a place

You can call a restaurant a "place" in casual conversation:

There's a place on 6th Street that's pretty good.

You can also describe what kind of restaurant it is:

Have you been to that new pizza place up on 83rd Street?

There's this amazing Italian place we go to sometimes. I have to take you there.

And you can call a bar or dance club a "place" as well:

Do you want to have a drink? I know a place nearby.

(a party/bar/club) is dead

Parties are supposed to have a lot of people and be loud and exciting. When there aren't many people at a party, or when the people aren't having fun, you can say that the party is "dead".

You can also call a bar or a dance club "dead".