If a club promoter opened up shop in a decommissioned Ivy League dining hall-and then transplanted it to the Castro-this is what it would feel like. Du Nord"s 1907 basement space, all red walls and dark paneling, is split into a showroom, where indie-rock bands play almost nightly, and the main room, where you can retreat from the scene to have a (relatively) quiet drink at the long mahogany bar.
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