Mansion   

The old, supposedly cursed spot at 1235 Washington Ave. is back in black, this time brought to you by the Opium Group's Milon Brothers. The new owners renamed the space Mansion and procured the services of top-shelf promoters Michael Capponi and Antonio Misuraca. This is the place that's supposed to save Washington Avenue from drabness. It very well could. Each week the club features signature signs of SoBe success: lots of celebrities, mobs of angry people who can't get in, and the occasional visit by the fire marshal. Inside, the venue takes after its name. It is cast and impressive, completely reinvented with wood and marble floors and airier use of space. The large dance hall remains much the same as it always has, except for 30-foot-tall columns and a set of spectacular arches. But the party, not the decor, is the main attraction. Capponi and Misuraca keep the big house theme in line with servers decked in French maid and butler outfits.