heels.

The drinks sold here were not that bad.  I got an AMF for $10.

Back to the floor...we had some weirdos who would not leave us alone.  Then again, those type of people were everywhere (sadly).  There was a time where one girl bought a drink and then accidentally dropped her glass cup.  Then this happened another time.  I wonder why this place hasn't switched from glass cups to plastic.  My friend got glass on her hand and foot.  Ouch!  She said she's usually a whiner too, but she didn't really say much because she was a tad messed up.

This place played a lot of old school and other type of hip hop and main stream music.  Overall, the music was good.  For the most part, my friends and I had a good time.

Parking is kind of okay.  I guess you're allowed to park in the parking lot that says no parking, tow away, since it's night time.  A lot of people did that, and I'm sure they live in this area and know how things work.  Just pay attention to signs and other cars to see if it's okay to work there or ask someone in the area if you really want to make sure.