by Annie H. on Went here on a friday night of a long weekend from an invite from Omer S productions, primarily persian crowd. This venue is pretty small, but it does look nice. The music was okay. Went here during a long weekend from a massive group invite from some promoter. Guest list was no help. Arrived at 10pm, the line was almost a block long. My 2 girl friends found the front and spotted the promoter as a million other people were calling his name for assistance. He pretty much left everyone hanging. My friends and I were disappointed since he helped us the last time we went out and debated... do we go to the back of the line? do we go home? while the bouncers were yelling for everyone to clear out of the way. So we treked to the back of the long line. We realize this line is not moving, we either need to try to get in now or we need to bail and go someplace else. I go up to the front with my friends and ask the door guy how long the wait is, without answering my question he asks me how many do we have, then proceeds to give me tickets that he says will give us half off the entry. We walk in immediately and give them our tickets, we aren't charged anything whoo hooo! We get in and of course theres barely anyone there, its like a ghost town and its 11pm, with a frantic crowd impatient to pay their $20 to get in. After awhile the place gets very crowded, its very hard to move around and dance. I've been to better clubs, but glad I experienced it. Don't think the crowd was especially attractive, but I enjoyed the diversity and the music was good. But the negative is that its too crowded and hard to move around by the end of the night.
by Beverly Y. on Stopped by for a quick dinner with the boy. I'd never been, but he said it was good and this fool LOVES Mexican food. He was quite pleased. I got soup and it was good, too bad I can't remember the name. It was very fresh. Chips and dip are good and I almost filled up on them. I went the non-traditional route and ordered a salad. I thought it was going to make me feel light, but it was like eating a burrito that walked on top of a head of lettuce then decided to pass out and explode. I know Mexican type fare isn't really the healthiest, but I just wanted a salad, folks. If I wanted the whole enchilada I woulda ordered, well, an enchilada. I will say this about the place, Happy Hour looks like it's poppin' and the service here is 5-star. Very friendly people and they invite you to come back as you head out the door. And the boy? He loved his food and was quite content with eating mine as well. If he was on rateclubs, I'm sure he'd 6-star the place. Me? I think I'd only come back if I wanted a nice, non-Acapulco dinner, but if you need me, I'll be scarfing down tacos at Cactus down the street.
by Joaquin Sommerfield on One star, as Rateclub disallows zero. Vertigo has some decent happy hour specials and on the busy bar block it inhabits, was atypically barren tonight, making it a nice place for a group of friends who wanted to celebrate the victory of Barack Obama with other San Franciscans. I had a great time for most of tonight, we hung out with a Journalist whom was published on the front page of NY Times today regarding the "No on Prop 8" campaign. We cheersed and cheered hundreds of times as CNN Mobile reported that Obama supporters were, as we were, cheering his glorious victory. After people thinned out, an opportunity came where I called for a moment of silence for Barack Obama's grandmother. Two gentlemen who just walked into the smoking room continued to be loud, and we said hey, let's have a moment of silence for Obama's grandmother. For some reason, one of the young men jumped up and pushed my friend into the wall, committing felonious assault. All of the bar attendees demanded that I accept his apology, as his irrational behaviour was driven by his idiotic belief that we were insulting his grandmother or something. On my way out, I approached the DJ and informed him of the situation, and that I would call SFPD if they did not remove the offender. Outside the door, I encountered the bartender smoking and informed him of the situation, and that I would be leaving based on concerns of my own safety and, essentially, ruining my celebration night, no matter what he did, but that he should take action. The bartender touched my shoulder with concern and made eye contact as if to say, "Hey, I will handle this, please don't leave." I sat down in the front waiting for a resolution, and was met with another patron trying to convince me to stay. I informed him that I was uncomfortable hanging out in a room full of people willing to accept this irrational and violent behaviour. I shared multiple times that if I misbehave in a bar, under the influence, I apologize and immediately leave. This is all I asked. I was forced to push past this patron and called SFPD on my way home, informing them that I had left a bar after feeling physically threatened for calling for a moment of silent for Barack Obama's grandmother, who sadly left this world too early to see confirmation of his victory, by only a small margin of hours. I expressed to SFPD that a bar management should be willing to protect their patrons, and that I've been asked to leave many bars for talking loud. That felonious violence is allowed is a reason I will avoid this establishment. SFPD asked if I felt the bartender or management would identify the individual, and I responded that though they clearly knew exactly who I was talking about, I was unsure, as they may want to protect revenue, and that I would like a call back informing me of their willingness to participate. I recommend strongly against entering this bar, versus Hemlock, Blur, R Bar, and other more popular spots within a one-block walk, unless you enjoy bar fights, in which case I encourage you to come here and avoid the aforementioned establishments where I'll seek the opportunity to avoid violence in my celebrations, Hope-related or otherwise.
