James C.
Yelp
Very Disappointed by what happened at one of our local watering holes, The Blue Martini this afternoon. My wife & I were going to another place on High Street for dinner when we heard the County Duo playing in the bar and we decided to stop for one drink. There were seats at the bar, but not two together, so we moved one chair and then I had my wife sit down while I went to
pull over another chair from an empty table. I had just put my hands on the back of the chair when one of the hostesses ran over to tell me that I couldn't move a chair from a table to the bar. Having owned bars, I realize that you need to keep a service area open, but that was not the case here , as 1/3 of the bar was open and it looked like a couple of the few occupied tables had taken chairs from the bar leaving gaps. I respected their right to set their own policy, but I'm upset by what happened next. While I was trying to retrieve a chair from a table, the bartender told my wife that she couldn't sit in the chair that I had moved from lone side of a solo bar patron to the other side where there was room to place another chair. He said that she had moved the chair from a table and that she couldn't sit there. My wife felt humiliated. We are in our 60's, but like to go to Blue Martini for Happy Hour and sometimes we go late for the bands. We are regulars there even on the slow nights. The bottom line is, if you are over 50, this isn't a place that you will likely enjoy. It definitely is geared toward a "bottle-service Lambo driving crowd" and more power to them. But like any casino will tell you, If you cater only to high-rollers and treat the retail
customers like crap, you won't be in business very long. And as an aside, what's with the "no ball caps" policy. As a lawyer, I'll say that "is a discrimination lawsuit waiting to be filed!". No hard feelings BM although you ruined my Father's Day by upsetting my wife, but you won't see us (and likely many of our friends who live across the street at The Toscana, come back anytime soon.