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NEW YORK 12 BEST SPOTS
4- DANNY'S SKYLIGHT ROOM. 346 W 46th St, between 8th and 9th Avenues. Phone: 212-265-8133. Rating: 4 STARS. Genre: Cabaret-Lounge. Clientele age: From 30 to 40. Dress code: Smart casual. Snob attire. Armani suits will do just fine.
A show-case type of a cabaret spot. Attractive and stimulating establishment. The interior design is the "signature" of The Skylight Room. The cabaret acts are first rate. Some big names perform regularly at this place. The music repertoire is varied and encompassed the traditional and innovative. Very pleasant ambiance and the staff service is generally very good. Skylight Room is one of the best spots in New York city, for it offers an astonished varied avalanches of different performers on a weekly basis, the food is delicious, the appetizers are highly recommended, the waiters, waitresses and bartenders really take care of their customers, the prices are very reasonable, the general feeling you get from the ambiance and atmosphere is relaxing, intimate and could be very animated. Most definitely, Skylight Room is a terrific cabaret and live music venue. Go early. The place is always packed.
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FIREBIRD CAFE. 363 W 46th St, between 8th and 9th Avenues. Phone:
212-586-0244.
Rating: 5 STARS.
Genre: Cabaret.-Lounge, American and international music.
Clientele age. 30 to 40.
Dress code: Elegant, trendy to smart casual.
Lorna Dallas, Sally Mayes, Baby Jane Dexter, Steve Ross, Daryl Sherman, Betty Buckley and many big names in the entertainment and showbiz performed at the Firebird Cafe. This stunning place have three separate and delightful sections under one roof: 1-The dining room area which is dressed up with china, crystal chandeliers and ancient Russian icons, relics, manuscripts and fascinating rare books. 2- The parlor which is furnished with antique European chairs and sofas of an eclectic style and taste. The parlor is very welcoming and extremely comfortable. 3-The grand ballroom area which is magnificently decorated and ornate with a refined taste. It has a domed ceiling and skylight. The cuisine is Russian. The food is superb and delicious, particularly the mushroom Vareniki, the roasted breast of duck, the chicken Tabaka along with the Ukrainian white smoked pork loin. Firebird Cafe is a fantastic, magnificent and captivating place. It has all the elements and characteristics of a world-class cabaret, boite, restaurant, pub, bar, show floor, all elegantly and magically combined under one roof. Another great advantage, this place has over all the other cabaret venues in New York city is the very fine and unusual international music repertoire from Europe and around the globe. Certainly, this musical wealth is a plus, a great plus, especially, when the overwhelming majority of cabarets and live entertainments joints in New York city offer exclusively American standards and traditional Broadway musical acts. Once you visit the Firebird Cafe, you become addicted to it. This is a "must see" place. First class!!
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- CAFE CARLYLE. 35 E 76th Street.
Phone: 212-744-1600.
Rating: 5 STARS. Genre: Variete,
Jazz, Cabaret.
Clientele age: From 30 to 50.
Dress code: Jacket and tie required.
Woody Allen with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band, Maria Friedman, Bobby Short (of course!) and top notch artists and entertainers performed at the majestic and spectacular Café Carlyle, home to the legendary Bobby Short for more than three decades and counting! The Café Carlyle symbolizes perfection in culinary arts. The cuisine is French. The menu is very clever. The food is absolutely out of this world. The interior decor is rich, harmonious, elegant, tasteful, imposing, yet very cozy and comfortable. This is the premier high society cabaret venue in New York city. Everything blends together in this place: The decor, the ambiance, the music repertoire, the cuisine, the service, the elegant presence of the artists on stage, the dim lights, the colors of the walls...Everything blends perfectly together in utmost esthetical harmony, musical beauty, charming and elegantly sensual cabaret ambiance, superb French cuisine and impeccable wait staff service.
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