1328 South Atlanta Street
Quincy, FL 32351
Gadsden County
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by Yuri K. on Other than the strange "gratuity" they tack onto credit card purchases of booze, and the drinks being served in stupid plastic cups and costing an arm and a leg for baby portions, along with the lack of good beer on tap, I love the Mezzanine more than almost any other venue in SF because of nostalgia, but in reality there are some things to praise. Like... great lineup. It used to be even better back in the day when APE concerts had not yet moved some of its shows to the Rickshaw Stop (and that's another review). In fact Mezzanine was, and is the place to perform for the up-and-coming-next-big-thing-oh-wait-they-are-alre ady-kind-of-big-and-san-francisco-is-kind-of-a-sma ll-town acts. I saw here my first concerts of Yelle, Passion Pit, Designer Drugs, Simian Mobile Disco, Vitalic, Soulwax, Crookers (with The Bloody Beetroots, no less), The Presets, Hercules & Love Affair and countless other big names that have made it in the indie scene. Another thing to love about the Mezzanine is that it's a converted warehouse. Admit it: it's hip, and you know it. It's on Jessie street, among the bums and the "artists" in slowly gentrifying SOMA. Nestled in the corner with a red velvet rope out front, its interior uniformly black with brilliant light show capabilities and striking red and acrylic accents. It didn't overgloss itself with lacquer, funky colored paint and avante garde decor into the pretense of being some kind of a high-end nightclub. The club's signature open plan features an inside-meets-outside smoking area that used to be the loading dock/garage, highly functional and modernized bathrooms, and two long bars with multiple attendants at opposite sides of the venue. With the soundbooth in the center near the back of the venue and a separate upstairs that is partially a balcony to the main floor and can be a separate entity of its own, Its design allows for a simultaneous big-club and intimate party-feel. Mezzanine technically being a nightclub does not allow admission to anyone under 21. They are pretty strict about it, too. This is great news for me because there's nothing I resent more than having to party with a bunch of amateurs that can't walk in their shoes, have sex in plain view, or are too drunk to realize their vaginas are hanging out. I noticed a marked diference between the Designer Drugs show here and the one at Westin St. Francis; the latter was definitely a rave, because it allowed kids under 21 in, and of course 1/2 of the crowd was decked out in neon, touching and petting each other inappropriately, and looked positively fucked up or dying. At Mezzanine, an energetic crowd danced and raised their glasses (and bottles), although I'm sure it wasn't as if there were any less ecstasy or magic mushrooms being exchanged and consumed compared with the "rave". The staff at Mezzanine is generally professional and not on a high horse. Bouncers and coat check girls have traditionally been stereotyped as obsese sons of bitches on a power trip and PMS-y cokewhore kleptos, but you won't find either types here. The bartenders are pretty cool, too, for the most part. There's a cool gay bartender named Yuri, here... no, it's not me.
by Maurice G. on Beauty Bar is a hot mess ... but is surprisingly accessible. The clusters of scenekids and white people don't really impede my beeline to the bar for a quickie Lone Star, nor do they take very long to rip a line off the toilet seat when I've gotta leak. DJ Mel is pretty damn cool, and I've been meaning to make it out on a guest DJ night (select touring musicians DJ'ing a indie set) , which they host often. I look to BB fondly, as it reminds me of a legendary Phoenix bar that was similar in energy, but at a quarter of the space. So far, its been the only place in the Red River District (by far, one of the coolest bar districts on the planet) that you can get in a few dances without having to go through the trouble of moving your arms. Scene kids looove to dance without the use of their upper exremities. Its great.
by Flavia Redinger on Went to the Advance party here last Friday, and I thought the space looked great, and had good views, but for some reason the space flow and arrangement of the downstairs just didn't work. Maybe it's a weird layout? The party, however, was awesome.
