FUEGOOOOOOOOO!!!

So, I and a couple of friends were fortunate enough to go to this restaurant/bar last night and let me just say I was extremely and utterly disappointed from the time I walked in to the place...

From the outside it looked promising with the big bright red and orange sign that said Fuego with the fire on it... Your immediate thought is Damn! this place is going to be AWESOME... then you get inside and are greeted with a couple of dirty looks, you know, the ones that look make you think you have dog shit on your face or something... but I digress... I did not want to let that first impression taint my experience so I moved to the right on over to the bar... I was highly disappointed to find that at the bar there were only 2 barstools and one was being taken by a gentlemen who again gave me the shit face look, and the other by someone who worked the door of the club... Whatever... I didn't need to sit anyway...

So... A little bit of details from this point... The restaurant side looked O.K. The decor was nice, I loved the exposed brick on the inside, as well as the deep red walls... and all the candlelights. It was a great place for couples who wanted to have a nice dinner... or groups of couples who wanted to have a nice dinner...

When I arrived it was around 10... which by the flyer I had was when the club was supposed to jump off... but... much to my dismay, No one was there... Loud house music was playing and The staff reminded me of that at the Bada Bing... very very serious andthey all thought they were more important than the really are. I can only say the one good thing that came from the staff was the extra dirty martini that Andrea made...

Well, by this time I'd been there almost an hour and nothing... oh... I had gotten the seat that the shit face guy had gotten up and left, then about 3 seconds after I sat down one of the Sorprano's walked over to me and told me to get up. Whatever.

Finally around 11 couples started to come in, and you could tell they were all very serious about their dancing... frilly skirts and dresses... guys looking their best... even with pulled up collars and (just when I thought it couldn't get worse) cuffs...

Ladies were supposedly drinking free until midnight... but I ordered 2 lemon drop shots and paid damn near 20 bucks for them... and... there was basically no alcohol in them, just sweet and sour mix... but this is where they get you, you have to ask about the drink special in order to get it... so... I said Adios to Fuego and ventured off to my next victim of the night...

Club Summary:
1. It's a Restaurant until 11... don't let the flyer or anyone else fool you.
2. The staff sucks... so be prepared for attitudes and antics of the dumb.
3. Shell out the bucks... If you are ballin like that and can drink 10.00 shots of things and 14.00 martini's by all means this is your place...

http://www.myspace.com/fuegoclub

You ask would I go back... At this point, I don't think so... unless it was for dinner, which I hear isn't all that great... but I believe in second chances... and I never say never... so, maybe the hubs and I will make a date...

Ciao,
Nightlife Lady