Went here on Saturday night March 22.
Since all the indie venues in Dallas have fallen prey to corporate ventures, this is a refreshing example of a place to go see good music in a smaller space that doesn't put you through the hoops of the aftermarket ticket monopoly.
I found the employees from the door to sound to bar to all be super friendly. I didn't buy any drinks, so I didn't have to concern myself with the autograt, though the prices I saw were not in my opinion all that high for a venue. I thought they were reasonable even with the gratuity.
There's a spacious patio out back with plenty of seating and a separate bar out there where I bought an Americano. I don't think that one does the autograt, at least they didn't with my coffee.
The food was from a little trailer setup selling various forms of grilled cheese sandwiches, though I wasn't hungry at all so can't really comment on that.
The green room is appropriately skanky, but it offers laundry and a shower, which is super valuable to artists who've been on the road for weeks on end, and it was well stocked with food and drink -- a welcome relief from days and days of living on gas station burritos.
I found parking really easy, but I was there pretty early, so I have no idea what it's like later in the evening.
All in all, I hope to see this venue booking more bands that I like because all those places that used to be in Deep Ellum aren't anymore.
I'd love a regular venue that isn't the surgical theater sterile atmosphere of that thing in Irving with it's grossly inflated ticketmaster prices, its hostile employees, its thirty dollar drinks, and its line of aggressive taxis trying to physically cut you off from your uber while police yell at you that they're going to arrest you if you step one toe over their little pylons.
Thanks for a great night out Tulips!
