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Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway
(Dodworth & Lawton Sts.)
Bushwick
718.453.6343
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Goodbye Blue Monday
Believe it or not, Brooklyn's skyrocketing popularity (and rents) haven't killed off the early 20s broke geek hangout completely. It's just that you have to go increasingly out of the way to find them, places like Broadway between Dodworth and Lawton. It is there, beneath the screeching tracks of the J train, that you will find Goodbye Blue Monday, a cafe-bar-junk shop-performance space packed to the ceilings with thousands of records and assorted kitsch, all for sale. The $2 cans of PBR taste just as good here as anywhere, and the wines (categorized by color and the time-honored "good/better" rating system) are also agreeably priced. On the downside, the crowd is a bit insular and are quick to sniff out the non-nerd interloper, probably (and rightly) because they probably don't want to face the prospect of eventually having to move even FURTHER east into some nameless section of Queens. Still, if your friend's band is playing their debut show at this spot, don't hesitate to go, especially if you also need to pick up a bowling ball.
RestaurantLive Music
Categories:   After Work Bars -   Cash Only -   Restaurant -   Live Music -   Pool Hall
Neighborhood:  Bushwick
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arbot . says:


misconduct

When I attended a show at Blue Monday, my friend was forced into the bathroom with a man who intended to hurt her. He was unable to get very far because my friend knew how to defend herself. However, apparently, the man was a close friend of the owner of the venue who, having heard the story, chose to interpret the events as an attack on his clearly belligerently drunk acquaintance. When I attempted to speak rationally with the owner of the establishment about the fact that my friend was attacked by one of his patrons, he stonewalled me, implying that I was making up the story. He then told me that he had no more interest in discussing the matter of an apparent attempted rape on his property and asked me to leave the premises. I was so appalled by his behavior that I feel compelled to spread the word in as many ways as I can that the people who run this establishment are disinterested in investigating attacks on their clientele and would sooner expel those making such a serious claim than deal appropriately with the perpetrator of such a violent act. The owner of the establishment came off as a dirty, despicable coward and I would like those in the neighborhood to know that the way in which this dive is run. I hope I get through to someone.

8/30/2008 5:29:00 AM


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