Lizard Lounge   

As one of the area's oldest dance clubs, the Lizard Lounge has accrued quite a bit of name recognition over the years, with the eternal notoriety translating into constant crowds. So how has the joint with the sleaziest-sounding moniker managed to weather the unceasing storms of trend shifts and genre-jumping? Turns out the sleazy-sounding moniker is an incredible asset, rightly designating the place as a prime pick-up bar, although other major pluses include cheap drinks and the fact that it also holds its own as one of the city's best venues for national music acts. The Lounge is rendered considerably more somber on Thursdays and Sundays, when hundreds of local goths convene on the premises for "Church" night, the club's bi-weekly celebration of all things dark and beautiful (as well as one of the few events in the city where one can hear Thrill Kill Cult).