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TO IMPROVE COLUMBUS COOL RANKING..AN AFTERHOURS CLUB
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mightymighty
North Side
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the old Outland used to be open till 4 am, & in the 90's there were 24 hour coffee shops. The only place I can think of where you can go and sit after the bars close is Tee-Jays, and a couple of other 24 hr diners.
If there was a place to go and hang out after 230 when the bars close, I'd go, but I have to admit I don't go out that late much anymore.
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Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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I think Vanity stays open until 5 am. :D
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Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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There's lots of after hours clubs in CBus. You probably wouldn't go to them though, as they're seedy homes in seedy neighborhoods with literally a slot in the door that gets pulled open to see who's there before they let you in...and most have a shooting gallery in at least one room.
Basically to do it, it means no booze, quiet music, and kind of a lame scene if you want to do it legal...which spells tremendous failure.
That said, I"ve still gone to the same after hours bar for the last 20 years when up that late (rarer all the time) and it's still around, still in business, and still as sketchy as ever.
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DJAnimosity
C-Bus
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Isn't Club 104 an after-hours club? :D
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Coremodels
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LOL...yeah, 104 is...it's BYOB and both before and after hours though...and kinda weird, although I do have a membership card in my wallet at present ;)
Actually, the place I was referring to is "some guy's" house on Spring St. near CSS. It's been around since the late 80's, as I would go there originally with the staff of Black Forest Inn (Thirsty scholar now maybe?) when I worked there just after high school. I kinda just kept going over the years, and am now a "regular".
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DJAnimosity
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Describe the "scene", if you don't mind. I'm curious.
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Coremodels
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Really dark house, literally a house. Full bar in what would normally be a living room, and it's actually a super cool like 60-70 year old mahogany bar. They serve about 8 things total...so pick one LOL. Beer you have two choices, rolling rock and something else (I drink Rolling Rock, so not sure of the other). Then they have like 1 version of each primary well liquor.
The kitchen is functional, and every once in a while the wife cooks up some stuff that is usually quite good. There's a parlor type room, smallish and quaint, that becomes the shooting gallery for the junkies. They're usually on furniture, sometimes on the floor, fixing but being extremely polite and then end up having incredibly intelligent debates about serious issues with anyone who will hear it.
The crowd tends to be a mix of bar owners/employees of all types, criminals, hookers, and dancers from the less high end type spots (like Body Shop). The upstairs usually ends up being a place that people hookup.
When you get there, you literally walk on "some guy's" front porch and knock...a slat in the door where the peep hole used to be comes back (I think they did away with the peep hole to see the whole area around) and if they know you...you go in.
I'm confident, although I've never seen it, there's a serious arsenal in there if things go bad. I also see at least one cop per night everytime I've been there getting drunk and/or blown, so I figure they know the deal.
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DJAnimosity
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So basically it's sort of like the place Dennis Hopper hangs out in the film "Blue Velvet" (you know, where Dean Stockwell sings "In Dreams"), only you're substituting Rolling Rock for Pabst Blue Ribbon?? :D
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Coremodels
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LOL...pretty close, only a LOT less white people ;)
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Big_Ben
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The dancehall laws on the books from the 20's (or there abouts) prevent any establishment from staying open past 2:30 in the morning if their sole purpose is for their patrons to dance. Since you can't sell alcohol after that then the sole purpose of any place staying open that late would be to dance.
Places like HoundDogs and Buckeye Donuts are the main late night spots on campus. Outlands still stays open until 4 (I think but could be wrong) and there are a few other late night food places around. Other than that there isn't really anything.
Even if they would allow places to play music and dance after 2:30 there wouldn't be much of a market. Since they can't sell alcohol that late and most dance places don't sell food (nor do they want to) there isn't really any income coming in after last call. I would assume a place staying open that late would have a cover charge but I doubt it would attract enough people to pay for the added expenses of staying open that late.
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Manatee
The eternal present
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Wow, Coremodels, you just blew my mind. It's a good thing I have a child and am scared of needles, or I'd probably be waist-deep in that scenario. It sounds funner n'hell.
My favorite thing to do used to be to walk into a bar where I do not belong in any way, then sidle up to the guy melting into the bar and get that dude's life story. Nothing else, mind you, but some of those guys have amazing things to tell. And I never got hurt, because I was always very respectful and just honestly interested.
BTW, Dean Stockwell is one of my favorite actors. I liked him in Paris, Texas, too.
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scottlitch
Southwest Hilltop, Columbus
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I ran an afterhours for a little while 2 years ago. The interest is there but in small numbers. People can't seem to hang past 4 am anyways. The crowd always thinned at 4. It usually ended by 6.
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enzo
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4am would be great too! Also with more and more people moving here from other countries, I believe there is a strong support for a great afterhours club...something really fabulous. The laws need to evolve...that is absurd- no dancing after a certain time...complete silliness. I say the Waffle House type place that is generating income 24/7 and then the basement on Friday and Saturday--Afterhours. It could not be financially lucrative to have a business only open from 12-5am two days per week....something else would have to drive the cash...unless someone just donated the space to a worthy cause???
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Manatee
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So, add this to our list of prospective businesses. A way to generate income at the creperie/haunted house after 2:30am?
Whoever dealt with this would have to be willing to deal with some real crazy behavior. Seems like keeping things a little secretive might be a way to promote "regulars", i.e., people you know won't get all weird on you.
I seem to remember running into some very unsavory con artists at the old Insomnia.
But dancing... at 4am... it's good to do.
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