The Weekender

Sunday, January 27, 2002

IT IS TIME TO WRITE ABOUT THE WEEKEND!!!! So where's the latest and newest joint to hit???? Welp...it's not the latest...and it's not the newest... You guys remember Big Heart City right??? The one w/ the Denny's right next door and it sits right in front of the 5th & Mission Gararge??? It's not Remedy anymore...it's JIVE!!! That's where my crew and I ended up last night... It was Game Master's Birthday weekend...so you know we couldn't just hit a bar... This chick wanted to get her groove on...as well as the other ladies in our crew...

So we roll up pretty deep....and I try gettin the rest of the folks in for 10 bucks since I had a flyer... But of course the chick at the door wouldn't budge...I swear..maybe if I was 6' 4" , full of testosterone and slipped her a 20 she would have budged...Slippin the doorperson a lil somethin somethin always gets you something or somewhere...

We get in...and they're playin some dancehall. heeeeeeeeeey...IT'S ON.... But since it was a bit chilly and none of us wanted to be walkin the streets all shiverin, we all had coats to check-in. So you know how us women DO!!! Single-file line...we strutt thru the crowd, scopin the scene, make our way up the stairs, checking out the crowd and on to the long-ass line for coat check...NICE!!! But it went by really quick.. It's $2 per item at the coat check...and mind you all if you lose your ticket, you must WAIT till 4am, which is when the club closes to get your coat... THAT IS ASS!!!!

So what's the scene like???? You walk in and you have a long bar on your left and to your right you've got a lounge area which is pretty dark...for them peeps who wanna get they're mack on or high on somethin... They've got a couple of tubes on to what...I don't know...Sorry I wasn't really payin attention... As you walk further in, you've got the main dance floor which plays hip-hop and all that good stuff, w/ 2 boxes for they're dancers to perform and a white screen which they show scenes from videos I think.... My vision was a lil blurry by the time I noticed it. LOL ..

There's a staircase that leads you upstairs which gives you an ariel view of the downstairs, so this is good for those of you who like to people watch...and gawk at the dancers on the boxes....hahahhaa.. I"m sure most of you remember when it was Remedy, the main floor was house and the little room upstairs was the hip-hop room ... Well they've switched it up and it's now the house room. Unfortunately, when I finally made my way to this room it was 3am and peeps were just loungin on the couches. Oh well...

So what's the crowd like you might ask?? Pretty mixed crowd....which I LOVE!!! As for the clientele, well it was kind of your so-so kinda ghetto crowd, but still cool.... That might be due to the dress code... They had stated on they're flyer DRESS CODE ENFORCED but I saw jeans up in there on MEN....and some BEENIES....oh well...I guess you couldn't really be picky on OPENING NIGHT...

Just a lil note.....it gets pretty warm up in here...not that it's hella crowded..but I don't think they're AC works or it's just to big of a joint for you to feel anything. So they use electric fans which kinda help when they're ON!!!! But it's manageable...

Overall, my girls and I had a great time since they were playin really good music, which is a rare find these days..

Here's the info:

Xavier, Adrian, Andy Wasserman & Chadwick present: JIVE
Main floor (Old Skool Hip Hop & R&B)
Jerry Ross
Kevin Armstrong
Daniella

Upstairs Lounge (House)
Trevor Mijares

Upstairs VIP Room Host: Reza
Bottle Service Available

Groups & Info:415-646-0803
$15 cover 21 &over

Costumed GoGo Dancers + Visuals by Eroomz
24 hour parking across the street
836 Mission Street
bet. 4th and 5th St.
Dress Code Enforced

posted by The Weekender @ 2:08 PM

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