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He already owns the biggest dance club in San Diego, On Broadway, so when Michael Viscuso decided to expand north to the Los Angeles area, it was a no-brainer where to set up shop.

Viscuso, the CEO of Viscuso Entertainment, looks like a genius. V2O, a $10-million restaurant/nightclub by the water at the end of trendy Pine Avenue, is not only the hottest club in Long Beach, it's doing business that rivals that of L.A.'s biggest spots.

The club offers two rooms of music every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, as well as an outdoor smoking patio with its own DJ and vibe. The entrepreneur spared no expense in creating the club. His investment includes a 170,000-watt sound system, five video projectors, a platform for fans to dance just below the DJ deck in the main room and a tunnel leading to the secondary room. The main room features top-flight DJs such as Donald Glaude and DJ Dan on Fridays, with hip-hop taking over on Saturdays, when the secondary room offers house music.

With so many choices to keep people occupied inside, patrons don't seem to get stuck too long in one place.On either weekend night V2O gives the impression of at least three, and sometimes four or five, different clubs. Depending on the desired vibe and choice of music, there's the more crowded hip-hop room, the outdoor smoking patio with '80s music and more conversation, the singles scene at the bar and the serious dance fans around the DJ deck.

Then there are those just there to soak up the experience, be it the go-go girls on either side of the deck or the high-end food -- served until midnight -- including sushi and such gourmet fare as filet mignon topped with blue crab and white asparagus, or glazed Chilean sea bass.

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