The Butterfly Bar @ The VORTEX

Such a cool spot!! They had cats wandering around and a small Italian restaurant in the middle. I didn’t order any food but the plates looked bomb!

Super nice place, great bluegrass night on the 3rd Wednesday of month that we were lucky enough to be in town for. No draft beer (as far as I could see) but that's ok. Unfortunately we missed the pasta truck, they put up the sold out sign just as we were walking up but that's our fault for leaving it too late, it smelled amazing though! Definitely worth checking out if you're in the area.

My boyfriend and I love the bar and patrizis. We came here for a relaxing dinner. There was a political campaign going on. It wasn’t about not agreeing but the last thing my bf wanted for a relaxing dinner and drinks was a political campaign over taking our serenity. He paced around. I mostly had to eat by myself and he made us move inside even though it was a pretty day. I could have tuned it out but he couldn’t. So my experience was ruined as a result of all this. We are all ready bombarded with politics all the time with our conformist cookie cutterl society. Politics already control social media and the news and it’s hard to get away. Politics and dinner do not mix. Not sure if we’ll be back even though we have always liked it and been here 100 times.

Brilliant venue, a large and unpretentious space that's super comfortable. If I lived here, I'd be at the VORTEX most nights! The bartenders were really nice and the drinks were delicious + priced really fairly. I loved how well coordinated it was with the show (Radium Girls), and of course their cat was kingly and amazing.

I really like this space, great mezcal margaritas, ample sitting options, cool burlesque shows and delicious italian food (Patrizi's food truck) I appreciate that it's a very short drive from my house, so it will more than likely become one of my go to places. Parking can be a bit of a nightmare especially on trivia night, so plan accordingly.

Setup my crystals for energy readings did 5 readings for guests throughout the night at no charge Public service Did receive a 5 dollar tip from one of the guests Overall positive experience, felt connected with the space and welcomed, appreciated End of night i got a call, I guess 12:00 came by and a woman came over and politely asked me if I had talked to the owner about doing readings here I said no I just set it up, i frequent a lot of coffee shops people love what I'm doing and come thank me for it Owners, managers etc Activation of spiritual gifts decoding intuition is what I do High vibrational love based work I was like, cool I will totally reach out to her and apologized for just dropping in unannounced Problem solved right? Well As I was packing up my things a tall dark haired woman came over with a much different approach She was very angry and did not appreciate my presence as it was after 12 and she's going to get fined and get the &$# out NOW She said I was disrespecting them I said I'm packing up YOU NEED TO LEAVE NOW im 5 minutes away from that without destroying my healing tools in a rush Not gonna do that i need a few minutes it was nearly impossible to continue packing as others were attracted to the show and came over to stare aggressively and press me to hurry Well I need the 5 minutes you offered I asked if they could give me some space and stop glaring at me I can feel all of your intentions deeply Cutting my insides I'm an empath deeply attuned having forgiven my abusers and found peace in my heart I recognize hate and malicious enrgies nOT nice Not ok to treat someone this way I was cooperating kindly with the first woman who gave me the card This whole interaction was unnecessary and permanently destroyed A pathway of light and understandings I don't feel like repeating all of the ugly things that were said but ultimately I took the time offered to pack up my tools properly I was unable to sage and cleanse the space before I left due to the rising animosity of 7-9 people peering angrily and saying ugly and unnecessary comments As if calling me names and rushing me will get me out faster It actually took three minutes longer due to the need to defend myself from this energy which I now have to go sit with work through and hopefully reach conclusion through love acceptance and forgiveness I understand that getting cleared to offer my gifts to the patrons here is a great idea now that I know it's a rule, I will definitely be looking forward to meeting the owner I was warned ominously that she's a witch Sweet then we'll probably have all lot to talk about I'm curious as to why the opportunity to learn this wasn't offered earliEr in the night??

want a chill place to have a drink, eat some pasta and play some trivia? if you answered yes to any of the above, you may entitled to having a great time at The Butterfly Bar. for real this place has the vibes, it has the drinks, it has the peeps. 5/5

The atmosphere is so chill, drinks are good, went on wine wednesday where the wine is half off, and Patrizi's, the food truck inside, is absolutely amazing