150 Chestnut Street
Providence, RI 02903
Providence County
Phone: (401) 751-2255
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by Christopher Y. on What a fantastic spot to come with friends and listen to some great live music. Highlights: -no cover -pretty well priced drinks ($6 blue moons) -fantastic band and the piano player's got some serious pipes on him (ben roethlisberger look alike w/ playoff beard and all) -bar tables and a couch here and there to sit at if you come early enough to get one -very close to metro. stop wasting money on parking and gas and take metro. if you don't live near metro, move. The bad: -this place is really popular and it gets packed, but the venue isn't large enough to handle. there's also a weird partition in front of the bar that makes it hard to move around. definitely annoying Bottom line: can't beat live music with no cover and actually talented musicians and singers. rock on.
by Karyl Winingear on I went to Sutra this past Saturday for a friend's birthday. We had a private "VIP" area in the back corner that's at the bottom of the stairs as you enter the club (Sutra is in the basement of Fuego). The music was pretty top-40ish, and the crowd was super diverse. Since the SEC championship was this past weekend there were a lot of Hats and sweatshirts too so I'm not sure if that's typically dress-code compliant but it was on Saturday. I mean, it's a basement. There's booze. People were dancing. But it was really crowded and there just aren't many places to sit down and relax unless you've got a VIP section on hold (which comes with a hefty minimum). Our section was a max of 12 peeps with a minimum of $500 tab. Thankfully the 1 liter of Grey Goose set us back a whopping $275 (!!!) so we were well on our way. Unfortunately, i drink almost exclusively beer so I wasn't much help. Anyway, huge props for the diversity of clientele but personally i could have gone for a broader mix of music than "Hey, what's hot on Q100? Beyonce? Shoulda put a ring on it!? Ok, play that every 2 hours". The previous review points out that there isn't much in the area of the "lounge" genre but Leopard Lounge is around the corner, Twisted Taco has more seating (albeit a much different atmosphere), and a simple search on rateclubs will help you find a more "diverse" club space. Hell, Halo isn't even that far down the street. Cosmo/Lava isn't the end-all, be-all but at least you can find a place to sit and talk if you want a break from the dancing (and if you're into basements they've got that too). To reiterate, i was really impressed with the mixed bag of people. No group was "over-represented" and the crowd probably represented the racial mix of the city pretty well. That's definintely something that is hard to come by. But the club is just a standard space. Kinda cool, but as clubs go not outstanding.
