by Matthew M.
A friend and i walked into the Midnight Hookah at about midnight to conclude an evening of carousing. I was lured in by the sign especially. The interior is neater and cleaner feeling than the other hookah bars in town. The walls are painted a textured red and many sconces and hanging lights illuminate the large single room. It was much brighter than i expect such places to be. The large Middle eastern guy at the counter where we sat on stools was very preoccupied with his laptop and the feeling i got was that any ordering of food or smoking device was an unwelcome interruption to him. But we did break through his cyber-cloud and ask for an order of the meat pies. His assistant was friendly and commenced preparing the food right away. Preparing the food clearly meant removing the pies from a ziploc bag and microwaving them. Well, i can't really hold them too accountable for the food, because MH does not bill itself as a restaurant. And the pies were not all bad, doughy to the extreme to be sure, but the beef inside had a nice cinnamon flavor like one often finds in Middle Eastern food.Looking around, the clientele was older than the folks who usually frequent hookah places around here, though there were young couples as well. There seemed to be an ongoing game that i didn't look at too carefully or recognize among the older men sitting at a few of the tables. The scene was somewhat unique and so MIdnight Hookah might be worth a visit.
