To all the straight girl bachelor parties that don't respect LGBT spaces; Gay people are not here to entertain you. We don't care that you have a "gay friend." There's straight bars all over the country, you don't need to invade our space.
That being said; great service, good vibes, fun atmosphere. If you come here and are respectful you'll have a good time. If you show up in a huge straight party to overtake a safe space for your selfish enjoyment, you'll be turned away. It's simple logic.
To all the straight girl bachelor parties that don't respect LGBT spaces; Gay people are not here to entertain you. We don't care that you have a "gay friend." There's straight bars all over the country, you don't need to invade our space.
That being said; great service, good vibes, fun atmosphere. If you come here and are respectful you'll have a good time. If you show up in a huge straight party to overtake a safe space for your selfish enjoyment, you'll be turned away. It's simple logic.
The bartender was on a power trip and would not back down…
We had a group of seven adults. All were between 23-50. The bartender didn’t like one of the IDs because it had “two circles”. He was very rude and dismissive. He told two of the group members they couldn’t be served until the ID could be verified by the police. We asked if he was going to call and be rudely said that wasn’t his
Job and we needed to leave.
I called the non-emergency line and had a cop on the way. I let the bartender know and he said that the three of us had to stand outside for the cop. He wouldn’t give credit cards back to party members that had already ordered drinks throughout the process.
The cop came, verified all the party member IDs, spoke to the bartender who caused a scene arguing with the cop in front of all other patrons. The bartender then refused service to the three party members who were waiting outside in front of the cop. He said we were “too drunk” to be served. We went back to the rest of our party members. Then he changed his mind and kicked out the three original party members that stood outside with the police. At first he refused to give cards back but eventually gave in.
After the parent of the party member whose ID was under question asked for an explanation from the bar tender, he kicked her out of the bar as well. The remaining party members then tried to close their tabs and were screamed at about “talking to other patrons about the situation”. They were also refused service and kicked out after having to repeatedly ask for their tab again and again.
I have gone to many karaoke nights and have had a great time at SideTraxx in the past. I have not seen this bartender before or been this disrespected. I cannot believe the way the party was treated. I understand that the bartender can refuse service but he was in a power trip and absolutely refused to back down even after serving five of the seven party members already. Arguing with a cop, saying we were “too drunk” after not having any drinks, refusing to allow us to pay tabs, forcing two other party members to stand outside, this is just unacceptable service…
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 1
Bartender was a horrible person. Went for some karaoke and he refused 2 of our group because he didn't like the look of their ID.
Police came and verified both ID's. Bartender didn't like this and on a power trip said that we all had to leave and it was his right not to serve. He held on to the bank cards of those of use who had already ordered and served everyone else before giving them to us to check out.
We literally just wanted to just go to hangout, have a drink or two and watch some karaoke and this bartender ruined our night completely. Never returning after tonight.
Food: 1
Service: 1
Atmosphere: 1
