Tripping light fantastic in NYC: a week of living rich in the cheap seats
Jan 24th, 2012, 03:25 AM
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I'm planning a weekend in New York with friends in February and was thinking of going to hear some jazz. The Garage sounds intriguing. When you are going just for the music and drinks, can you sit at tables or just at the bar?
Jan 25th, 2012, 07:31 AM
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Ha, starrs. Thanks, yes, H can be amusing when she gets on a roll. If I'd only waited a few days, I could have titled this report "My Russian Daughter & Russ & Daughters."
Hi, Nikki. Yes, the Garage -- did I mention there's no cover? -- seats at tables for dinner only. I think. We waited a few min for open bar stools. Tip generously, because it's a good deal compared to most other places.
Arthur's around the corner, for instance, has a two drink per set minimum, and during breaks a musician walks around holding the tip jar encouraging you to cough up. (My husband, who plays jazz in cafés in our town mostly for the love and glory of it, would never do such a thing.) The Dixieland jazz at Arthur's was probably similar to what you'd get the same Mondays at Café Carlyle, and with squinting you could imagine the clarinetist is W. Allen. The Carlyle is obviously a whole nother echelon, and I'm sure smells a lot better than Arthur's, but with cover $135 per person ($95 bar + $25 drink min., $185 premium). (H. looked it up.)
taconictraveler, that is good of you to say. For you it's probably like my city, where visitors run around trying to do everything, while the locals figure we'll get around to it one of these days.
willowjane, yes! Once in Kansas City, Trillin stood behind me in the carryout line at Winstead's on the Plaza, but even if I'd had the nerve to say something it probably wouldn't have blossomed into the kind of friendship that gets you a personal walking tour.
Hi, Nikki. Yes, the Garage -- did I mention there's no cover? -- seats at tables for dinner only. I think. We waited a few min for open bar stools. Tip generously, because it's a good deal compared to most other places.
Arthur's around the corner, for instance, has a two drink per set minimum, and during breaks a musician walks around holding the tip jar encouraging you to cough up. (My husband, who plays jazz in cafés in our town mostly for the love and glory of it, would never do such a thing.) The Dixieland jazz at Arthur's was probably similar to what you'd get the same Mondays at Café Carlyle, and with squinting you could imagine the clarinetist is W. Allen. The Carlyle is obviously a whole nother echelon, and I'm sure smells a lot better than Arthur's, but with cover $135 per person ($95 bar + $25 drink min., $185 premium). (H. looked it up.)
taconictraveler, that is good of you to say. For you it's probably like my city, where visitors run around trying to do everything, while the locals figure we'll get around to it one of these days.
willowjane, yes! Once in Kansas City, Trillin stood behind me in the carryout line at Winstead's on the Plaza, but even if I'd had the nerve to say something it probably wouldn't have blossomed into the kind of friendship that gets you a personal walking tour.
