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Gridirongrille wrote about The Spot
The Spot is no longer the business occupying that space at Palace Lane. A new sports bar is going in it's place - new owners, employees and management. The whole place has been remodeled and revamped. Come by and check out the new place!!
skyblu wrote about In-Between
Every weekend I've spent at the inbetween was the best time, Great people and made bunch of new friends. The Halloween party was a lot of fun and a great show, My friends and I will be returning every chance we get. You rock Wayne Sky
ADRIANEVERETT wrote about Jenro's Classic Pub
From 1989 to 1999 Jenro's Classic Pub sat at the far South end of Haygood Shopping Center on Honeygrove Road. It was actually once before known as Blue Hawaii but was bought out and paid for by Jenro E. Lambaiso Senior (deceased) and was given to his son Michael Jenro Lambaiso as a wedding gift when Michael married his first wife Jodie. Jenro's Classic Pub was for the longest time a hot spot for Saturday Night Cruising both before and after the installation of the "No Cruise" Ordianance set forth by Mayor Oberndorff and VB City Council. Jenro's promoted anything and everything to keep it's doors open. But it's main bread and butter came on Saturday Night in the form of Saturday Night Fever Classic Car Show hosted by a revolving door of local DJ's including Joe Pelligrino, Dale Ore, and DJ Adrian E (Yours truly who is writing this review). From 1997 to 1999 Jenro's became a supporter of local rock music and for those 2 magic years every local band you can think of rocked the house. Three of the best local bands wound up with months long residencies on the Jenro's stage, Sea of Souls, The Blue Lords, and Frame of Mind. Every 4th Friday was dedicated to Tribute Bands including, Eruption: The Van Halen Tribute Band and The Virginia Beach Version of Cold Gin: The Kiss Tribute Band not to be confused with California's Version which had current Kiss member Tommy Thayer in it's line up. Every Tuesday Night was $1.00 pitcher night from 7 PM - 9 PM and then on Wednesday nights and Friday night from 6PM - 9 PM $.55 mix well drinks. On Thanksgiving Weekend 1996 Jenro's introduced a powerfully wild concept of a promotion. Everything's a dollar from 7 till 9. This helped Jenro's stay alive during the long winter season. Dollar Tree which was a few doors down served as the inspiration for the winter time idea. On May 1, 1998 Jenro's lost one of it's best bartenders, Maria Ann Carpenter who was everyone's favorite bartender and friend outside the club. Her death really brought down the house and Jenro's limped on into 1999. The bands had gotten out of control with their fans and Jenro's had changed it's name to Jenro's Club 2000 and reverted back to DJ's but that was not enough to hold things together so in November Michael Lambaiso sold out and Jenro's Club 2000 folded and became Metropolis. Metropolis did not last long and became Salty Digs then that club folded and became what is now known as Hartz Cafe. Hartz has a small but loyal following similar but not as strong as Jenro's Classic Pub which will always be the shadow those other clubs will always be living in the shadow of forever and day.
bobspook wrote about Hoss's Deli
the bar is better than the illusions, and they are not "real bickers!" practice what u preach punk!
vakitty73 commented on Substance
I love the downstairs/upstairs atmosphere of the New Belmont. The employees are friendly and knowledgeable & the food is good. I went with a girlfriend on karaoke night & it was very entertaining. I love the on-site & nearby parking...great change from Downtown Norfolk parking.
jimbeamgirl wrote about Boar's Nest
Boars nest is a bbq joint located just a short walk from the campus at ODU. The food is great and the drinks are super cheap. They run a happy happy hour mon-fri until 9 where everything is just two dollars! also on monday night the bartenders get on the bar and dance and you can get a huge mug filled with PBR for just a dollar! On thursdays they play a lot of hair metal and have fifty cent PBRs. The place has a cool saloon feel and is the best kept secret in norfolk/ forget granby street and waterside and head over to monarch way!
Connect757 wrote about Cozzy's Comedy Club & Tavern
We recently discovered Cozzy's Comedy Club in Newport News. Turns out it's been there 17 years! Great food, only $10 admission and hysterical l comedians! I was laughing so hard my face hurt!!
pairse wrote about The Edge
...TERRIBLE! The little place was filled with drunken underage little girls dancing like hoes, acting rowdy and obnoxious, while bumping into the other customers and starting fights. The owner KNEW these under-agers personally, and was on their side after they assaulted a customer coming out the filthy ladies room AND THEN, had the bouncer ask the person who was assaulted by his underage girlfriends to leave. There are letters of complaint going out to county and State officials, as well as the liquor licensing agency.
pinkis1952 wrote about Entourage
Definition entourage Show phonetics group noun [C usually singular] the group of people who travel with and work for an important or famous person: The rock-star arrived in London with her usual entourage of dancers and backing singers. Club entourage does not hold up the the definition of "entourage". Sad to say, but it just seems like people are being hustled out of 10.00. It's a shame that If your not spending a certain amount you can't sit anywhere except at the bar or stand up. What if you don't drink? We were looking to enjoy the evening, and I thought by the name of the place the atmosphere would be very inviting. yeah righ! If your in the "VIP" that means your spending 65.00 or more; who, and where are the "VIP's"? Who are the VIP's? I get it the "Very Important Players" That place is horrible; the tables were very dirty; wet, and stained from the previous night, the floor is buckled when you come in as if it was flooded, which is a hazard. The bathrooms are very nasty, shower curtains for the doors in the women's bathroom...are you serious? Was this suppoed to be a restroom, or a place to get your freak on quickly? Why is it called the entourage? It is in no way or fashion a place where "famous people come" unless the money is good I suppose. It's definitely not accomadating; being in there; I might as well be waiting for my car to be serviced . I'm sorry for bringing my cousin to that place, it's just class-less all the way around. Maybe it works for the young crowd, but for the mature, the grown, and the sexy, it's not, and I repeat..It's not. It's not a place to go to relax, and enjoy your evening. That night we were out of 10.00 dollars, and left within 20 minutes, never to return again, and will not recommend this place to anyone. If they made you aware of the seating before you come in, then you would be able to choose if you want to come or not; they don't, but I guess that would be being "honest", and how dare we expect that from a place called the "entourage". A dress code is required, but why wear your good clothes to go and sit on dirty furniture, but I guess if your drunk in the "VIP" listening to hip hop, watching "dirty dancing" on the dirty dance floor, you wouldn't be aware of what your sitting in or sitting on. For those who will respond negative, pick my opinion apart; that's fine this must be your place to chill, but regardless it does not take away from the fact that this place does not live up to the definition of it's name- See Definition Above. If your looking for a place to trip; shower curtain's for doors, paint peeling walls, dirty tables, ripped & stained furniture; then Club entourage -AKA- Club Garage is your place.
vmotley wrote about RJ's Sports Pub
Wow! Raid wrote ratings in 2008? It's now almost the end of 2009. Sounds like you need to revisit. RJ's chicken wings are the bestest wings that I've ever put in my mouth!! I keep trying to get RJ, or anyone, to give me the recipe to no avail. Raid, you need to re-try everything on their menu! And, oh my goodness!! They have the best thing going in town with their meatloaf dinner. $10 will buy you a meatloaf dinner that just doesn't stop! I am only 104 lbs and I ate the whole thing. It’s a stacked work of art. Bottom layer is 1-1/2" thick jalapeno corn bread, on top of that is 1-2" thick layer of mashed potatoes, on top of that is 2" thick slice of meat loaf to die for, which is smothered with brown gravy, and topped off with a couple of huge fried onion rings. Yum Yum Yum...Guess where I'm going tonight to eat so leave me some of that meat loaf! The atmosphere is also great. I've not met anyone yet at RJ's that wasn't friendly, smiling and happy. Drinks are always mixed just a little better than right (Ya know what I mean?) On top of a large variety of menu selections, fresh excellent food, good drinks, and fun conversation, they also have great entertainment such as karaoke, competitive billiard players, and dart boards, one man bands and best of all people watching. The wait staff is prompt, and the bartenders are funny, friendly, good (and good looking). RJ’s is a smoking facility, however, I'm a smoker but believe it or not I still can't stand getting home and smelling like smoke. RJ's is magic! People are smoking but it all disappears quickly. I have never walked out the front door and smelled the “UCK these clothes go in the trash” smell! It's a good place to sit back, play games, watch people, unwind and regroup after or before you do anything. Whatever needed to be changed in the kitchen through management has most definitely been changed!!!! Enjoy and remember to always be safe! Thanks RJ for a great place to hang out and feel safe! Submitted by Vanessa 8/12/2009
mojaveheatbomb wrote about Wanna Bs Karaoke Club & Restaurant
Wanna b's is just that, full of wanna be's. the place is horrible breeding ground for gossip and cliques. I frequented the bar cause I was seeing a girl back in 05 and boy what a disaster it was. The drinks are horrible, if you're not part of the "in" crowd what ever that is, then you won't get to sing. It's a joke, like the previous posts, don't go here, it stinks on ice!
SunShineNessa wrote about Club Mystique
very good!!
someone wrote about Wanna Bs Karaoke Club & Restaurant
Could not agree more with the previous review...the DJ puts his friends ahead of the line. The drinks have NO liquor in them...beers and shots are your only option. Not only did he skip those with requests in, but he let the staff sing a song when customers were waiting...WHAT?? Also, the crowd was taking the singing way too seriously...what ever happened to FUN karaoke. I never write reviews or blog...it was just THAT bad for me to make an exception...stay away people...wasted night!
Troubador commented on Southwest Wednesday
I am David Carter and I have not performed at Luna Sea since 1991. Please update your page. :) Thank you, David Carter
clubman804 wrote about RCS II Showgirls
I agree with the first guy. I used to love this place when adj 5 adam was the dj 5 nights a week. Now they have this corny asian guy named aj and a guy named house that absolutley have no taste in music. If this place went back to the way it used to be i would be in there every night
norman757 wrote about RCS II Showgirls
I went to Rc's Showgirls the other night and was quite suprized to see men serving drinks behind the bar. I used to go here all the time when there was this cute blonde haired girl Kate behind the bar. This is a very classy establishment but between having guy's behind the bar and raised drink prices i decided to go to Clancy's down the street.
Chezzicatt commented on Adrenaline Nights ... sponsored by Metromix.com
Don't go here looking for anything to resemble metropolitan (Miami, DC) House music. You'll be disappointed. You will hear, however, all the typical Top 40 radio classics. Nice environment, great drinks, decent crowd--- but NOT real House Music at all!
Cindy3520 wrote about Taphouse on Queens Way
Taphouse is one of our favorite places for great food. The place is small, which is too bad because it would be an awesome place for a group of friends to meet up. THey do have an upstairs area, but it lacks the character of the downstairs dining area. The food is amazing! From the fried dumpling appetizer to the shrimp fettuchini (special), crab cake sandwhich, blackened crab cake meal (to die for), shrimp poorboy, and more.
k1starscream wrote about Entourage
This club can be ok if you get their early before the lines are long and mainly on thursdays or saturdays. However you will see the bouncers show extreme favortism all though this may happen at any club its very bad here when you see posse after posse after posse of their friends getting in and their bouncers seem to make up their own rules. Its a fight to get to the bar let alone get a drink from the bar because they are understaffed. Its not a mixed club at all more of a black club. Theirs nothing wrong with that because Im black however some people like mixed clubs better so just some Fyi. With that being said the club is ok at best nothing more or nothing less unless you know the bouncers Lmao.
ginawee wrote about Firkin & Frigate Pub
Two Thursdays ago, "The Golden Girls", who go out after work almost every Thursday, decided to visit the Newport News Frikin and Frigate Pub. The suggested beer was good, and from there, it was downhill. What started out to be an annoying visit by one fruit fly, turned out to be an invasion after our dry corned beef sandwiches arrived. We gazed at the painting on the wall, and there were more fat fruit flies on the painting waiting for more. When I asked where the manager was and told the waitress why we needed him (although it was quite obvious by our clapping,slapping, and shooing gestures), she replied, "Oh, I think he's somewhere over there. They're (the flies) are REEALLLYYY bad over there. We tried to spray for them, but it did'nt seem to do any good." as she pointed to the bar area. The final straw was when one took a nose dive into the sour cream on my nachos. The manager never came, I was sick on my stomach for 2 days after my visit, and needless to say, The Golden Girls did not add this joint to our list of Thursday afternoon meeting places. IT WAS DISGUSTING!!!
jsteeleRG wrote about Harpoon Larry's
My fiancee and I had our first date at Harpoon Larry's, and the place held special meaning for us..until last night. To begin, we had to choose the smoking section as the non smoking dining "room" was filled with an extended wait for those tables, curiously it's only about 1/3 the size of the smoking side. My fiancee ordered a cluster of crab legs, I ordered a grilled tuna fillet sandwich, as we had plans afterward and we expected a fairly quick turnaround. After the first cluster was gone, and my drink was empty, my dinner was still not to be found. My fiance ordered another cluster of crab legs, and we were ok with it so far as the waitress said "raw bar stuff always comes out first", I guess so everyone else at the table can watch. My fiance then went thought that cluster, and I still have no dinner, dinner was about 40 minutes on the clock at the point. Luckily there was a loud obnoxious drunk woman sitting nearby for our entertainment. After 44 minutes, my sandwich arrives, with a "lovely" overcast gray color of tuna fillet and cooked well done (ordered medium rare). The bun was stale and crumbly, the lettuce looked as though it'd been picked up out of the compost bin, and the slice of tomoto was more core than fruit. The french fries could've come straight from the Ore Ida bag in my freezer. The waitress set this masterpiece down w/o barely a word and left. After getting some condiments and replacements for the lawn clippings on my sndwich I attempted to eat the culinary work of art. I have never had a more bland, underseasoned, overcooked or drier piece of tuna in my entire life..frozen or fresh and this must've been in the deep freeze for a few months. As far as the french fries, nobody should ever order or pay for those from Harpoon Larry's. That is unless you like greasy frozen one's from a last year. Here's a tip for Harpoon Larry's..use fresh food or just stop serving food, and here's some tips for customers...go to Red Lobster, Surf Rider or the Hampton Seafood Kitchen just avoid Harpoon Larry's at all costs. Oh and Harpoon Larry's...clean your restroom's at least once a month, the smell of stale urine does not enhance one's palate.
jackobx21 wrote about Wanna Bs Karaoke Club & Restaurant
I went there last night with a party of 11. We got there at 10:30, and 2 of us put songs in. We watched people come in, laugh and talk to DJ, and they sang way before us. His friends (who some had brought their own cd's), sang 4 times before us. I finally sang at 1:30. Complained to manager and she said she never noticed it. When i pointed out the ones who sang over and over, along with a couple who came in, ordered one beer, sang then left. They were there less than an hour and sang. To make it worse, I turned in the tickets for the two of us in our party, and mine was first, my friends was second. He sang 3 songs before me, and one of the guys the DJ put in front of me had been there about a half hour. Waitresses and Bartenders are great, though drinks are weak. If you want your moneys worth, buy a beer and do shots before you get there. My tab was $65. There was 4 crown and gingers, a round (6) jaegers, and one coke on my bill. To make it worse, at the end of the night after you have watched his friends sing, walk in and be moved to the front, the DJ "sells" the last song of the night. He keeps the cash! My friends had never heard me sing, so I paid 15 to sing a song so my friends could hear me sing. There are many places to sing karoke in the area, and not be pushed away because your not the "karoke gods" friends. He also lets people whom you dont know get on stage with you, dance around you drunk, and wont say anything about them or make them leave you alone. Go somewhere else, leave this bar alone.
cclark4 wrote about Avanti
I can't say enough bad things about our experience here. I was also at a wedding reception here and there was not enough food for less people that food was ordered for, the quality of the food made it nearly inedible, the bride was overcharged by over twice what she agreed to pay for champagne (which was cut with juice and not good quality champagne to begin with). It seemed that they were not at all prepared beforehand because there was also not enough silverware when, again, less people showed up than the bride said would be there. The management bailed before the evening was over sticking their poor servers to deal with an hysterical bride and pissed off guests. I will never be coming back here again.
