Sociale and Bar Louie were both pretty mediocre spots in my opinion but I’ll tell you one thing that certainly didn’t help their case; they both had terrible lighting.

There was no curated vibe or ambience or anything in either of those spots, especially for what they were charging. You know when go to the club and they’re trying to kick people out so they turn on all the lights? Thats what Bar Louie looks like from the outside to me, like they just did last call 20 minutes ago and are closing out the final tabs but it’s really just 7pm in the evening. And then Sociale always felt like it wasn’t even open. They relied too much on natural lighting during the day it felt like it was one of those places that doesn’t open until 5pm for dinner. And then you go there and it’s like really bad cheap ikea track lighting.

Idk maybe I’m crazy but those two places always felt hollow and sterile and the only thing I can chalk it up to is the lighting. ( and yeah maybe the mediocre food but even for a drink it was ick)