Jon C.
Yelp
Being from Indianapolis, I had never heard of The Back Door until some friends were performing in a show there, so I decided it would be a good time to head down and support them and check out a new place. I would like to tell you that it was a great experience, but that would be a lie. Instead, this place gets marked on my "never again.. Ever list".
I arrived early, so I walked around downtown and watched the Lotus Festival for a while. At the suggestion of one of my friends who was performing, I got to The Back Door early so I could make sure that I got a seat. When I walked in they checked my ID and I paid the cover charge, walked in, and headed to the bar to grab a drink. I grabbed a seat while there was a comedy show going on, so I watched a couple of the acts, and then hung around after it was done.. waiting for the show. Someone came on the stage and told everyone that they needed to go to the patio because they had to flip the room for the show. OK, no big deal... I walked out to the patio and hung out. I saw the line that was already starting to form of people who were arriving for the show and was glad I didn't have to wait in line. It wasn't until somebody else came up and told everyone on the patio that they would have to leave, get in the line and pay a second cover to get back in that I became a little irritated. Okay, not a little but a lot. I went up and asked the person why we had to leave if we had already paid a cover and why we had to wait in the back of the line when we had gotten there early for the show. The response I got was they have many different shows they go on throughout the night and the covers are different for each one. Annoyed and pissed off, I walked back to my car and drove home.