Employee Complaints Dept: Mr. West
We love juicy, unsubstantiated complaints from nightclub employees. Today, a Little Birdy from Mr. West sings us a song about a litany of problems at the relatively new and hardly discussed nightspot, saying:
i work at mr.west, a lot of staff is disgruntled, no one is making money, and there are people talking about mr.west closing down (just thought i should let you know), because management - danny devine is never there, jus ske is spinning all over the city except at Mr.West, its a mess. It is empty every night (wednesdays are decent crowd, but no money), and not to mention, they have been calling staff last minute and cutting shifts, its not fair. last, but not least, they put cheap vodka in their grey goose bottles for promoters. i wasn't going to say something, but its unfair how they are treating me, and the rest of the staff, if the doors are closing, tell us. ahh, sorry, just venting.
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Reader Comments (73)
Did we really think this place would be of any signifigance whatsoever? I mean they have Evan Frost running the joint, the same loser who convinced RIchie and Scott to partner with him on Dukes and Dutchess down the block from Butter, place will last about as long as that. Kid is a real bottom feeding sopprano wannabe who comes from daddy's big law money like scott.
damnnnnnn, that means no more dj messkid on wednesdays :(
Need the mess in my life, oh well wherever he goes it will b killer so im there ;)
Oh and fuck Mr. West
lmfao
Big surprise here
lol Danny Kane is a little bitch!
Worst thing u can do is not pay people after they make ur club somewhat cool lol...fucking loser hahahaha. Danny Kane = Leave the city your career is done ;)
DJ messkid will resurface, word is they are talking to Gold among others for their hump-day relocation
hahahahaha I ment Danny Divine....DANNY DIVINE IS A PIECE OF SHIT!
ur career is ovvvveerrrr
messkid come back :(
word is messkid will resurface at southside wednesdays, where he got his start in the city
Fuck that place.
The parties were fun, but the door staff were (typically) full of them selves and the drinks extremely overpriced for what it was. A few months ago I was there two Wednesdays in a row. Then the next time they were giving me shit getting in because I said I was on one of the DJ's list, which I was, but forgot what his list pseudonym was since I just knew him by his real name. They knew who I was talking about but were being useless. So me and the two girls I was with decided not to bother with that place any more, who wants to travel that far to get hassled on a Wednesday.
It's their own fault for being douches with locals.
shit show
Big surprise..
The location sucks to begin with and the venue is smaller than my apartment!
Not a fan of the door guy Ronnie either, who clearly needs new prescriptions for those black-rimmed glasses after questioning my friends and I "who we were here for" and hesitating at the rope. Meanwhile we're the girls who frequent tenjune, 1oak, goldbar.. Hm.
And it doesn't take a genius to figure that they illegally marry promoters' grey-well-bottom-shelf-goose bottles.
First this is a disgruntled staff member. If you hate the place so much why don't you leave?
Second no where in the email to DBTH did the person say Danny Divine didn't pay someone. I know him personally and he is far from a piece of shit.
Sounds like the same gripes the Santos Partyhouse staff are having.
Monday night is amazing. Love it. Best hip hop in the city.
Danny is a nice guy...don't know why he's being hated on. I blame the man for trying to make a living to feed his family. People need to grow up.
Danny is a nice guy...don't know why he's being hated on. I can't blame the man for trying to make a living to feed his family. People need to grow up.
Mr West was never really anything special to me... There is nothing that is unique about the space, the crowd, and their music is generally nothing to talk about.
Just quit and shut up. You seem stupid enough to be cocktailing forever. Spend more time on your next step than talking shit on a blog about a fucking cocktail job. Instead of DBTH you should be on craigslist.
Mr. West is a great place. Danny Divine is the most genuine, most hard working, and most honest guy in the nightlife business. Those of you hating on him OBVIOUSLY dont know him and OBVIOUSLY have not been working in this industry for very long. Don't you have anything better to do with your time? Danny Divine, Evan Frost and Jus Ske are veterans in the nightlife business; three guys with great personality and good hearts. A rare find in the nightlife game. Whoever wrote this...GET A LIFE! And GROW THE FUCK UP! You must be very young and evidently very stupid. Oh, And one more thing...if you want to waste your time hating on Danny...at least learn how to spell his name correctly... It's D-A-N-N-Y D-I-V-I-N-E!!!!
seriously, this place is garbageo and everyone knows it. it is a little sweatbox, and nobody will miss it - or the ridiculous "bar tab" line. fuck this place suck a dick mother fucker..
Maybe I'm biased as a nightlife employee, but I think staff's opinions of a venue are incredibly valid, maybe more valid than your average patron. Who sees what the crowd is every night? Staff. Who knows everyone and can get in anywhere? Staff. Who knows if a venue is failing to profit because they are not receiving the checks with their credit card tips or those checks are bouncing? Staff.
And I don't mean promoters.
An interesting post would be "Which clubs around town are bouncing checks?"
i never really cared about this place, but their wednesday party was actually fun. i always looked forward to those guys who consistently wore costumes. it's sad to know the club can't control their finances...
those costume wearing gents were awesome. i think they're called the chainsmokers.
"Go for it" my "for real". The place is a small club but don't hate on them and believe me, Danny has totally been shitty to me, but I have to defend him, because he isn't mean, he is just not an operator. He and his wife are nice but he has a very mean and terrible side to him, perhaps that is why his venue sucks. But Evan doesn't wrk there anymore....
yeah they have def been shady in the past with their money and I am speaking from experience and it just seems like from all the hearsay going around this place is doomed. It is a shame though to a certain degree. Yes, the name sucks, as does the location but they had a pretty good sound system and a fun dance floor, and recently with Aoki there and Ronson its been fun. I have been going the past couple wednesday and agree with the waitress/bartender only night worth going. The bar was empty but the dance floor packed. At least they had something right with the music 1 day of the week and I'd go as far to say best dance rave around for a few weeks there. Now lets enjoy watching this sinking ship! Mess Kid and Chainsmokers where r they heading?
jon b is the real owner here. jus ske is a rat leaving a ship his ego cant be allowed to be near. the clubs failure is his as much as anyones. he is no richie akiva and now he knows it. danny is a great guy but over his head. the place is very ugly and got uglier with age...
been to mr. west a bunch of times . . . good riddance! danny and jus are both good guys, but obviously whoever's actually behind this spot is asleep at the wheel. their wednesday party was definitely the high point, between Messkid and the chainsmokers, and some of the chillest promoters in the city (tim sharp, doug from pop, etc), but even that can't save them. would love to know where that team is going next. mr west, thank god, is DONE!
@ MEH- Agreed, in fact Tim Sharp is only promoter I know and like
i cant believe someone that is still working at Mr. west would start such a blog. Thanks a lot now your going to make the place even worse because you started this. Why dont you keep your money issues to yourself and just quit. grow up. Obviously you are a cocktail waitress you made that very clear. Cant wait until you get blasted for this little number you did. welcome to the business, and one hell of a shady one you are in at that.
Evan frost is an awsome person. He's the one that brought all the parties to that fucking place. He is not a piece of shit. he is a great manager and is very fair to his employees. obviously your just a hater "who the f* is rachel" guy. This is a fucked up business and everyone gets bashed for stupid shit that they dont know anything about. no one knows what goes on behind running a business and a club. Jus ke is also a great guy and its unfortunate that he is getting dragged into this mess. He also brought all the good parties. So all of you who dont know them and are just deciding to go along with this shit, go fuck yourselves and get a life. oh and usually its the sleezy ass promoters who are the real fucking problem. they are cheap scum bags that never tip and just want free shit. and im pretty sure they are the ones writing these comments. Bring in some higher end clientele and money spenders and maybe you would get better respect. douchebags
Oh please, Evan is an asshole! Danny fired him because he was stealing!
And that is a fact
OH PLEASE NO fuck off, get your facts right. Evan quit actually. and try the other way around with the stealing part.
you know what this is a bunch of fucking bullshit. I agree go get your facts right before you start spreading shit "just saying". You are real mature to go on a public fucking blog and start running your mouth about Evan and how he was stealing. You obviously dont know what is really going on in that place. I know first hand that that was not the case. Did you ever think that the person who is telling you that he is stealing, IS trying to cover HIS own ass by putting the blame on evan. if i were you i would just shut your mouth and stop spreading rumors. loser
People who are weak are quick to blame. Promoters who don't produce don't get paid. People who earn their keep (and they are few & far between in the nightlife biz), are rewarded. Too many people (& the person who wrote this unsubstantiated garbage) want things easy. Cocktail waitresses or bar staff who have somewhere better to go should pick there lazy cunt-asses up and go! Nothing worse than a whore who shakes her ass for money others are generating on their behalf then complains when things slow down. Nothing weaker than those who complain and wait for others to generate money they can not otherwise generate for themselves on real terms. Honest, humble, decent people keep their mouth shut. They preserve their integrity and move on. Obviously the loser who wrote this does not have anywhere better to go. A smart worker weighs their options in the industry. Whoever wrote this is lazy, unappreciative & weak!!
Looks like this Chainsmoker and/or other promoter-wankers are trying to create hype with themselves w/ all his blog shit. Can we really certain this is a bartender or waitress after-all?? Part of me senses cover up... All said & done looks like shameless, vendetta-driven SELF-PROMOTION& COVER UP for WEAK PERFORMANCE to me.! SOUNDS LIKE THESE PROMO'S: DOUG, TIM SHARP, CHAINSMOKERS & DJ MESSKID etc,. weren't earning their keep. Mr.West is a good room (I've been there) and booked DJ's (I have an inside source) the Promo's could have NEVER got on their own i.e. STEVE AOKI, SAM RONSON, DAVE1 from CHROMEO, BERRIE, RUCKUS, JUS SKE etc. Sounds like these little wanks filled the room with free loading little wanna be hipsters who couldn't spend a $
Last line of comments look spot-on. Sounds like these Promo-guys weren't getting it done. Beyond this a friend tells me Mess Kid & Promos got fired from night,,, Sounds like somebody's ego was bruised here. Or could be that little-prick Evan who Danny gave a chance to after being behind several low-level & massively failed venues... Whoever started all this shit is childish & immature. Peace!
SIGHTING... DANNY DIVINE AND EVAN FROST CHILLING AT ONE OAK TOGETHER!!! HOW SILLY DOES ALL OF THIS SOUND? I GET IT!!! YOUR A LOOSER, YOU HAVE NO LIFE, YOU SUCK EVERY ONE BUT YOUR SELF...REALLY??? GET OFF THE DICK.. WHAT NOW NO DRAMA ? WHAT SO EVER SHALL YOU DO WITH YOUR GO NO WHERE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i dont give a fuck who runs this place. at the end of the day, it is a crappy place full of assholes. any place that employs someone to stand outside the bathroom and not let women into the mens room is ridiculous. i will be happy to see it go.
your all a joke is right. Danny and Evan were together at Oak last night. There was clearly no beef.
The way I view most of the people posting on this site is the way I view angry bouncers. You were the kid who got picked on in High School and bashing people is the way to get that anger out.
I have been associated with nightlife for a long time. Like any business there are a lot of shitty people and shitty things that go on. However I ask everyone of you to ask yourself this....in your line of work, do people not pay their bills? do they pay late? do they do whats best for them? I have done a lot of different things in my life and I have always found the answer to those questions is yes.
People are always bashing promoters as well. Why? If you are a bartender or waitress, yes a lot of these people don't tip but they are also filling the place allowing you the ability to make money. If you are a person going out, a promoter has 100% helped you out somewhere along the way. Stop bitching on promoters. No one give me that bullshit about how this place and that place doesn't have promoters. Every venue in NYC has a promoter and most owners were promoters before hand.
of course Danny is not gonna have beef with Evan, they have been friends for years! But reality is very simple! If you quit or got fired 2 weeks ago! their will some type of drama.
Also I know Danny and he is not the type of person to let you take advantage of him, if he catch you doing something fishy he will fired your ass.
Hi Evan,
Give me a call, I will def hire you as my personal bitch, like you were for jus-ke
David Jaffee
www.davidjaffee.com
That's because of the "economy"
Yeah, I think Evan would make a great Personal Biatch! Behind every sadist lies a desperate little masochist waiting in the wings! Joker thought he was a tough guy & had his head handed to him on a platter...
Probably Evan who started all these bull-shit rumors. Anyway, Wed is not the only "night" there. Monday is off the chains (much prefer the energy & sound system here over that of Butter). Celebs, top DJ's & who's who off the music industry every time I go there on this night... Fri is hot too. Have heard everyone form Jus Ske to Sal Morale, Sinatra, Mel Debarge & Sam Ronson on this night. Too many haters out there...
Yeah, I feel you Mon is dope over there!! Let's see if the punks talking all this smack can even get past the dOOr. Great party. On the low and still yet to blow. Quietly one of he best Monday party's in the City!
Really?? Mon's at Mr.West? Anyone else been over there. Who spins?
Not sure about Mon's. Saw Katy Perry & Rhianna chilling there a couple weeks ago. Forgot what night. Think Jesse Marco was spinning. Saw Dicaprio there once. Mary J. another time. They must be doing something right. Who knows...
How could anything that has nightlife's biggest scum bag behind the scenes, Jon Bakhshi, better known as Jew B ever be legit. The guy has been serving fake Grey Goose at his bars to costumers and promoters ever since he removed his lips from Robbie Wooton's cock. I'm surprised Grey Goose would allow their brand to be sabotaged all these years. Although since their doing mostly drug dealers party's, labeled as trendy by Danny Divine's master Jew B, I think one of them will experience how "trendy" promoters collect debt very soon.
ONLY Reason I took a look at this site is cause i heard someone talking smack about a good friend Danny Divine. 1. if your writing on this site as an employee and your disgruntled obviously you have no merit. 2. I dont know any club that gives the promoters any high end bottles usually its something the owner got as a promotion. 3. the promoters deserve to get NOTHING cause they arent bringing in any people as they should, other wise the place would be making money, and FYI your vodka grubbing LES friends dont count. 4. DANNY is a great guy and if you speak to people you will know that he has nothing but heart for what ever he does. 5. EVAN is a great guy but the only people he brought to a party was the party in his pants and the only person that came was him. 6. JUSKE is ana amazing DJ and obviously gets paid to DJ in other places as well as at MR. WEST so stop hating. 7. MESSKID is a great DJ but great DJs dont look for work!. 8. If your really posting on this site about the club I dont think you have relevance since your a loser posting on a blog about how you didnt get into a club. why dont you post your cell number and a note saying please get me in. 9. WHO the F is DAVID JAFFEE? probably some grade Z Promoter from LI.
POINT being people get on with your lives stop hating and go have fun. If your not getting paid some where why work there. You must be retarded for doing so. and last but not least if you dont like going to a club, then dont go. Buy the DJ sample CD and sit at home pour yourself some real Grey Goose and enjoy.
Clubs come and go.....But dont talk shit about people you dont know!!!!!!!!!!!
So to sum up the "REALBLOWJOB" we have:
1) Employers do screw over even good employees at times so their maybe merit in someone's opinion.
2) Regardless of the countless so called "high end bottles" promoters do receive, doesn't pouring that promotion vodka into a bottle of Grey Goose defeat the purpose of the promotion?
3) Since the promoters bring nothing and the club isn't making money forces someone to conclude that it is very likely that they are in debt, owe people money and will be closed soon.
4) Danny barely is a real owner. Being the figured head for Jew B doesn't make you do the owner, it makes you his bitch. I guess one can conclude although having not balls or money of his own Danny is a nice guy carrying out a scumbag's orders.
5) There's no need to comment since you made it clear that Evan's mother should have swallowed that load.
6) Jus Ske is a perfect example of the trashier side of Manhattan that has been claimed trendy by HOME and Guesthouse standards. He demonstrates this industry's ignorance by having zero talent his refusal to bath so he can fit in and claim LES trendiness has catapulted his career.
7) MESSKID is another perfect example of a talentless DJ who has downloaded every track possible from http://crooklynclan.net/. Just because you have a credit card and can afford to buy premixed songs and mash ups does not make you a DJ.
8) I guess since your posting on this site your another loser that didn't get into a club and is a tad disgruntled?
9) David Jaffe is an example of a loser who finds a few 16 year old girls to hangout with him by offering the free low grade alcohol and coke so that he can claim to be a promoter.