It was on a total lark that we stopped in at the Century Ballroom after the Twilight Exit. Really, we were looking at another bar, but it was closed, and as we were driving past the Century Ballroom, we thought we should just check the hours. On the website it looked like it was all cover, all the time, but I had gotten a different impression from their print ads, so we parked and went up and into the place.
A sign said (it's in a larger building) that the ballroom was through the cafe, and that looked like a good sign. So there it was, the tiny cafe, and we popped in and asked if we could get drinks there, or just in the ballroom where there was indeed cover, and quite the crowd.
The staff at the cafe, who were in the process of closing up the microscopic kitchen, assured us we could get a drink, and so we did. The server had to go into the ballroom to get the drinks, which came in plastic cups not because they were supposed to but because they have only one dishwasher and have been going through so many glasses that they've fallen behind. The drinks were pretty good, but we ended up sipping them pretty slowly, because we started to talk to our server.
Her name was Tavia, and she was a lot of fun. We talked off and on with her, with her friends who had shown up, with whoever was around. We told them about the quest, and they just loved it, which is good because we pretty much need other people's enthusiasm at this point, or we won't have any. This close to the end, it's just trudging across the line, pretty much.
So we had a fun time, and I watched the kitchen close with fond memories of my time in the Den, and the food that was being put away (soups and such) all looked and smelled good, and it was a good time in that tiny cafe. The staff was all pretty festive, happy to be closing one can only presume, and so it was kind of like a little work party that we were somehow invited to.
Tavia said she wanted to come out with us sometime (and it looks like that will probably be this Friday) and we got contact info and then prepared to depart the bar. The drinks, our lovely hostess said, were on the bar, and we were even happier then. Overall, we had a lovely time, and it was a cute little place. There's also ballroom dancing of various sorts, and you can take lessons there (Sean is, for one.) Drinks, food and dancing all at once, a pretty full service place with delightful staff. Definite revisit potential.
Posted by Jason at March 04, 2003 11:01 PM