Growl Records

"This place growl records, this is such a nice environment. The place has character, it’s a used record store the lighting gives great vibes. They have a nice patio, nice beer, nice furniture. Then I spoke with the bartenders it was pretty cool. Then I saw employees drinking, and I thought hmm what kind of owner would allow his employees to do this. Then I asked the employees, about the owner I was telling them l had vision to put a record store at my home town and I’m in the process of building a record store to support suicide awareness, then I said this is a cool place I said you guys look like brothers are yall the owners? They said no the owner is over there. So I was getting a beer, they said you can go say hi to him and pointed it out, then I grabbed my beer and I asked for clarification which one was him the gentleman responded rudely and was acting drunk. So I’m a young entrepreneur, I walked up and introduced myself to the owner, shook his hand I think his name was mark not sure, so I see this gentleman and start to tell him how I was a drug addict, and used to drink excessively, but just found out my passion through records and got my substance abuse issue and suicidal thoughts under control with the power of therapy, and records, I expressed how I wanted to start a non profit for the suicide awareness and a record store to support my home town, and build the comm……. Then this gentlman Rudely interrupted and just cut me off and said what do you want? I’m drinking with my friends? I said dude I’m just trying to help people I was gonna see if could get a sponsorship? He rudely responded I don’t sponsor people. It just hurts me as being a person who wants to help others, and support small business’s, but this guy really left a bad taste in my mouth, normally if I just wanted to open a record store I’d get it, but this dude just acted like I made it, I don’t suffer from suicide, it’s just a damn shame that once people make it their only focused their selves, and the worst part is I spend hundreds of dollars on records a month, it just really sucks that the owner lets his employees behave in such a manner and I see where they get the attitude from, never in my life have I poured out a fresh beer, but after seeing this selfish guys energy, I just hope he never has to be impacted by suicide, cause if he wanted to just give me a simple banner he could have really saved a life, but oh well you can’t depend on others on to the next local record store."

"My first time at Growl was Feb '24 to support my kids' band. Great place for a punk show. There's plenty of room insidefor these type shows, but glad that I could still hear while outside the building itself when the crowd got too people-y for me. Also plenty of seating for smokers out there. Sound was handled well. Too many small venues tend to crank the bass until you feel it shaking your blood vessels and eardrums to the point of implosion, but this place had a good balance; not too heavy handed. Decent access attempts made for less abled folks and inclusive environment. Also enjoyed shopping records during a live show. For this 44 year old woman, the only draw back is having a single one-holer bathroom but can't really expect more bc they wouldn't have room for it."

"Nice record store. The gentleman inside was kind, knowledgeable, & helpful. Although they didn’t carry the records we were looking for he referred us to another local store a few minutes up the road. The parking is decent. There’s also a brewery and a few restaurants in the area. I’ll definitely return."

"Visited Growl for the first time to check out their records and also got to sit in the back patio and hear a few bands live! Totally cool experience! They had a great selection of some great classics!"