ETHAN EUBANKS’ EARLYTYMES JAZZ BAND
Hometown Bar-B-QueHometown BBQ454 Van Brunt Street, New York 11231
Ethan Eubanks’ Earlytymes Jazz Band is billed at Hometown Bar-B-Que in Red Hook for a café-format evening performance. No individual performers or special program are listed, so the billing is the clearest guide to the night: a set from Eubanks’ named jazz band on the raised stage in the smokehouse’s secondary dining hall. The show sits within Hometown’s regular weekend run of live roots, blues, and jazz while food and drinks are served throughout the room.
The listing identifies the act as Ethan Eubanks’ Earlytymes Jazz Band, but provides no further biographical detail, personnel, hometown, past collaborators, recordings, or critical quotations. Hometown Bar-B-Que is a converted warehouse along the Red Hook waterfront, with exposed brick, high ceilings, communal wooden tables, outdoor benches, and two bars. Its kitchen focuses on Texas-style pit barbecue, including smoked brisket and pulled pork, alongside craft beer. This is a performance built into the working rhythm of the dining room, where listeners can settle in with barbecue and a draft pour as the band plays.
Wood smoke, craft beers, and Texas-style pit barbecue establish this sprawling industrial smokehouse along the Red Hook waterfront as a lively social hub rather than a hushed listening room. Patrons queue up for counter service: ordering smoked brisket, pulled pork, and draft pours before claiming open seating at wooden communal tables and outdoor benches on a first-come, first-served basis. The converted warehouse layout features exposed brick, high ceilings, two bars, and a raised stage tucked into the corner of the secondary dining hall. Weekend evenings bring free live roots, blues, and jazz sets that fill the room with sound while diners eat, drink, and chat. With no advance ticketing or reservations, early arrival helps secure a table and guarantees food before the day’s smoked meats sell out.