Club 152 On Beale, Memphis

The post by Mrs. is exactly right. Access to the 3rd floor is FREE and only given to whites. If there are any blacks on that floor they either work at the club or know somebody that does. The first time this happened to us we actually spoke to some of the employees and even a black manager about the issue. Although we spoke to them separately their solution was the same..."get here early." Wow...
My wife and I live in Memphis and frequent Beale St. a lot. Were actually there about 2 hrs ago. We know how the club is but, for fun we went to the "VIP" line to see if we could get wristbands. The guy saw us coming toward him and actually WALKED AWAY! There are two entrances. One is where you pay and the other is for people with wristbands only. There were no whites in the "pay" line. At the wristband only door, They have guys with handfuls of wristbands. ONE OF THOSE GUYS WALKS UP AND DOWN THE STREET WITH HIS WRISTBANDS OFFERING THEM TO PEOPLE. If he was handing them out to everyone dressed appropriately, cool; couples only, fine. But to only give them out to white couples or groups of whites really upset me. I had on a button down shirt, jeans WITH A BELT, and loafers but still couldn't get in. "redeyejedi913" must work for the club. We watched the "special" entrance for about 30 mins and saw white guys getting in with ragged cargo shorts, flip flops, and torn ball caps!!! What "strict dresscode" allows ripped ball caps, ragged shorts and flip flops????? Heres a list of excuses they'll give to people they turn away:

"You have to go to the other door to pay." (Even when I watched 2 groups of people get wristbands and go in for free)
"There is a private party tonite" (My favorite, although the guy telling you this doesn't have a clipboard or guestlist anywhere)
Theres a dress code. (If I were dressed inappropriately this one would be ok. BUT since I was, I asked what was wrong with what I had on and I was ignored)

Been there plenty of times. It's a nice club, probably the best on Beale, but it is racist. There's no dress code just an "invite" list for the third floor. I dress very nicely when I go out and I've only been allowed up to the third floor a few times. I'm convinced it was because I went with white friends. When I don't go with white friends I never get up to the third floor. They have some excuse everytime. I'm not mad at them though, that's just the way it is in Memphis. I choose to go to other clubs these days. There are plenty of other places on Beale that do not discriminate, I'd suggest going to those.

About the previous review...there is a dress code that gets strictly enforced on the 3rd floor. It's a VIP thing, not a racist thing. The mixture on 3 is pretty average for Memphis. Its a great time that usually ends up with a huge hangover...in a good way.

CLUB 152 IS A RACIST CLUB! My husband and I went there this weekend and they only let black people on the 2nd floor where all the rap and hip-hop is. Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with that, but my husband who is black, got a different color wristband than I did and paid $20 for it. When we tried to get on the 3rd floor, they told my husband he didn't have the right wristband and that he wasn't invited? INVITED???? I paid $20 for him to get in, that is s#*! !!!! So, we left and took our business elsewhere! They ruined our whole night and lost us as customers!!!