For those who like oddities, old timey stuff, and kitsch lovers, here's your motel!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 02/02/06
The Patio Motel is a good 'ol faithful. In an age where everything has gone upscale and we're obsessed with clearing away everything unseemly to sanitize everything, it's good to have a motel like the Patio. The sign is fantastic - a real classic. And the outdated, ugly decor with an air of unseemliness even, that makes it even better. If you check into this place with a fedora hat on it makes you feel like you're in Eisenhower administration, on the lam from the law.
Anyway, it's not as seedy as it looks, and it is a great value, close to some of the best the northside has to offer. Reasonable rates, and a great budget value at an era where all hotels seem to shooting for the luxury tag. When I go to a city, I want more money to spend on actually doing stuff than wasting it on some marginal, almost-barely upgrades. Combine that with my weakness for kitsch and you have a winner.
Incidentally I've stayed here twice and both times I swept the room with one of the UV light detectors and didn't find any "strange" stains, if you catch my drift. That seals the deal for me!
