The Distillery is located in downtown Sacramento at 20th and L streets. We walked in and took a seat at the bar. The bartender, Alice, was raving excitedly about a group of people she had in earlier. Apparently, their friends was on Jeopardy that evening and had won the final round even though all the contestants got the answer wrong. Good for him!
The atmosphere was really pleasant. The room was large and divided by a half wall. When we got there it was dead, but that was to be expected on a Monday evening. Even though karaoke started later than advertised and caused a minor irritation among Titan and me, once it got started it was fine. The song selection was fairly typical of other karaoke bars we had been to. They had all of our regular songs and the sound was decent. In a room such as that it is difficult to get the sound quality to be good although there were a few things that could have been done to tweak it a little to make it sound better.
Really, the only complaint that I had about the evening was that the KJ, a guy, was rather unfriendly. I had given him a half dozen songs and said that he could choose whatever song he wanted. He replied that he wasn't going to dictate what I sang. Wow. That's the first time that a KJ wouldn't play along with me.
The bartender had served free quesadillas earlier in the evening. They were really good and it was a great treat. Drink prices were a bit on the high side, but typical of downtown Sacramento. Patrons were really friendly and came up to Titan and I on a few occasions to tell use how much they liked our songs and how well they thought we sang. It's always nice to get a compliment from a perfect stranger. Both the bartender and the KJ invited us to come back anytime.
Overall I give the Distillery:
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