Winston's - Over Before it Began

Winston's - a new bar in the hip West Hollywood (more specifically Russian) district - is pretty much over the hill. Already.

Too much, too soon.

I'd say about 2 months ago - in the beginning of the year - it was definitely cool. Laid-back, a sprinkling of celeb sightings - lines were pretty much nonexistent thanks to the black-box look of the club. Flash-forward to the end of February and its become a "who-do-you-know" kinda place from the bouncer which is when I begin to roll my eyes and think "you've got to be kidding me."

It's become cheesy and over-dramatic and over-hyped and it under-produces (if that makes sense). 

The same people own The Dime. I'm going back there - maybe I'll escape without seeing Kate Bosworth.

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