719 Marshall Street
Albert Lea, MN 56007
Freeborn County
Phone: (507) 373-5140
Fax: unknownWebsite: no website on fileEmail: no email on fileHours: unknown
by Anita Goldenman on I came in from out of town with about 14 friends to celebrate New Years (it's a tradition) and our ATL connection hooked us up with this place. My fiance forgot to print out the confirmation number for the New Years Eve tickets, however, so we couldn't pick up our tickets at will call. Standing outside in the cold watching the better-prepared revelers crowd inside, we could feel the panic starting to rise: where will we celebrate New Years? Should we just go back to the house? Are we going to have to pay $70 to get in instead of $35? Luckily, the staff at CosmoLava was phenomenal. Both the bouncer and the manager were incredibly understanding. The manager volunteered his card in case we get billed twice as a result of all the transactions we had to go through and then bought us both a stiff drink at the bar to make up for all our hassle. We went on to have one of the best New Years ever!
by Krishna Siwek on Aside from my encounters with the absolutely *humorless* hipsters who seem to frequent the place, I enjoyed my Middlesex experience. Great music for Hearthrob and yes indeed the drinks were fabulous. Also, I found the bouncers to be very nice, social people.
by Logan Y. on This is the perfect place for you if you are more into being seen and being aloof than meeting quality people and being yourself. This is the total scenester hangout in Austin. I have tried to reserve judgment on this place to give it a chance but after this week I think it is time to form an opinion. Some friends and myself (and even a few other random people) showed up there a couple of nights ago to have some drinks and watch a movie that was clearly advertised on their website, fliers, and even on their door. When we showed up at 10:30 (the movie start time) the lights were out and the door was locked. We saw people inside so we knocked and tried to talk to them through the mail slot to find out what was going on. When we asked about the movie they seemed confused and said they didn't know anything about a movie despite the fact that there was a huge poster right next to the door advertising it. After a few minutes of arguing with them a guy approached the door from across the street holding some food (pizza or something). He said to us "yeah, uh... we're closed..." so we figured out that he worked there too. "well what about this movie?" I said while pointing to the poster. His response was "uh.... yeah, we got really f*@ked up so we can't work... we're not open" WTF?! Regardless I am all for bartenders and employees drinking (or whatever your vice) on the job, but if you get so messed up that you can't even serve drinks to other people (all 12 of us waiting outside) who wanna chill out, that is completely unprofessional. Anyways, I have had fun here before, but the number of times that I have been disappointed are more than I can count. If you want to meet burnt out emo musicians, music snobs, hipsters, scenesters, and show that you belong in the group because you wear shaggy hair and pointy shoes, this is the place for you. .... p.s.: sorry for being the millionth reviewer to use "hipster" or "scenester" in their review but I just can't help myself, no other terms really do it justice.
