The music was great, but the price was outrageous considering the limited experience, and the food was not impressive. It took place on March 15th, 2020 just a few days before all.

My husband and son order the calamari appetizer which tasted 'ok', but the bowls in which it came were packed with paper at the bottom, making the bowl look overflowing instead of shortchanged. The last in-house show at Smoke Jazz Club on the Upper West Side has lingered in co-owner Paul Staches mind for a long time now. Dinner at our seating was a la carte, with (literally) a plate of arugula and 2 slices of orange and a sliver of onion priced at 17.00. A later set (11:30) was advertised with a cover of $20. The next set did not start until 10, with the same cover. The club was opened on Apby co-founders Paul Stache and Frank Christopher and is currently owned by Stache and his wife and partner Molly Sparrow Johnson. We were served by 7:00 - at which time the band started - and were done with our meal at the same time that the band finished at 8:00. Smoke Jazz Club is a jazz club located at 2751 Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Instead of being able to enjoy music sets throughout the evening, an elevated cover charge ($40pp) provided exactly one hour of music, whereupon guests were thanked for coming and the band was off again until a set much later in the evening. Although the interior of the small venue remained unchanged, and we were seated in our favorite spot right next to the band, the entire format of the club was different than what we previously experienced.

We visited again this past weekend, much anticipating the same flavor as that of past visits - our most recent was two years ago. A notoriously famous venue known throughout history as the hub for amazing live-music in New York, the Blue Note offers a memorable experience of Jazz worthy of its considerably high entry price. On Tuesday nights the club caters to fans of B-3 music with different organ and guitar combinations. On Monday nights, there’s a jam session, which typically begins around 10:30 after the headliners have played their sets. My husband and I have visited Smoke repeatedly over the past seven years, enjoying excellent live music in a cosy atmosphere. Located in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights, Smoke Jazz Club offers up a different variety of music throughout the week.

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