text: Maybe I am just biased as to what I think piano bar atmospheres should be like (lots of singing, audience interaction, places to stand up and dance, and views of the performers from the entire bar), but this place on a Friday night just didn't seem to check off any of those requirements for me.\n\nIt's much smaller than I would have expected, and had a very low energy crowd when I was there (midnight on a Friday). The performers didn't seem to do a ton to help that. This has definitely more of a concert venue for a small crowd than a fun time with fun music. It feels cozy, which just seemed weird for a piano bar that was playing fun music. There is a cover to get in, but there is no reason to ever pay one, nor would it be worth it. Just head next door to Buck and Badger, order a drink (or better yet a shot-ski), and keep the receipt which you can then use that to get yourself in. We managed to find a couple seats at a table in the very back of the room by the bar, but had essentially no view of what was actually happening on stage. There are a lot of tables that do have good views, but they were full when we got there.\n\nThe two people on stage played all of the standard piano sing-along songs, but it certainly isn't the kind of place where you can put your arm around your friends and sway back and forth screaming Styx, Elton John, or John Mellencamp at the top of your lungs. I guess you could all sing to each other across the table while sitting down, but that just isn't as fun. It's probably the atmosphere that they are shooting for, but it didn't seem very fun to me and certainly didn't need a cover charge, especially when the performers make you pay for requests. \n\nThe actual bar earns them some good tidings from me though. I liked the selection of local craft beers that they had on tap. There wasn't a huge selection, but they did have some good options. Prices were a little high for a place that charges cover, but not terrible. The bartenders were good, and did a decent job of getting everyone served. We ordered all our drinks at the bar because we were right next to it, but they did a great job of coming around and clearing out empties and checking on us.\n\nI don't think that this is a place that I would visit again, or if I did I would make it a stop earlier in the night when things were calm and we were just looking for a few drinks in a classier atmosphere. Like I said, this place may have put together exactly what they were going for, but it didn't meet any of my expectations that I have when I want to go to a piano bar.