Rock Room — Restaurant in Pittsburgh

The people are into death metal and many claim to be witches.

They also make great tacos [50 cents] which I have 3 of as well as pierogies (which I ignore).

*They have the most disturbing men's room.

Random assignments of ethnicity upon entrance bestow free drinks which have nothing to do with the reality of your parents or mine.

What is important, though, is the owner will buy you a drink.

Then, you can give it to someone else who is actually Greek.

The owner looks like someone from a television show you hate to love, and a character you worry about because they put themselves in the way of danger. It reminds me of my favorite city. I've never had a bad or dull experience. The employees are all wonderful, as are the patrons, including the one who looks EXACTLY like...

It was our mistake for "not wearing the right colors" during our visit to this place. If only I went in my casual skater clothing instead of my work clothes....

We went in, chill, and tried to strike up conversation, but the bartender saw us in our office clothing, impatiently cut us off, and demanded to know what we wanted to drink, then he ignored us afterwards. It didn't feel very chill in there. Instead, we felt judged based on our attire. Every 10 minutes it sounded as if the regulars and the bartenders were about to engage in a shouting match or even a fist-fight. I know country bars, biker bars and places in el barrio that are more inviting...

Smoking bars are not ones I go to if I can help it but I was celebrating a friend's birthday and decided to just deal with it. A rowdy crowd for karaoke night. Didn't have any food or play pinball. Only one bartender but you'd get your drink eventually, just had to be patient. The place is very punk, but also seems to be the neighborhood watering hole bc there were several older folks at the bar who were clearly not part of the scene. I coughed up dark mucus for the next two days clearing out all the smoke but the night was fun....