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AM Society: What ever happened to Alio?

August 31st, 2011, 10:30 am by

Nothing. It was never built.

From the team who brought you Chill Lounge and Kai was supposed to come this amazing two story restaurant built right in the center of 17th street. Looking at the renderings from their designer, I presume, the place would have looked beautiful if it was ever built.

South 17th Investments, the original managing company of the Kai, Chill and Alio brands were supposed to dominate downtown from every aspect. Chill was their small(ish) club to have a strong weekday crowd and attract the “older crowd” with 70s and 80s music. Kai was supposed to be their mega club and event center to have huge lines on the weekend and Alio…oh Alio was planned to be their top notch classy restaurant and lounge.

Chill closed months ago. After a few weeks of trying to do their 70s thing, they resorted to top 40 music and Z-list promoters and never did anything special.

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AM SOCIETY: What Valley party goers really love….

August 26th, 2011, 3:46 pm by

The number one thing that people in the Valley love is to be shoulder to shoulder with the people around them in a club or bar. If a party is “super good” it means the party is “super packed”. There could be a party with twice as many girls than guys, with a DJ from NYC tearing it up, people dancing and it being kind of full, and in the eyes of many it wouldn’t be as good as a super slammed party full of meathead guys drinking Bud Light next door.

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A.M. SOCIETY: The most overlooked aspect of a bar’s design is…

August 19th, 2011, 2:29 pm by

Flow.

Flow can add to the average time a person stays in a venue.

Flow can make a venue more fun.

Flow can do a lot of things and must be considered during the design of a venue.

Flow is how people will move about once in a club. Unfortunately most clubs in McAllen have awful flow and sometimes not to the fault of the venue owner.

Most venues have this shape:

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AM SOCIETY: So you think you can sing?

August 18th, 2011, 5:03 pm by

No, not really. But when has that stopped anyone.

Karaoke has been around since the beginning of time, but today in McAllen almost every bar (especially in north McAllen) has at least one (seven) karaoke nights. I went to exactly three places this week, and all three were having a karaoke night. On Tuesday I went to Fast Eddie’s (Nolana) and it was karaoke night. I went to Don Pepe’s for 2.5 seconds last night (Wednesday)…and it was karaoke night. I also went to Kave last night and…you get the picture.

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