This weekend I checked out The Drink (www.thedrink.ca), 130 George Street. I was pretty impressed. I have been there before but not since they renovated…I see the difference and I like it. I wanna give a big shout out to Ebony and Ivory – Ottawas hottest soundcrew – who has one night a month over there. Other than that – DJ Naughty Nice plays there each and every Friday. (And check out DJ Edison each and every Saturday.) Naughty Nice spins the hottest hip hop, R&B, house and top 40… He definitely knows how to hype up the crowd.

A bit about the club:

It features a modern decor, huge crowds every weekend, 4 bars, 7 private VIP booths, a large dance floor, patio, hosted VIP bottle service, and a great vibe that compensates for the humble size of this club.

Check out their gallery here.

Make sure to arrive by 11:30 at the latest to insure you get in…and DRESS TO IMPRESS!!!

For veterans (LOL) this club is known as Cosmos…it was renovated early this year and went from a pretty scuzzy, sweaty, dark club with a TINY dance floor to a pretty nice place. Before, the bar was right in the middle and there was a 4 x 4 dance floor with speakers that took over most of it – and a raised DJ booth. HAHAAH I remember when drunken girls would be almost falling off the speakers dancing at the same time as yelling at the DJ to play thier favorite song. WOW. This place definitely cleaned up its act.

I think when a club renovates, it also attracts better clientele. The new look also makes you wanna dress up a bit more….

Anyways — Monday nights…There is no cover, coat check and REALLY cheap drinks. Pretty cool people – although I’m pretty sure they are mostly all regulars. The DJ plays a mix of Techno and Hip Hop…but not like before…Now, he plays a good mix of it. Remember back in the day the DJ played a bit of hip hop at the beginning of the night and ALL TECHNO for the rest of the night. WOW. Thats wild. They didn’t care that no one was dancing – it was stupid HULL politics. But now, I guess they bent a bit and they actually allow good music to be played. I’m not a big fan of techno – but I enjoyed the songs he was playing.

Anyway – good atmosphere, cheap drinks…Good music and comfortable seating (minus the benches in the back — BTW — my good friend Jade who bartends there told me NOT TO SIT BACK THERE – enough said LOL)

Monday nights at Addiction get my approval!

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