AFTER DARK
BEHIND THE
A LOOK INSIDE 301 Story & Photos by Noah Wright Design by Edgar Roa & Katie Jo Stewart
As we make the long 25 foot walk across the street from the previous bar my friend looks me in the eyes and mutters through beer induced burps, “this is our last stop.” My friend, a shorter guy wearing a tighter pair of jeans and an oversized shirt made me laugh when he said that. A last stop at 10:30 p.m.…it could almost be taken as a joke. Getting closer to the front door we notice a group of people standing outside yelling and laughing and having a good time. Walking past, we assumed they were simply outside having a smoke break but after passing a well-dressed man he angrily barked, “hey get to the back of the line.” “There’s never a line,” my friend said to me with a bit of confusion. He was right, very rarely had I seen a line outside the bar. I knew in that instance
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that we were going to be in for an eventful night. After five minutes, that seemed like an eternity because the cold night, we were finally let in to what would be a grand and entertaining display of antics. While we were more concerned about what music was playing and the dirty glares we were getting, the bar staff was behind the scenes working to ensure we had the night of our lives.
