i hate to re-enforce elitest rules and such, but when you go out to a club, you expect certain things. you expect the people to be well groomed and... (more)
It's a great place to chill. Sitting outside in the patio on a warm late summer/early fall evening is a pleasure, and the drinks are strong and... (more)
Whether it's the proper pint up at the bar served up by Gary or a Tuesday special of a Chicken Pot Pie, or maybe a Black & Tan brought to you at your... (more)
infusion. I've heard a lot about you. oh yes i have.. a lot of good things ..so I figured I had to see it myself. And...? well.. here goes. [-1]... (more)
by Christopher T. on I am not much of going out on a Sunday to some party, as i know i cannot stop at just one drink, but went to park with some friends and had a really good time. It felt much like b bar to me with much more space and actually a bit cuter. The music is really good and the only draw back i would have to say are the go-go boys. I can see how they fit into Splash, Urge, and etc but I don't see them here...bleh. While waiting for my friends to collect their coats I had two guys approach me as well, which never happens - so that's always an added star!
by Judi K. on My family is from Louisiana so I am always looking for good creole food in restaurants (hard to find it better than I make it). I was glad that the Concentric group was going to put this particular restaurant in one of the old warehouses on North Highland. If you ask me that stretch of Highland needed some warmth and some cool. I finally got over there for dinner about two weeks after it opened. I liked the restoration of the building and the atmosphere they created. I absolutely loved the downstairs market and coffee shop and although the dining room area upstairs was very New Orleans I really didn't like the statue or the blackboard menus. I have to say that I'm no prude, but I agree with one of the other reviewers about the strangeness of the large naked sculpture and it may be that I was sitting up close and personal with it, but I didn't like him looming over me. The menu being written on a blackboard hanging on the wall is a good idea but it didn't work since I could not see either of the boards through the heads of other diner's. To start off, we ordered the crab claw appetizer which came in the most exquisite, wonderful spicy, bitey, little bit sweet , oil/ butter based marinade I have tasted in a long time. mmmmmmm. . . I could have been satisfied with dipping their really good bread in the sauce and calling it a day, forget the dinner, it was that good. But I do have a burning question and that is where the hell do they get those tiniency little crab claws? There must have been thirty of the little bitty, fully formed claws in the marinade. I am a crab aficianado and a crabber and have never seen such little crab claws. they were good, just tiny. I ordered a salad and and the grilled fish but we had to wait so long (2 hours) that I inhaled my grilled fish ( I can't remember what it was) but it was very good, hot. and crispy. I was glad that I had ordered a good green salad even though the waitress had eloquently described my fish coming with a onion salad. Well in actuality the onion "salad" was six uncooked onion rings laid out in a pretty concentric pattern on the the other side of the plate from the piece of fish. My advise to the chef is "lose those onion rings or fry them or something". I can forgive the wait since we were having a nice time talking and people watching and come on lets give them a break since they had not been been opened very long. Today, I went back to have a latte downstairs in the awesome coffee shop area. It is so wonderful. I love how they used found objects which gave the shop such a welcoming feel. In fact, I met a couple of their employees while I was there. Jeff who served my latte is going to come look at the Wigwam Annex in the Old Fourth Ward since h really needs to buy rather than rent. And then I met Chris, an employee who was doing some work at the big communal table. We talked for about 30 minutes about the various things we were up to. Chris also puts on wine tastings at One Midtown Kitchen, one of Parish's sister restaurants. It was a lovely coffee break. It is the kind of place that makes you want to stay awhile. Writing this has got me thinking that I may have to go back tonight , sit at the very nice concrete topped bar and get some of those yummy little crab claws.
by Clair Poulet on The idea of having beds all around a club decked out with lavish decor, Roman-like ambiance is a sight to see, which unfortunately you must have to fully experience what the club has to offer. The music is great, the service is good, but it all comes at a price. The go-go dancers they have with the very attractive wait staff, make the evening a pleasurable if not sensual one, especially when laying in a bed as the clubgoers dance all around you. Its good fun, but a bed is a must. Get hammered before you come here, because the drinks are *unbelievably* spendy. The attitude from the bouncers / door hosts are relatively the same as you'll find in the most lavish of clubs -- arrogant, brash, and unbelievably rude. The people are most definitely beautiful here, however, you have to be prepared to come in here either with a) a lot of money you're willling to spend b) bottle service if you arrive after midnight c) tolerate the pushy service d) willing to part with $20 of cover if you're not on any list or haven't shown up before 11PM (which sometimes isn't even enough)
