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A new event venue and bar opens this weekend in the CBD above Walk-Ons Bistreaux & Bar in the former Rampart Room space. Vintage Rock Club (1007 Poydras Street) is available for events seven days a week. From 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, it’s open to the public as a bar.
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The renovated space features interior design by Jennie West of Studio West Design & Architecture. Though the venue’s name evokes images of gritty metal clubs, Vintage Rock Club’s vibe is decidedly sleek and upscale. A stairwell illuminated by purple lights leads to a 3,000-square-foot space, where five separate lounge areas are delineated via low-slung white couches.
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The mirrored bar features white stone and hand-screened, gilded wallpaper by Flavor Paper. The Brooklyn-based wallpaper brand originated in New Orleans, and this particular pattern was created in collaboration with a former New Orleanian: Lenny Kravitz.
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Large-screen TVs playing music videos and concert footage line the walls. An accent wall hung with vinyl records faces the restroom entrances, where mirrored walls and stalls invite selfies.
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Exposed brick lends texture to the space, as do velvet curtains, which also block ambient light from the wraparound balcony. This 1,000-square-foot balcony and its views of Poydras and South Rampart streets are one of the venue’s best attributes.
Vintage Rock Club opens this Saturday, October 27 at 10 p.m.