Rehab Disco, the new bar/club opening in 94 S. Front in the old Orleans on Front/Voodoo Room location, had a free food buffet and $1 longnecks today for their fans on Facebook. (Search for “Rehab Disco” in Memphis.) Got my first look at the place. The upstairs looks like a disco (think Paula & Raiford’s kind of, but very very orange and no handprints). The downstairs, the former Voodoo Room, I’m told will be open too, and will be more of a locals bar with a draft wall with 20 taps.
Good news is, this place will open at a reasonable hour, 4 or 5 PM they tell me, so they can get the locals’ happy hour crowd. That was a complaint I had about Voodoo, that it didn’t open until 8. Also, where a lot of businesses didn’t make it in that location, the owners of Rehab know a ton of people and should draw people from night one, which I’m told will be the day after Christmas.
I didn’t take pics because the interior isn’t finished yet, but I liked what I saw. This is a place with a lot of potential. Can’t wait to see it open to the public.