{"id":1236,"date":"2011-07-17T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2011-07-17T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T18:39:00","slug":"roxy-dukes-roadhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/2011\/07\/17\/roxy-dukes-roadhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Roxy & Dukes Roadhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a few weeks ago that my friend Will had mentioned\u00c2\u00a0Roxy & Dukes Roadhouse<\/a>, saying it looked like someplace we should check out.\u00c2\u00a0For some reason it popped into my head as I was polishing some chrome on the bar-hopper. Their lineup for the evening was Mr. Choad’s Wild Ride<\/em> presented by The Slipper Room In Exile<\/em>. The Slipper Room<\/a> is a variety club on the Lower East Side, currently closed for renovations. Could be fun.<\/p>\n

We found the place easy enough, although I thought it would be closer to downtown. I needed to execute a quick U-turn in a dimly lit gas station because I initially passed the entrance. The guy by the pumps gave us a funny look from under his turban as I rumbled the bike around, as did the LEO in the parking lot across from Roxy. Parking was ample and easy and we carried our lids inside. The place takes reservations but we had none. Didn’t matter, we were a bit early for showtime and took a table for two in front of the stage.<\/p>\n

A waitress soon appeared with a couple of coldbeers. I was a little put off when she told me that in order to run a tab they’d need to hold<\/em> my ID and credit card. Being a privacy\/security freak I was ready to fall back to greenbacks. I spoke of my disapproval of their policy as I fingered my wallet. She took my Mastercard<\/a>, presumably to swipe for my initial order, and quickly reappeared to tell me I could have my tab while not<\/em> turning over my credentials. Not quite sure why it went that way but it made things easier than dealing with the interruptions of incremental payments as the evening progressed.<\/p>\n

If you follow the Roxy link and check out the menu you’ll find that it’s kind of limited. I had the Rockabilly Road-dog Ripper and some fries, a footlong in a bowl of bread, sauerkraut, onions and peppers, etc. The dog overhung the bowl by a good deal and when I lobbed off the end it fell to the floor. (Sorry!) I’m sure I wasn’t the first to do that… Anyway, Roxy’s isn’t the place to go for dinner but the selections\u00c2\u00a0fit the venue and atmosphere perfectly – the beers are cold and the snacks are good.<\/p>\n

So was the entertainment. Mr. Choad’s Wild Ride<\/em> was a four-part combination of deliberately cheesy stand-up,\u00c2\u00a0exotic dancing, and strength\/agility acts. Don’t think The Sands<\/a>, think\u00c2\u00a0Fremont Street<\/a>. That they’re based in the Lower East Side is perfectly appropriate. The entire show was quite entertaining, very real, a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

Afterward I was pleasantly surprised to find that the tab for food and<\/em> night-full of coldbeers was under forty bucks. Very, very reasonable. Between that, tips, and the $10 cover, this was a seriously inexpensive – and very entertaining – night out.<\/p>\n

My conclusions? Recommended stuff, two thumbs up, we’ll absolutely be back to see other acts.<\/p>\n

The ride home through the mix of town and country roads was uneventful. It’s a blast meandering through little towns, late on a summer night on a loud bike. From the standpoint of others… well, there’s pretty much no middle ground; people either love it or hate it. Doesn’t matter much to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a few weeks ago that my friend Will had mentioned\u00c2\u00a0Roxy & Dukes Roadhouse, saying it looked like someplace we should check out.\u00c2\u00a0For some reason it popped into my head as I was polishing some chrome on the bar-hopper. Their lineup for the evening was Mr. Choad’s Wild Ride presented by The Slipper Room … Continue reading Roxy & Dukes Roadhouse<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[21,67,66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}