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The Velvet Merlin.

Sounds sexy, dark and mysterious doesn't it?

Not so much. It was like drinking coffee flavored beer. It's one of their specials right now for $5.

Maybe I'm just not used to going out on the town in this hood, but I thought this place was weird. It's a house right, well, it used to be a house and now it a bar. It's like walking into a house party where you're only sort of acquainted with the person bringing you.

They have live music every night which is cool, but we came on the Greek Music and Belly Dancing night. So. Weird.

This guy was standing there playing his Bazouki (looked and sounded like an electric mandolin) to a karaoke cd. THEN this belly dancer starts gyrating around him with scarves and finger cymbals and A SWORD. No joke. A SWORD. Aweome, sort of.

Mostly it was a few small groups and then these dudes just watching this belly dancer. While I drank my coffee flavored beer. So strange.
3 stars