215 North 2nd Street
Springfield, IL 62702
Sangamon County
Phone: (217) 241-0402
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by David R. on I continue to despise this place. I've seen three shows here. All three were bands that I was quite excited to see. They ranged in genre from rock to electro to indie. All three suffered from miserable acoustics and were poorly produced on top of that. Really....shockingly bad. Admittedly the production may not have been the venue's fault (but I suspect it was). Completely ruined each and every one of the shows. I'd also like to add that the bouncer didn't let a canadian friend of mine in because she had a canadian driver's license and didn't bring her passport. Despite the fact that she's 30 and was with 5 other card carrying 28-30 year olds. Never seen that happen to her before. On top of this, the last time I went here I had a hugely frustrating experience related to a bar tab. So when you open a tab here they make you give them your driver's license- not unheard of but pretty rare, right? So....sure enough I committed the unforgiveable (!) sin of forgetting to close my tab. Then, they made it impossible for me to retrieve my credit card and driver's license for five days because they didn't have another event scheduled for that long. You have GOT to be kidding me. You run a joint that goes five days without opening up and you still ask for driver's licenses at the bar? AND you don't make yourself available to return the cards in the interim? Weak. Sure...I screwed up a little by not closing the tab. But....you know...you're a bar...that comes with the territory. Also....I just spent $120 at your business and you're not going to hook a brother up and get him his stuff back? Ugh.
by Cindy B. on I'm going to start by asking for a moment of silence for the days of the Edison's greatness are over. I came here a couple of times after it first opened. I would have given this place 5 stars then. I totally loved this place. The ambiance is vintage industrial but sexy. Coming in and climbing down the stairs with the large hanging exposed light bulbs down the center of the stairswell, I used to get the feeling that it was going to be a good night. The ambiance consists of dim lighting, more exposed light bulbs, leather furniture, tables, black and white films shown on the walls, staff dressed like they came out of the roaring 20's, large pieces of machinary, and a wondering absinthe fairy. Music consists of jazz standards and swing music. Totally love it. Back in the day, this place would go off and it was lots of fun. As of the past couple of weeks, not so much. I came here last Thursday and had dinner there with some friends. We got a nice table. I came early and was seated right away. Since it was still happy hour, I got the 35 cent cocktail which was really good! Loved it! I also had the Brass Flower because I like St. Germain liquor. The food was great too. My friends and I shared the half Edison (potato) fries/half Tesla (sweet potato) fries. The Edison fries were spicy and the ketchup was even spicier. We also had the truffled mac and cheese. So good! Overall, great food. I would give the food and the drink 4-5 stars easily. Probably the best food I have ever had in a lounge/bar setting. There were a lot of people but I noticed that the crowd has become older than what it used to be and more causal. Still, nice people, but I was hoping to see more people in their 20's like it used to be. The absinthe fairy came by. We got absinthe shots for $10 each one. The shots come in two flavors: pomegranate and regular. The come in small potion bottle. I had the regular flavor. It was perfectly chilled and yummy. Later that night, a band came on. We weren't seated next to the band. We actually couldn't see the band from our table, however the sound system was so loud from where we were that my friends and I started shouting at each other so we can talk to each other. It was pretty annoying. That was pretty much it for me. The next day, my throat was sore from yelling and even though I was in the company of some lovely friends, I can't say that I had a good time. My latest visit there was on Wednesday, not even a week from the last one. One of my coworkers was celebrating her birthday and we came here. It was DEAD. It could be because of the rain that was preventing people from coming out or maybe because it was Wednesday night. It was my first time coming on a Wednesday. I ordered a drink at the bar and the bartenders weren't really friendly. Absinthe fairy came by. We bought shots. This time the shots were $8 each. Hmmmm...this was kind of surprising to me. Is the price for the shots different on Wednesday and Thursday nights or did the fairy last Thursday pocket $2 extra by saying they were $10? They were the same shots as last Thursday but cheaper. I'm hoping that the difference in price was due to the difference in nights--not the difference in one person's standards. Like Thursday, this place was still not as fun as it used to be. Maybe Wednesday and Thursday nights are not good nights? It used to really be great though.
by Maura Falzarano on Food okay (first two dishes). Service...worst I've had in the "world." When I say "world," I really mean "ever." If you are the waitress, hostess and/or owner reading this (since you all came over to our table and apologized multiple times), you know who we are. If you don't remember, let me try to help you... - we spent 3 hours in this restaurant due to the slow service - the pre-fix meal had 4 dishes + 1 dessert, you gave us two dishes and asked if we wanted a check. When we told you we only received two dishes, our third dish came 30mins late, our 4th dish came another 30mins late. Starting from our 3rd dish, everything tasted like shit because of the shitty service. - you came again and asked if everything was good. We said "NO" because we didn't get dessert. I never seen anyone run to the kitchen so quickly. Thanks for the entertainment. - you never got our plates correctly placed in front of us. We had to switch them ourselves - minimum time we had to ask for refills for our diet coke...3 times before we got one - you offered us free additional chocolate cake for the poor service...and you charged us later...WTF? - the 2 waitresses, hostess and owner continually came by and apologized and each spent 5 mins explaining why your service sucked. "Okay...I get it... get out please... We don't want to hear any more excuses..." - (my favorite) You forgot to give us a PEN to sign our checks... At that point, we just left. Thanks Amalia for one thing...every service after yours seems a bit bearable.
