"Every time we go to Downtown’s Mama Tried, the DJs are playing songs that are very hard not to scream along to. Things can get crowded here since it’s so small, but that’s not a bad thing if you don’t mind rubbing shoulders with people who also just realized they still know all the lyrics to Big Pun’s “Still Not a Player.” This place does a monthly emo night (on the last Sunday of each month) and it’s a truly wild evening where you can loudly relive all those angsty middle school feelings." - ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo