UPDATE JULY 2015: I'm changing my review from one star to five stars and updating my review. It is now July 2015 and ever since I got a rubber mallet to tab the hinges closed, I have had zero issues with opening and folding this bar. I take this bar tailgating, to pool parties, birthday parties in the backyard. It's great. One thing that has not changed is the lower shelf... it does not support bottles of liquor across the span of the shelf; it would break the shelf. I store four bottles below: two on each far side, closest to the leg supports and the center of the shelf hold Solo cups, bags of chips etc. You can only place lightweight stuff in the center.Ok so first the bar is great for its size. Slim and sturdy top. The inner shelf is flimsy and really should be made as well as the top surface but it is not. Therefore this shelf is only good for storing cups and bags of chips, that sort of thing. Placing two bottle of two liter soda causes the shelf to sag. So don't think you can store cans of beer on it. You can't. More importantly and oddly enough, once you unfold the legs you cannot collapse them without breaking them / bending the metal hinges. So there goes my idea of taking this thing to pool parties. I broke the hinge trying to fold it so I returned it to Amazon and got a replacement. This time I put Vaseline on the hinges thinking that would make it easier to close but it didn't.....any force applied to collapse the legs will bend the hinges and break the table, making it useless. I didn't bother returning it. It's now a permanent addition to our basement. If you need to fold and store it, don't bother buying this..