![]() ![]() At one point Austin Grill expressed an interest in taking over, and Big Joe was stoked, but it fell through and we kept at it. Easter weekend that first year we did $0.25 drafts Good Friday and maybe 20 people came through (Way less than opening night). It was pretty touch and go, summer is never busy and on the Hill, campaign years are tough. Pretty quickly though he ceded control of the jukebox to me. Unlike his other spots, Big Joe was pretty hands on at the Lounge. Little Joe and I were probably not the best choices in that regard. Big Joe Englert was hoping for a cocktail/martini friendly bar with a cigar lounge in the basement. As often happens, there were pretty quick shake ups and Little Joe and I ended up managers. I was gonna be a shift manager at the Lounge. I was still at 15 Min Club and Planet Fred. I wasn’t even there the first fucking night. ![]() Like that first U2 show in the states, everybody was there. The Lounge opened mid April 1996 I think (someone will look it up and give the correct date Editor’s Note: appears to be May 15, 1996). I dated the server in this pic above while I was at the Lounge. ![]()
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