There must have been a mix-up somewhere, and I'm pretty disappointed.
We decided to go check out Loco's last night and see what all this "live band karaoke" was about and there wasn't any live, any band, or any karaoke...that I could tell...and Loco's isn't a big place. We showed up around 8:30, found easy parking right in front of Cole's Chop House (got lucky, cuz both Mervyn's lots where full) and walked along the creek between Cole's and the Opera House. A cute arching bridge takes you over the creek to the side of the restaurant (a much cuter entrance than cutting through the Exchange building from the front of Main).
The restaurant is small-ish and single-roomed, cute, cozy, has fairly large glass windows on two full sides and a patio overlooking the creek in downtown Napa. At night it looks pretty romantic with flamed torches flickering along the railing outside and lively latin music as a background (but not blaring).
The crowd looked disappointingly typical for downtown Napa: one or two families with a handful of children, a few groups of older people and then the rest in their 30s/40s/50s that looked like they were enjoying their dinners fine, but they weren't very lively. I couldn't tell if anyone was gay (no tell tale signs anyways), and I would've felt conspicuous "gaying it up" at all, although dining would not have been an issue.
After looking over the menu (which looked tasty, but not cheap...and thinking of how great I've heard their chips are) but still not seeing or hearing any band or karaoke still after 15 minutes, we decided to dine at Taylor's Refresher up First Street. After walking there, eating and walking back, we passed by Loco's again. I figured if the band had been at break, they'd be back by now. They weren't.
Guess Loco's will have to try again to woo us. There's always Cinco de Mayo...
Summary: Loco's Tex Mex (click for yelp info)
Genre: tex-mex, sit down
Food: n/a (we didn't dine)
Drinks: n/a (we didn't drink)
Price Range: $20/person dinner (drinks extra)
Environment: romantic, cozy, talky but quietish, indoor & patio, creekside
Gay Scene: closeted
Sunday, April 13, 2008
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Sorry it turned out to be a little disappointing, better luck next time!
ReplyDeleteYeah, we too were disappointed. Live band karaoke sounded awesome! Although, now that we've been there...the place is small, I have no idea where the band or stage or whatever would have gone. No worries, we'll keep searching for (gay) fun in the Valley...
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you! I was a bit disappointed there was no "live band karaoke" Saturday night... I was looking forward to having a few cocktails and cheering to the brave souls singing. Though, I didnt get the vibe that a live karaoke would even happen there cause it looked more like a family/romantic place to talk.
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