Do you know what is so Northside? An urban apiary housed in a flagship historic property with a turret! What else...? The Hoffner Lodge features an upstairs performance venue/stage and a retail space with a grunge bicycle shop. It's a very under-appreciated building on the Hamilton Ave. business district. Wait, there's more? It even has a top floor gallery/art hall!
There's a ton of rich history here and I'm surprised I haven't heard of more shows/events utilizing this space. Beehives, music, leather-studded bike(r)s, art: it certainly screams Northside-level weirdness. The glut of music venues and under-utilized retail space in the vicinity are probably to blame, but one of these days it would be great to see HL back to its former glory as a flagship/axis of the community. read more