now · 4:44 PM
Vintage jazz nights transform the first-floor lounge of this 1927 Bowery building into an informal social salon, drawing neighborhood listeners and international travelers together around the music of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Django Reinhardt. Guests gather on communal seating in the lobby lounge, where acoustic guitar and upright bass trios play unplugged sets just feet from the audience. There is no traditional bar service or food menu; visitors instead find complimentary tea, water, and coffee, alongside a relaxed living-room environment where people sit back and focus on the tunes. Shows are generally free entry with an RSVP and a suggested donation for the musicians, running during early evening sets that leave the rest of the night open to explore the surrounding Bowery and Nolita dining scene.