VENUE REVIEWS: Elbo Room
April 15th 2009 18:38
The Elbo Room is situated in the Mission district and can be found at 647 Valencia Street.
Their phone is 415-552-7788. Its website is located at www.elbo.com, and its myspace at www.myspace.com/theelboroom. The Elbo Room does not accept credit cards. Week thru, the hours run from 5pm to 2am. The Elbo Room offers a full bar service and is a 21 venue.
The Elbo Room first opened its doors in 1935. Between then and 1991, it has been a Spanish restaurant, country western bar, and all women's night club. Since 1991, The Elbo Room has operated as a complete bar service with a music venue. On the ground floor, you will find the main bar, above which is a second floo,r providing a music stage and dance floor with an additional bar.
The Elbo Room is well known for its 5-9pm happy hour, at which you can grab draft pints for $2 and get a buck off any other drink. The venue hosts multiple genres of musical entertainment, including Indie, Alt, samba, dub, metal, salsa, rock, hip hop, DJs, jazz and soul. Bands that have previously played the Elbo Room include: Madelia, Astral, Leopold and his Fiction, Aqua Dulce, Love X Nowhere, The Mall, Birdmonster, Blair Hansen, Murder of Lilies, My Revolver, Casy and Brian, Chow Nasty, Paradise Boys, Pollo Del Mar, Raised By Robots, Ride The Blinds, Roy Two Thousand, Elephone, Sean Hayes, 4 Year Bender, The Frail, Sinister Dexter, Graves Brothers Deluxe, Stiletta, Tartufi, I Am Spoonbender, Tomihira, and Veil Veil Vanish. (This list reads akin to my Myspace friends page, or fav bands list!!)
Here are links to some Madelia vids that were taken at The Elbo Room:
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