Both Bottoms Up and Vics failed the Drive-by check on the same day! bummer...

My rule of thumb with most EWR/Irvington clubs, and a few Paterson ones, is to loop by at least once, check out what's happening on the street, club doorway, any tinted-window Suburbans around the corner :) etc. If my spidey sense goes off, I move on. This past Monday afternoon I first was pulling into BU when I noticed a small gathering on the Springfield Ave. side of the bldg - just east of the doorway. Nothing too sketchy but I prefer to avoid groups like that. Then turn the corner heading for the parking lot - and there's a guy camped out on the doorstep on the west side of the building, head on a swivel checking out the street constantly, and another group standing just past the building. I figured I was being paranoid so I looped the block, and nothing changed.. so better safe than sorry headed over to VICs. Well, dammit, there's something going on there, too. 3-4 guys on the sidewalk, a bunch of boxes, and demo or construction stuff on the sidewalk just outside the door, and a ladder nearly blocking the door. Thought the place might be closed and being renovated ( again ) but on the 2nd drive it looks like they may have been putting cameras up outside. Now... if you are investing in a crew to put up cameras outside - my money is on the fact that they're going up inside as well. Time will tell. So I gave Vics a pass, too, and headed all the way up north to Jiggles. Review pending when I have time. MMNYC