Post #12112 by martiki on Mon, Oct 28, 2002 12:29 PM

Dean, Mel, Rich: Fuck the lot of you! :)

No, I'm kidding, of course. Here's the thing: Rohan, like I said, has some good food and the drinks are tasty. True, too, that it's unfair to compare it to a tiki bar. It's definitely a different experience.

But:

1. I don't care if the electronica is up, down, left, or right tempo: Unless I'm dancing, I like to hear the person that's a foot away from me. I just don't like having to scream when I want drinks with friends. This is why I generally drink earlier, because I hate noise, and I hate standing to drink for a long time. So I'm usually blistered by 9:30 pm, passed out by 10, and up early. It's the way Ben Franklin would have wanted it.

2. Stupid Marina Chicks (Midnite is obviously excluded) are just as irritating at Trad'r Sam's as they are at Rohan. They suck everywhere. Sam's can get lousy when it's crowded with frat slobs. But if you go early, grab one of the nice round seats with a few friends and a scorpion bowl, that's the beginning of a good night. The TC Crawl in 2001 started there and it was great. 60% of the people inside were TC, so there was plenty of seating and it was good times. This year's crawl ended there, and it was packed. It was still pretty cool 'cause I was lit up, but I prefer it quiet.

3. You just have to know what drinks are good at Sam's. Many of them are sickly sweet grenadine bombs. It's trial and error. And you know what: Every drink I had at the fabled Hala Kahiki was a sickly sweet grenadine bomb. I probably missed the good ones. Sure wouldn't stop me from going there again. Yeah, Sam's is close to my place, too, so there's "the convienence bias".

You know, Rohan has been quiet lately. I hope it hasn't fallen to the danger of being trendy and then forgotten. I certainly hope they make it, because the neighborhood does benefit from a little variety among the cell phone dealers, mattress stores, and chinese restaurants.

-martin