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CITIZEN
Less Than Welcoming To All Houston
Citizens
A friend and co-worker of mine - we'll just call her
Ms. T, was invited to a birthday party for a friend
of hers and invited me to come along. Why not? I
have fun hanging out with Ms. T and her friends, so
sure...sounds like fun. The party was going to be
at a new club in the Heights called Citizen.
The party theme was "Black and White Ball" so
everyone had to come dressed in those colors. I got
all dressed up in a new dress with a very cool black
and white mod print. I fixed my hair and got all
gussied up for the party because I heard the dress
code was really strict at the club.
Apparently, that's not all that's strict about the
club, which my friends and I would find out later.
I met Ms. T at her house and she drove us to
Citizen. When we got there my first thought was
"Wow, this club is not in a very nice looking area."
Then I saw the outside of the club and it seemed
kind of small. Anyway, we parked the car in
the parking lot across the street and paid the $7
parking fee (they do have valet parking too). We
walked in the rain and cold over to the door of the
club and the guy at the door asked if we were there
for a party. We told him who's party we were with
and he didn't even really glance at his clipboard
before saying "I don't have that name." He said
that there were 3 private parties going on that
night and they weren't letting in the general
public. And we told him that we were there for one
of those parties and we were invited to it and
RSVPed for it. My friend gets out her phone to try
and call the birthday girl, and as she's doing this,
people are walking up to the door and the door guy
isn't asking them if they are there for a party or
anything. He just opens the door and lets them in.
All the while, Ms. T and I are standing in the rain
making phone calls and trying to figure out what's
going on.
Ms. T was unable to get a hold of the birthday girl
so she and I decided to leave instead of waiting out
in the rain. Thankfully, the guy watching the
parking lot was nice enough to give us our money
back since we couldn't get into the club (the sign
in the parking lot says no refunds, but we asked
very nicely).
Anyway, Ms. T and I wait in the car for another
friend to arrive and we all decided to go somewhere
else. Why not? We were all dressed up. But before
we left, I wanted to see if our friend, Ms. D, could
get in since the door guy hadn't see her yet. So I
asked her to give it a try. She walked up to the
door and the door man just opened the door and let
her in. She didn't have to say she was there for a
party or anything. If the club wasn't letting
in the "general public" that night, why didn't he
ask her if she was there for a party? Needless
to say, Ms. T and I were very annoyed at that point.
We were invited to come out there and we were told
that we couldn't go in?
Come to find out the next day, it wasn't our
clothes, our make-up or our hair...they wouldn't let
us in because my friend/co-worker, Ms. T, is black.
One of Ms. T's friends, who was able to get in,
called her the next day and told her that there were
no black people inside the club, so it was highly
probable that the reason we didn't get in was
because of the color of her skin. It amazes
me that there are still establishments and people
around that are like that.
I can't review what the club was like on the inside
or what the service or atmosphere was like inside
either because I wasn't allowed in due to some very
narrow minded people. And I can not say that
that club will ever be reviewed on this website
because I do not plan to go there again or give
those people my hard earned money. As a matter
of fact, the manager is named Bobby Ramirez and I
don't plan on going to any of the clubs that he
manages.
- Shannel Vance
Citizen
4606 Washington
Houston, TX 77007
If you would
like to comment or send a review of this club,
please email
mailbox@104krbe.com with the subject "KRBE
Nightlife".
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