A certain greenishness prevails in a Brooklyn Haitian restaurant
The ambiance at Ambiance can be summed up in one word: green. The walls glow lime green, the wainscoting dark marbleized green, while the bulbs that race around the coffered ceiling shine neon green, making the faces of the diners look like scary Halloween...
By Robert Sietsema
Tuesday, November 03
The ambiance at Ambiance can be summed up in one word: green. The walls glow lime green, the wainscoting dark marbleized green, while the bulbs... More >>
Wear your sunglasses as you exit the 2 or 3 train at Bergen Street, because the giant neon sign that spells out B-A-R-K glows with thousands of nuclear watts late into the evening. The interior is far more dark and chill, with raised counters running...
By Robert Sietsema
Tuesday, October 27
Wear your sunglasses as you exit the 2 or 3 train at Bergen Street, because the giant neon sign that spells out B-A-R-K glows with thousands of... More >>
A Russian neighborhood gets a German beer garden and roadkill chicken
It's been nine years since Zum Schneider debuted on Avenue C, kindling a minor craze for German beer gardens. This being New York City, many are entirely indoors. Now you can snack on sausages with a foamy stein at a dozen rollicking places in the...
By Robert Sietsema
Tuesday, October 13
It's been nine years since Zum Schneider debuted on Avenue C, kindling a minor craze for German beer gardens. This being New York City, many are... More >>
San Domenico moves south, forgets to pack its heart
By Sarah DiGregorio
Tuesday, November 03
The sommelier hunched over the electronic wine list, fingers pecking at the screen. He looked exactly like an airline ticket agent as he pursed... More>>
Carsick Cars
As the Beijing indie label Maybe Mars pulls into town to (perhaps) show us the future of rock... More>> Santos' Party House,
Sat., November 7, 7:00pm,
$10
Double Dagger
"I'm not sure I know what the point is, and I don't care. That shit gets on my nerves," wrote... More>> Maxwell's,
Sat., November 7, 8:30pm,
$8
Eden Espinoza
Espinoza is one of the fiercest voices heard on Broadway in recent years. Think of the volume... More>> Feinstein's at the Regency,
Sun., November 8, 8:30pmSun., November 8, 10:30pm,
$50.08-$71.86
Ray LaMontagne
LaMontagne's Gossip in the Grain, from last year, found the bearded Maine-based folkie working... More>> Beacon Theatre,
Thu., November 5, 8:00pmMon., November 9, 8:00pmTue., November 10, 8:00pm,
$35-$70
Warren G
In September, G-funk OG Warren G released a new album, his first since 2005's In the Mid-Nite... More>> Bowery Ballroom,
Tue., November 10, 8:00pm,
$20
Steve Tyrell
If you have as much fun watching and listening as he has singing the standards he's come to... More>> Cafè Carlyle,
Tue., November 10, 8:45pm,
$75-$185
Christian McBride
The new Kind of Brown works a simple premise: A string of riff tunes, a few cool vamps, lots of... More>> Village Vanguard,
Daily from Tue., November 10 until Sun., November 15, 9:00pmDaily from Tue., November 10 until Sun., November 15, 11:00pm,
$30-$35
The Cribs
This English pub-punk outfit made three records as a band of brothers, but for their latest,... More>> Bowery Ballroom,
Thu., November 12, 8:00pmFri., November 13, 8:00pm,
$20
Jim Hall Quartet
For almost a decade, we've known about the sizable simpatico between revered guitarist Hall and... More>> Birdland,
Daily from Tue., November 10 until Sat., November 14, 8:30pmDaily from Tue., November 10 until Sat., November 14, 11:00pm,
$30-$40
The Cribs
This English pub-punk outfit made three records as a band of brothers, but for their latest,... More>> Bowery Ballroom,
Thu., November 12, 8:00pmFri., November 13, 8:00pm,
$20
Jim Hall Quartet
For almost a decade, we've known about the sizable simpatico between revered guitarist Hall and... More>> Birdland,
Daily from Tue., November 10 until Sat., November 14, 8:30pmDaily from Tue., November 10 until Sat., November 14, 11:00pm,
$30-$40