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I have some mixed feelings
about deco style in general. The stuff is at once both industrial/cool
and cheeseball/plastic. It's kind of the same feeling I have about
this bar. Half of me feels like I'm having an overpriced drink in
the underground
pass-through of O'Hare Airport and the other half feels like I'm
sipping a classy drink in a nice, retro joint that recalls a lost
time of style and elegance. Okay, this is how things break down: the
giant dogs that the character Joey had on Friends are technically
deco. They're, how do put this, duh-ta-duh (if you know what I'm sayin').
On the other hand, the Chrysler Building, in all of its awesome architectural
glory, is deco as well. Whatever you think of the era's style, you
probably won't be disappointed with this place. Granted, this is a
one-to-two-drink kind of establishment. Anything beyond that, and
the annoyance factor may be beyond the capacity of your average bar-goer
who isn't an ex-jock-who-now-wears-a-suit-and-trades-some-sort-of-paper-money
type. Stop by this lounge on the way to a nice dinner or party and
you'll be safe, but fighting the crowds and listening to the extremely
loud financial types talk about their portfolios made me want to jam
a couple martini stems in my ears. The size of the space is also a
bit of an illusion, and fighting for a drink at the bar in the small
back room can be as difficult and dangerous as telling that bike messenger
with the helmet made entirely of Mr. Pibb cans to take a fuckin' shower.
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