Vasmay Lounge has moved

It's funny how every July when I go away to Kansas for ten days I come back feeling like I've been gone three weeks. I guess by now it's old news to report that Vasmay Lounge has moved two blocks west and now occupies the space formerly known as Essex Ale House (which was formerly 12" Bar, which was formerly Filthy McNasty's and on and on). I didn't know anything was up until a few days ago as I was walking up Essex Street and noticed a pool table inside the bar where there hadn't been one before. Yesterday I walked by again and stopped in to play a quick game. Something about the table felt familiar, I could tell that it was the exact same size and kind as the table at Sophie's. As I was leaving I noticed the chalkboard outside the bar said "Vasmay Style." Hmmm. So today as I sat down and started googling it wasn't hard to find out what had happened. I teeter between thinking "This bar is way too small for a pool table," and "Wow, that's cool they'd put a pool table in such a small bar." Of all the pool tables I can think of, this one takes the cake in terms of the space it occupies in relation to total floorspace of the bar it's in. But the fact that they have 2-for-1 until 9PM is quite nice. I figure it could very well go onto my list of places for night capper games. Although I haven't been by at night yet, when it's possibly too crowded to play, so the verdict is still out on the new Vasmay Lounge. Check out Mike Elwood's blog to get one insider's perspective on the transition. He's an avid pool player so I'd be curious to get his take.