Club Good Hurt
6 ratings since posting on Friday, September 3, 2004
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The only reason to go to this bar is to catch a local band that you really enjoy (Meet Me at the Pub) but the service, while attractive, is slow and the alcohol is overpriced. - Will , posted 12/17/06 |
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They were the best of bars, they were the worst of bars. I'm talking about The Good Hurt and Sugar. Since I live within staggering distance of the Hurt, I'll concentrate on it, but it's hard not to compare it to Sugar when the drink menu and the layout is so similar. The Good Hurt is the version of Sugar from the alternate universe where Spock has a beard and Biff Tannen runs the city. It's a portal to a time when rock and roll lounges dotted the midwestern landscape, cycling six-packs of tribute bands across their stages weekly, and into their tills went the paychecks of auto workers, mechanics, restaurant employees, tradesmens' apprentices, and the occasional college student. There's selling out to the hipsters and there's keeping a place open in the hope that somebody will burn it to the ground and the insurance will pay out. I think it's pretty clear what side of the line the Hurt's on. Points to them for not borrowing a million dollars at 18% interest and hiring a feng-shui designer to turn the place into the Brig v3.0 or Circle Bar, but they've succeded totally in keeping out the undesirable element by making it a generally unappealing place for everyone. The room is too big for the bands that play there, the sound system blows (a dbx Driverack and a couple of hours from somebody who knows how to use it would fix that), their seating layout is weird, and there should either be lots of hard liquor or an impeccable wine list. Don't get me wrong. It doesn't have to be Sugar (dang, is that wraparound fish tank the dog's bollocks or what?), but you could definitely make it a far more happening place than it currently is. The demographic of that neighborhood is changing. Mar Vista's becoming the new Silverlake. It's about time the local watering holes stepped up to the plate and provided the kind of venue expected of an up-and-coming trendville. Having said that though, the only way to truly make a difference is to buy the place. - Stjohn , posted 03/02/06 |
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Like the previous poster, I really wanted to like the place. The decor is great, but the overly-priced drinks and crappy music really kills it. - Big Angry Redhead , posted 03/20/05 |
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I wanted to like this bar. And if I just focused my gaze at the bar, I would. Bartendresses are tricked out in sexy mod nurse-ish uniforms and red crosses dominate the mirrors. But the music is truly terrible. Some people might still be into psychedelic garage rock, but I'm not, so the charm was lost on me. The audio set-up was very bargain basement, with wires running all over the relatively large space and just begging for a personal injury lawsuit. This place could be SO hip if all the elements were brought together better. - Amber , posted 12/07/04 |
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This bar was like seeing a band in a basement in high school. Ikea furniture, walls painted red, and a velvet curtain behind the stage. And get this - they only serve beer, wine, and soju cocktails. Soju cocktails are basically O'Doul's - no alcohol. And who serves a cosmo with ice? C'mon. Maybe it would have been okay on a different night with a better band...but I kinda doubt it. - Krystal , posted 12/02/04 |
