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The Apartment

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Local(773) 348-5100

2251 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60614

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The Apartment
Local(773) 348-5100

2251 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60614

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Yelp.com Review - by andrea c.

2.0 of 5 stars. the apartment has its good and bad...but mostly bad.good:-location-no cover-top 40 cheesy music, which can be fun-the bar downstairs is chill bad: -drinks are no bargain-the floors are sticky...like...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Andre C.

3.0 of 5 stars. I like the concept of this place: dancing upstairs, chilling and talking downstairs. I've been to quite a bit of clubs and they are always douchey. Guys posturing and girls in black dresses being...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Karen M.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is our regular spot! We end up here often, especially as a fall back when other bars we try are terrible. The music is great and there is always a crowd dancing. I love the decor, and the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Diane D.

2.0 of 5 stars. Two stars for The Apartment because there are two really awesome things about it that I am able to pick out:1) No Cover. Ever. At any point. THAT is awesome.2) Location. Gotta love Lincoln Park. If...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kathy L.

3.0 of 5 stars. Say what you will about the apartment, I like this place!It's not the best place in the world, but its fun! Its my default hang out place when no one can decide where they want to go, "Let's go to the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Lissette A.

1.0 of 5 stars. I'm not sure why this place still exists. Now The Apartment really isn't a place I go to often but when I do its always bad and I leave really hating myself for going. That last time I went my friend...
yelp.com - user review - 05/18/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin P.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place makes me think of the places I went when I had to use a fake ID.
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by scott s.

4.0 of 5 stars. So many Drunken Dance Nights HereGood MusicGood DjGood Times
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Samantha L.

2.0 of 5 stars. This places reminds me a little to much of an old college bar I used to go to all the time, partially because almost all the bars in Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville seem to be swamped with frat-like...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Lu C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Why would anyone give this place a bad rating? Its got free cover ALL the time/every time so its the perfect place to go after going to a few bars downtown or around LP. The drinks are pretty cheap,...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael W.

1.0 of 5 stars. While the apartment isn't really my scene, that's not why I'm rating it so poorly. I'm rating it this bad because of a nasty experience my friends and I had here.One of my friends wanted to go here...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kim C.

4.0 of 5 stars. What's not to love?- Free cover even on weekends- Decent crowd- Decent music- Strong drinks at reasonable pricesI definitely keep The Apartment in the back of my head for spontaneous Friday/Saturday...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael M.

3.0 of 5 stars. I used to frequent this place a lot until I hit 23 then I learned very quickly this is not a place for anyone in a serious relationship. LOL!!
yelp.com - user review - 11/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Job E.

3.0 of 5 stars. Not bad - no cover, drinks not too pricey. People were dancing, but I don't really remember the music being great; I wish I remembered more.
yelp.com - user review - 11/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Allie B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Why are Yelpers so critical?! It's not like I'm madly in love with the Lincoln Park bar/club scene, but The Apartment has NO cover charge, inexpensive drinks, and dancing--what's not to love?? The...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Bethany M.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm one of those people who truly enjoys dancing when I go out, and I'm also someone who prefers to not pay cover to get my body into a door. I would assume that if you have those two things in...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by linda n.

3.0 of 5 stars. If you're with good friends and its a good crowd, its usually a good time. The music happened to be really good on friday night. Its hit or miss sometimes. My only problem with the place is the wall...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kelly H.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is definitely not the spot for a classy night out, but if you like to dance it is very very fun! If you don't take it too seriously you will have a good time here.
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Sasha R.

3.0 of 5 stars. Okay, so this place is a little tacky.. but give them credit- they DID confiscate my fake ID about a month before my 21st (even though they let me in less than a week before with said ID). The reason...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Alexis L.

3.0 of 5 stars. Sigh. I really should hate this place, but I don't. After re patronizing the suburbs after college, a group of friends and I were taken here by a friend that attended DePaul. This was a particularly...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Paul C.

2.0 of 5 stars. I've been here 4 or 5 times. It's ok, depending on who you are with. One night it was Asian night, and the place was packed with Asians (someone needs to tell Asian dudes that spiking their hair...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by beth a.

3.0 of 5 stars. ha i think these reviews are awesome...but i gotta say ive never had a bad time hereLIKES:---bathrooms...awesome because of the sheer volume of stalls...thank u to someone who finally got it right...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Cate R.

4.0 of 5 stars. When I used to come here often several years ago, this was not a place I truly loved. When I came here a month ago, I had a blast.This place is really fun. Definitely a dance club-type deal, but with...
yelp.com - user review - 06/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kathryn T.

2.0 of 5 stars. I think I only ordered 1 drink by the time I made it upstairs...and I have no idea what it cost or how tasty or nasty it was. I was with a group of people and we wanted to dance, so we headed upstairs...
yelp.com - user review - 05/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Matt K.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place sucks. A lot. The people that go here are tools. We went because my roommate's sister was in town with a ton of her college friends from Minnesota. Minnesota college kids apparently really...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Bri S.

1.0 of 5 stars. I've been here a few times over the years and this place is a joke.The bouncers won't let you in if they don't like what you're wearing. I once came with two guy friends (I'm a girl) and they were...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Michelle S.

3.0 of 5 stars. The only clue that I was AT the 'apartment' was an ACTUAL bed that was roped off on a platform off the dance floor. I had to wonder what it would look like under a black light. HA!ha!This bar is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Angela G.

1.0 of 5 stars. I hate the apartment. I've been dragged to this place twice by friends. Never again will I waste my money and my Friday night going a faceless "apartment" to get ugly non-english-speaking freaks to...
yelp.com - user review - 03/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by catherine r.

4.0 of 5 stars. i like this place a lot. nice furniture. very creative.
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by jenn m.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place is alright. When I was younger I thought it was super cool with the different rooms that resembled an apartment. Equipt with a large-ish dance floor and bar located directly beside it, it...
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Annie Y.

1.0 of 5 stars. I think this place sucks. The bar staff are rude and make horrible drinks and the crowd is just not my style. I mean I've only gone twice in the past 5 years (seriously) and you really have to be...
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike T.

1.0 of 5 stars. I now know what the seventh circle of hell looks like. How can the downstairs be relatively alright, and the upstairs be this awful. I get the distinct feeling that I was drinking around the type of...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jonathan C.

3.0 of 5 stars. nice decor, some drinks are a little pricey (but its LP). Good for dancing, Pretty nice to go downstairs to Lions Head and get whatever the beer of the month is.
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Stacey A.

3.0 of 5 stars. You really and truly have to be in that "I just want to get wasted and DANCE" mindset to truly enjoy Apartment.My cousin adores this place and had her 23rd birthday party here. So we got all decked...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Beth M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Went here for the first time last weekend and liked everything except the fact that they put a $50 hold on my credit card. I opened a tab with a credit card, and when I closed it out, I paid with...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Megan O.

4.0 of 5 stars. WOW! You people are super harsh!! Maybe I'm a bit of a softy, but man, you guys give no one a break for anything..... Everyone seems to be complaining about popped collar jag-offs, a top 40 music...
yelp.com - user review - 11/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Michelle C.

1.0 of 5 stars. Want really drunk guys to try to cop a feel? Want sloppy drunk girls to run into you? Do you like badly made drinks? If so, The Apartment is your spot. Can I give this place zero stars?This is the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Kyle O.

3.0 of 5 stars. First and foremost, I give this place 3 stars pre-emptively.Why's that?I was there last night, on October 27th, for the Halloween Party with Andy Milonakis. Sadly, he couldn't make it due to the...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Maya C.

1.0 of 5 stars. Some of my closest friends live in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, and I always get a little nervous about going out with them. They LOVE The Apartment.The drinks were too expensive, and the shot girls...
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ande L.

4.0 of 5 stars. I went to the apartment last night looking for a place to shake my moneymaker, as recommended by friend. I had a friggin' blast. The place was packed with guys who were a little too young, drunk, and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Zack R.

1.0 of 5 stars. Waaay too many creepy old dudes trying their luck with younger girls (can't blame them but my gag reflex went off). The booze was too expensive, and with the amount of bars in the area I refuse to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Brad T.

1.0 of 5 stars. F**ck all awful. Should be burned to the foundation. It blows my mind that there hasn't been some sort of class-action lawsuit on these fratholes. I'm ashamed to say I've even been there, but my kid...
yelp.com - user review - 08/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Katie R.

2.0 of 5 stars. 1.83 stars (hey - I can do whatever I want with my stars, OK?). At the beginning of our time there (I have no concept of actual time, maybe 11:00) we quite enjoyed ourselves. The dance floor wasn't...
yelp.com - user review - 07/22/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Brian S.

5.0 of 5 stars. The best music of any bar in Lincoln Park, a very cool scene... drinking and dancing with no cover? YES!
yelp.com - user review - 07/12/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Countess A.

3.0 of 5 stars. I appreciate that there is no cover.. there is dancing.. it's busy.. and they have cool pieces of furniture inside. It is a very college scene.. so if you're looking for something more trendy or...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Carrie S.

3.0 of 5 stars. Only been here once to meet up with friends and mutual friends. It's your typical college bar/dance club place. I felt old when I went there at the ripe old age of 24. The drinks were watered down and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Trey K.

1.0 of 5 stars. This place was absolutely HORRIBLE. Most of the guys were so drunk they can barely stand. (one shoved himself between the girl I was with and myself in order to hit on her, even though I had my arm...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Colleen C.

1.0 of 5 stars. $5 Miller Lites....check. Barely legals abound...check. Older guys ogling above mentioned....CHECK. Popped collars...check, check, check. Spilled drinks from drunk girls...check. A line to get...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Leang E.

3.0 of 5 stars. It's crazy how this place use to be THE place to go party at, and now am surprised that it still is around. I can't believe 4 years ago I was partying here for my birthday. They've had this concept...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin C.

2.0 of 5 stars. Once in awhile I have a good time here. But in general I am not drunk enough to enjoy myself among the very young, very drunk, boppy crowd. My favorite memory of this place is from 2 years ago when...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Mariana P.

3.0 of 5 stars. After reading the reviews of this place, I was kind of hesitant to go. However, I ended up having a really good time. I went last night (Saturday) at around 11 PM, and there was no line to wait in....
yelp.com - user review - 06/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by steve c.

3.0 of 5 stars. Its get's three stars for being original concept. Music is bad and its super crowded. All depaul kiddies. Normal drink selection. Rather be downstairs in lions head.
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Da J.

2.0 of 5 stars. My first impression of this place was the size: way too big and unwieldy. That said, it is nice to have a dance area and a separate bar area. The music wasn't really my thing, especially after they...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Lisa F.

4.0 of 5 stars. 4 stars?! Here me out on this:I used to have a love-hate relationship with this place. The bartenders were assholes, not all drinks are half-priced on Thursdays (took 3 rounds to be informed of this),...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Nicole J.

1.0 of 5 stars. Ick. This place sucks.Annoying music. Annoying people. Weak drinks. Expensive. Egotistical doormen.Stay away. And make sure you don't wear "sweatshirt" as a coat because they WILL NOT let you...
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Nicholle H.

1.0 of 5 stars. I went to this place a while ago, and remembered it after I went to a theater nearby. Let me just say that the management takes advantage of drunk girls and encourages them to get on the pool table...
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Joe P.

2.0 of 5 stars. I had such high hopes before I checked out the apartment. I love Lion's Head - so it had that going for it. And, a lot of my friends told me that it was a lot of fun. In all honesty I was less than...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrew J.

4.0 of 5 stars. You need to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy The Apartment.If you want to dance without the pure "club" atmosphere of a place downtown, then The Apartment is pretty good. The dress is slightly...
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Matt J.

3.0 of 5 stars. Most crowded during breaks from college (i.e. Christmas, Summer, Thanksgiving, etc) Mostly 20-23 years old and suburban. It seems that this is the place to go in Lincoln Park for suburban kids...
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Meredith F.

2.0 of 5 stars. This is the upstairs, dance floor, younger crowd version of the pub downstairs. Definitely a lot of young 20-somethings, along with your typical blonde, belly-baring waitresses trying to sell you...
yelp.com - user review - 10/04/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Lauren C.

3.0 of 5 stars. boy, can this place draw a crowd!!! i have gone in there for the past two weekends, and it is always super crowded. if you are into the dance scene then this is the place to go to get down!
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Claudia R.

3.0 of 5 stars. I'm confused- the 1st time i went it was really fun and the drinks were average- but i liked the feel- then the second time it was over-crowded and filled with sketch balls that made me feel like i...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2006
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Kind of cheesy

They do play good music here but I go there seems to be a cheesy crowd that never lets me and my girlfriends just dance without harassing us... I find that annoying... the dance floor gets super crowd...
judysbook.com - user review - 04/25/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Megan B.

3.0 of 5 stars. I don't know, I definitely am not generally the "dance club" type because of the reasons everyone else has already mentioned....a lot of preppy types, sexual harassment, too crowded, etc... but my...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Bob T.

2.0 of 5 stars. I dont know if it's possible for me to be here without feeling like I'm leering at young girls. When I'm here, usually in the summer for 1/2 price drink night, I hang out with a couple of friends in...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Dee W.

2.0 of 5 stars. Definately crowded scene...only worth it to come on THursdays when everyone else is here because it's free cover and half off on drinks. A good place to start pre-partying and move on. The decor on...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Liliana S.

2.0 of 5 stars. i went to the opening of the apartment and had a great time. I liked the comfy decor. The music was good as well as the drinks...However, the crowd was so annoying I ready to kill myself.
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris A.

1.0 of 5 stars. My girlfriend really likes to go dancing at this place. It can get crowded and it's not very big, and I don't really care for this sort of place. A very well-dressed crowd. They play some generic...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2005
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No cover and great music.

We love going to the Apartment early, before the dance floor gets too crowded (around 1am), because the music is always great and there is no cover. This is a great place to start your night. It's d...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/11/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristin A.

1.0 of 5 stars. When this place first opened, it was great. Great music, good crowd, and plenty of space. Now, the crowd is young, wasted, and annoying. You can't even walk through the crowd without being pushed over...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Audra S.

2.0 of 5 stars. You have two options at The Apartment: dance among a throng of overly hornball guys or linger on one of the many apartment-eque surfaces, including beds, couches and overstuffed chairs....
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Jessica T.

1.0 of 5 stars. If you want to pay too much for beer in order to be surrounded by sweaty college kids wearing their collars popped then this is the place for you! I went here when I was 23 and I felt like the oldest...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Ren H.

3.0 of 5 stars. THis is definitely a younger and cheesier crowd... you have to be into the sweaty, crowded bar thing to like going here... they play good music but its definitely a struggle to get a drink and get on...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Stephanie M.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place used to be way more fun, but somehow it has gotten overcrowded and the doormen aren't always nice. I almost got turned away because they didnt' think my ID was really mine. It was. I am too...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Julia B.

1.0 of 5 stars. This bar is annoying and crowded. It has a good dance floor but good luck not getting stepped on and beer spilled on you. I maybe would have liked this more a couple years ago but I feel like I kind...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2005
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