You've got to hand it to Charlie Maltsby, he's another underestimated marketing genius walking around that you would not know is big time unless someone told you so. People around here still talk about the old Mad Monk club with reverence. Years ago he opened Red Dogs next to Neptunes on South Lumina. Earlier this year they did a bunch of renovations downstairs that lightened up the mood. They put in some lighter stained wood panels and freshened up the paint so downstairs is not as dark and foreboding as it used to be. They also installed a high-tech looking AC system upstairs that has to be the opposite of "green" when it comes to BTUs. Standing under the exhaust is a blast of arctic air, but it's a lot more comfortable away from it. And that's good for one reason only--Baila, Baila, chicas!!
The weekly schedule is...strange. It's open Tuesday, closed Wednesday, and opened Thursday to Saturday. What? OK! The doors open about 9 and they wait for the downstairs to fill, and we mean fill, before they open the real dance floor upstairs. While you are downstairs waiting you can dance on the small dance floor in the back but that area es caliente. There's plenty of seating there but basically everyone's just waiting around to get to the main arena upstairs. It's also important to mention that both bars are CASH ONLY, though there is an ATM
downstair.
The bar downstairs is large and well stocked, but if you're a broke ass like us it's time for $1 each Shlitz, the REAL king of beers. Grab your car key and stab the bottom side of the can because, "Shaeffer is the one beer to have when you are having more than one," but Shlitz is the one beer to have when there is no Shaeffer, and we're having five of those bitches. Shotgun the shit out of five of those in five minutes and it's time to get your dance on upstairs.
The door to the upstairs open at about 11:30 or later depending on capacity downstairs, but if you get there and upstairs is already packed, you have to wait until people from upstairs leave so there's room for you to go up. Once you are upstairs, you may as well spend the rest of the night there. There's a brand new pool table, a booming sound system, a huge bar, and many hot chicks and guys. The DJ plays the latest, hottest pop and rap music and it is the closest thing to a decent dance club that WB will ever have.
If you hav
e $12 and you don't mind waking up on the beach the next morning, you can order the famous Fishbowl which is a fishbowl with a whole lot of liquors that don't go together that will get you fucked up. Whatever. That's for "just turned 21" newbies who don't know how to drink. The bartenders still pours them strong if you order bourbon or vodka mixed drinks. And they serve 40s of beer...in paper bags! It don't git mo gansta, mofo!
The crowd is pretty much surfer/pop collar/some black dudes and ladies--in other words, the most diverse night crowd you'll find near the beach. You've come a long way, baby. It's OK to dance with him just don't take him home to meet mom! The security staff is on point and for such a packed club it is surprising that more crap doesn't go on.
Then when it winds down, at about 2:30 AM, the entire remaining crowd stands in the street or heads across the street to Vito's Pizza, which makes the local cops and the hired gun sheriff's deputies very happy until about 3:30 AM.
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The weekly schedule is...strange. It's open Tuesday, closed Wednesday, and opened Thursday to Saturday. What? OK! The doors open about 9 and they wait for the downstairs to fill, and we mean fill, before they open the real dance floor upstairs. While you are downstairs waiting you can dance on the small dance floor in the back but that area es caliente. There's plenty of seating there but basically everyone's just waiting around to get to the main arena upstairs. It's also important to mention that both bars are CASH ONLY, though there is an ATM
downstair.The bar downstairs is large and well stocked, but if you're a broke ass like us it's time for $1 each Shlitz, the REAL king of beers. Grab your car key and stab the bottom side of the can because, "Shaeffer is the one beer to have when you are having more than one," but Shlitz is the one beer to have when there is no Shaeffer, and we're having five of those bitches. Shotgun the shit out of five of those in five minutes and it's time to get your dance on upstairs.
The door to the upstairs open at about 11:30 or later depending on capacity downstairs, but if you get there and upstairs is already packed, you have to wait until people from upstairs leave so there's room for you to go up. Once you are upstairs, you may as well spend the rest of the night there. There's a brand new pool table, a booming sound system, a huge bar, and many hot chicks and guys. The DJ plays the latest, hottest pop and rap music and it is the closest thing to a decent dance club that WB will ever have.
If you hav
e $12 and you don't mind waking up on the beach the next morning, you can order the famous Fishbowl which is a fishbowl with a whole lot of liquors that don't go together that will get you fucked up. Whatever. That's for "just turned 21" newbies who don't know how to drink. The bartenders still pours them strong if you order bourbon or vodka mixed drinks. And they serve 40s of beer...in paper bags! It don't git mo gansta, mofo!The crowd is pretty much surfer/pop collar/some black dudes and ladies--in other words, the most diverse night crowd you'll find near the beach. You've come a long way, baby. It's OK to dance with him just don't take him home to meet mom! The security staff is on point and for such a packed club it is surprising that more crap doesn't go on.
Then when it winds down, at about 2:30 AM, the entire remaining crowd stands in the street or heads across the street to Vito's Pizza, which makes the local cops and the hired gun sheriff's deputies very happy until about 3:30 AM.
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