by Laurence Balazs on Came here for the launch party for Asian Heritage and it was a lot of fun! They have two open rooms displaying artist's paintings and two DJs spinning old school music! It was great. They offer a decent variety of drinks at a regular price. They have some chairs to sit down if you get tired. But it's got a art gallery, relaxing, vibe going on. Very chill environment and cool crowd. Great place!
by Meg S. on I've only done the chocolate fondue here but I can only imagine that the ordinary stuff is equally stellar. A group of 7 friends and I made our days-in-advance reservations and headed over. They set us up overlooking the main floor and the pirate ship. Dante came over to introduce himself, welcome us, and chat us up while they prepared the chocolate fondue for serving. He had a story about absolutely everything. When I told him I was an Earth Science major, he told us about an archaeological dig he was supposed to go on in China - he would be the first non-Chinese person to see this site - and how it was canceled due to a dust storm completely wiping out the site. The stories just kept coming as he made his way around the table, asking people their names and majors (we were all in college). Our group was - or so we were told - one of very few to finish the 10lb fruit plate set before us to accompany the chocolate fondue; we had pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, kiwi, raspberries, grapes, strawberries, and assorted other fruits to gorge ourselves on. We were quite proud (and stuffed) of ourselves, and upon seeing the empty platter before us Dante presented us each a Dante's Down the Hatch glass. Fun stuff! I can't wait to go have regular fondue there :)
by Lowell Weisenfluh on Nice, small place to see shows in the castro. Occasionally really popular shows are a little oversold. They have seating/bar/food in the back, and they also do shows next door at the Swedish American Music Hall. They book almost exclusively indie rock/pop/folk. There's an underground muni station really close (within 50 feet) that goes straight to market/bart.
