01/21/2011 (9:30 pm)
Starlight Room – Sarah Harmer
M and I went to the Starlight Room for the first time for a concert on Wednesday, Jan 19/11, to attend the Sarah Harmer concert. All I can say: magical. Pros: What a fabulous intimate venue with really good acoustics! Cons: If you are not one of the first 22 people in there, you will not get a seat. Meaning: You will be standing all night. This explains why when you see pictures of the Starlight Room events everyone is standing. Anyway, the food looked good, and the Bartendresses were very helpful & the beer was really cold.
I am talking about concerts being standing room only. For any normal drink-and-play-pool-chat-with-friends night, the seating is great: padded booths & tall chairs everywhere. We are going back for Yann Tiersen (yes, the Amelie accordeon guy).
Watch out for the east stairs on the way to the dance floor. The first one down is a shorty so when you expecting a normal step down your cadence is thrown off and you end up tripping all the way down the other 6 normal stairs. A bit of a death trap, but there are usually people against the stairs who will catch you. Usually.