Instead it was Tony Davis who I am not really familiar with. Anyway, the quartet was great but I was very, very disappointed as I chose this venue because Peter Bernstein was supposed to be part of the quartet that night. WRONG! Plenty of seating was available even at show time. It said to arrive as early as 5:15 and not to show up after 6 for the 7:00pm show and expect to be seated at a table even with a ticket. The warning on the ticket was really very unnecessary. We took the subway to get there from the RIU which included a little walk to the subway station and then a little walk from the station to Smoke.
Smoke Jazz Supper Club featuring Mike LeDonne’s Groover Quartet. We were disappointed and melancholy as this favorite spot of our is now a ruined memory. The music was great, but the price was outrageous considering the limited experience, and the food was not impressive. 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. 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. 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. 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. My husband and I have visited Smoke repeatedly over the past seven years, enjoying excellent live music in a cosy atmosphere.
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