by Agnus Fusca on I love Middlesex for: -Tuesdays 90s dance jam, Tuesdays Hearthrob, Saturdays grinding up on randoms and Thursdays tolerating the electro (in that order); -Their STRONG drinks. Apply the golden rule w these bartenders and you will feel richly inebriated; -Making friends in the bathroom line and the outside line (unless I really need to use the bathroom...and then I skip over to Miracle of Science); -The people. I can actually *dance* in this place, rather than linger against the wall pretending to look swank. One can dress up however s/he pleases. Seriously, buy something out of the ordinary and wear it here; it will get the attention it deserves. -The dancing pole. I love this thing especially when the lights come on at the end of the night and I have to give msex all I've got. **5stars if they would actually fill the place to capacity when the line is neverending, if they would stop charging $5 cover after 1:15, if they would just let us dance on the tables and chairs already.
by Sarah B. on So, there are a few things you must know about MJQ. 1. THE BAR IS CASH ONLY. Y'all remember those little green pieces of paper with dead Presidents on them? Yeah, you're gonna need those. 2. TIP YOUR BARTENDER. They WILL remember you and mix your drinks accordingly. Eventually you may earn the perks that are bestowed upon good tippers: e.g. once I asked (and paid) for a single shot of whiskey and was given a giant cup of Jack Daniels. That was a goooood night. And seriously, if you're only paying $2 for a PBR, you can at least leave a decent tip. 3. PEE WHEN YOU GET THERE. Before midnight if possible. As the night progresses, without fail the bathrooms will collect water on the floor, depending on how much it rained that day. Ladies, standing ON the toilet to hover is sometimes your only option. Be warned that the toilet paper is usually sitting on the floor and thus half soaked, so you may be forced to drip dry. Gentlemen, from what I hear the urinals do tend to back up, and you don't want that on your clothes, so pee early. 4. YES, THERE ARE SMOKERS. Go somewhere else or STFU. You shouldn't be at a dive club if you're that concerned about your health anyway. 5. LADIES, THE POLE IS NOT FOR DANCING. Yes, we know you're drunk. Yes, we know you think grinding on the disco pole is sexy. But let me save you the time and tell you now: it's not. 6. THE STAGE IS NOT FOR DANCING EITHER. Well, not anymore. Now the DJ booth is there, and you risk being forcibly removed if you attempt to climb up there and shake your groove thang. 7. DANCE FLOOR IS SLIPPERY WHEN WET. I don't recommend you wear your favorite pair of shoes (or any footwear that you actually like) when you go to MJQ. By the end of the night, the dance floor is coated in an amalgamation of water, beer, and other various fluids (some of them bodily). 8. BEWARE THE RAVE RAIN. In the stifling heat that only Atlanta summers can produce, occasionally the evaporated sweat of grinding MJQ patrons will condense on the ceiling and shower back down upon you in a phenomenon best described as "disgusting". 9. MIND THE RAMP. MJQ is at the bottom of a converted parking garage, so the entrance is a fairly angled descent. Granted, it's funny as hell to see drunk people fall on their asses and go down the ramp like a kid on a slip-n-slide, but really, you might hurt yourself and that makes for a bad evening. 10. YOU MUST BE 21. Duh. 11. MJQ IS A MEAT MARKET. In other words, people get packed in like cattle. If you are creeped out by the idea of a total stranger touching you, breathing your air, piercing your "personal space bubble", or generally being closer than arm's reach from you, then you may want to pick another club. 12. HAVE FUN! (Or else!)
by Kandi Reager on My friends and I sat down together to enjoy a nice dinner. While the we were seated with our novels, I mean menus. The menus were a little overwhelming because it's about a dozen pages. As we peered in both the drink and food menus, the couple next to our table started talking to us. They attempted to make a joke but it went quite poorly. In front of the waiter they said, "Don't order from this waiter. He's terrible. All of your food will be cold by the time he gets it to you." At this point our jaws were on the floor and the waiter walked off. They then finished their joke by adding "because he's SO tall the food gets cold when he puts it on the table." Unfortunately, the waiter never heard the rest of the joke and he was more than a little "off" for the rest of the night. We decided to move on and ignore all comments made by surrounding tables. When we ordered drinks the waiter forgot the fourth person's drink order while spilling my friends martini. (Party foul number 1). Meanwhile the three of us starred at our drinks and waited to make our toasts. After a couple minutes the drink arrived and all was well. I was so overwhelmed by the enormous menu. I couldn't believe how many dishes they had. You could probable order from the Golden Temple everyday for at least a month without ever repeating a single meal. They're divided mostly by the type of meat, vegetable, noodle, or rice. The waiter was understanding and gave us time to peruse the menu. I ordered the Clams and Scallion on a bed of lo mien but when the food came out my clams looked great. However each clam had one, yes one, noodle sticking out of it. I was a little perplexed because a dozen noodles hardly makes up a bed. The waiter immediately got his manager who preceded to tell me I had ordered the cheaper (appetizer) dish. I explained to him that I ordered the dish that was $18 and therefore was aware that I was ordering the more expensive dish. It was quickly fixed. The waiter threw in some ice cream bon bons for all the mishaps but there was still one more accident! As he refilled our water he spilled it all over the table. Between the eating, and all of the waiter's spills the table cloth was probably needed to be thrown away. Even though everything that could've gone wrong did, it was still a good dinner. The food was decent and the portions were good. The restaurant was beautiful on the inside as well. I went to have a memorable dinner with three friends, and that's just what I got.
