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I was here on Saturday night by myself. I came in earlier when there was no line and had been there for about an hour and a half. I had met someone who left to walk their friend to an Uber and was coming back. I had just ordered a drink and walked over to the window to look to see if she was in the line that had formed outside. As I turned around to walk back towards the bar, the bouncer (probably the only cishet male that was there) stopped me and pointed to the door. Confused, I asked what he meant. He said “you have to wait in line” to which I said “I’ve been here for over an hour.” He said “I didn’t see you come in” etc etc. I literally had a fresh drink in hand, a few others folks said to him “she’s been here” and he still very rudely made me leave. I gave up as he was making me feel unsafe and had to wait in line to come back. Then had to dump my drink that I had just paid for.
It is truly sad that this is supposed to be a “safe space” and it isn’t. The bartender was rude - I understand being overwhelmed because it’s busy but I’ve been in that situation and there’s a way to handle it and not be rude. Nobody helped me with the bouncer when I tried to ask other employees for help. It’s just not a great place and I’m not in any rush to ever go back.