Stop 1:
7:15 PM
Roxy Bar
2 6th Ave (Manhattan)
R3
Flatiron District +
NoMad
Murray Hill
Garment District
4 Stops
R4
Midtown +
West Village
Lower East Side
Nolita
5 Stops
You Hear That?!
R1
Tribeca +
Greenwich Village
3 Stops
R2
Greenwich Village +
NoHo + Nolita + Tribeca
4 Stops
R3
Flatiron District +
NoMad + Murray Hill + Garment District
4 Stops
R4
Midtown +
West Village + Lower East Side + Nolita
5 Stops
R5
Upper East Side +
Midtown + Lower East Side
3 Stops
R6
Midtown +
NoMad
3 Stops
You Hear That?!
Live + Shows
Tribeca ➔ Greenwich Village ➔ Greenwich Village - R1
We are pivoting to culture tonight. Start in your usual Tribeca rotation for dual-action piano and jazz, walk straight into a legendary underground comedy set, and finish with a heavy plate of late-night pasta. Stay feral, but make it classy.
Best Days:
Thur - Sat
Music
Has live jazz Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM
The sound: From 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM (Second Set): live Jazz and soul groups play on Wednesday through Saturday
Strategy: For Thursday to Saturday catch the (Second Set) that starts at 7:30 PM to have flow with this route!
Transit to next stop: Uber/Cab: 5-minute ride straight north up 6th Ave, or a crisp 15-minute walk.
Info
Has comedians with impeccable craft and high-level talent at various start times (1:30 PM to 12:30 AM), 7 days a week
Booking strategy: Book this on a Thursday through Saturday and book the 8:45 PM show to have flow with this route!
Transit to next stop: Walk: 1 minute down the block. It is dangerously close.
Tactical late-night survival carbs. We survived the comedy trenches, and now we are eating heavy pasta in a dim, romantic indoor greenhouse. Elite financial irresponsibility.
Order: Cacio e Pepe Lasagna; Espresso Martini — $$; Walk-in friendly late at night
Stop 3:
11:00 PM
La Lanterna di Vittorio
129 MacDougal St (Manhattan)
Stops :
1
2
3
Greenwich Village ➔ NoHo ➔ Nolita ➔ Tribeca - R2
We are running a heavy jazz and pasta pipeline tonight. Start in the Village for global rhythms, pivot into an ultra-exclusive NoHo piano lounge, carb-load on legendary Italian, and finish the night sweating in a subterranean Tribeca jazz club. High aesthetics only.
Best Days:
Friday
or
Saturday
Music
Jazz plays every night from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
The sound: Traditional jazz, Cuban jams, Brazilian samba-jazz, African rhythms, and ragtime bands
Strategy: Catch the Friday or Saturday (First Set) that starts at 7:00 PM to have flow with this route!
Stop 1:
6:50 PM
Zinc Bar
82 W 3rd St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Walk: 10 minutes east across Washington Square Park.
Music
Has jazz Sunday through Wednesday starting at 8:30 PM and Thursday through Saturday they have solo pianist playing until 11:30 PM
The sound: Mellower live jazz, neo-soul, timeless standards, and upbeat covers
Stop 2:
8:45 PM
The Nines
9 Great Jones St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Walk: 5 minutes south down to Houston St.
Tactical survival carbs. We intentionally shifted the entire timeline of this night so you could squeeze in exactly one hour of heavy Italian eating before they lock the doors. It’s an absolute classic.
Order: Chicken Parm; Bolognese — $$$; Walk-in only (expect to wait or push through)
Stop 3:
10:30 PM
Emilio's Ballato
55 E Houston St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Uber/Cab: 10-minute ride straight down to Tribeca.
Music
Jazz plays every night from 7:00 PM to 1:15 AM
The sound: Classic jazz, hard bop quartets, and live horn sections
Booking strategy: Catch the Friday or Saturday (Second Set), which plays from 12:15 AM to 1:15 AM to time this route perfectly!
Stops :
1
2
3
4
Flatiron ➔ NoMad ➔ Murray Hill ➔ Garment District - R3
We are pivoting to a strictly mid-week cabaret delusion tonight. Start in Flatiron for a highly interactive piano sing-along, transition into an antique piano lounge for cake and punch, drop into Murray Hill for classy midnight soul, and end the night inhaling a greasy smashburger on the curb.
Best Days:
Wednesday
Music
This is a piano bar playing on Wednesday nights starting at 8:00 PM to 12:00 AM
The sound: Piano Sing-Alongs & Cabaret, and they actively take song requests
Stop 1:
8:00 PM
Experimental Cocktail Club
6 W 24th St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Walk: 5 minutes east across 5th Avenue to 27th St.
Music
The lounge features piano (also jazz duos on Friday and Saturday) music Monday through Saturday starting at 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
The sound: Jazz standards and ambient lounge music
Strategy: If following this route you will catch the second half of the piano music on a Wednesday
Stop 2:
9:10 PM
BRASS
7 East 27th Street (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Walk: 12 minutes north up Madison Avenue, or take a quick 5-minute Uber.
Music
The stage features classy live jazz every night of the week at 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM
The sound: live jazz, blues, and soul ensembles
Stop 3:
10:40 PM
The Flatiron Room
9 E 37th St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Walk: 10 minutes west straight across 37th St to 7th Avenue.
You just spent four hours being incredibly classy, and now you are ending the night eating a greasy smashburger on the sidewalk like a feral animal. The perfect nightcap.
Order: Double Cheeseburger; Loaded Fries — $; Walk-in friendly
Stop 4:
12:10 AM
7th Street Burger
485 7th Ave (Manhattan)
Stops :
1
2
3
4
Midtown ➔ West Village ➔ Lower East Side ➔ Nolita - R4
We are crisscrossing Manhattan for a heavy music and pizza pipeline tonight. Start in Midtown for classic vocalists, hit the Village for legendary coal-fired carbs and traditional blues, bounce to the Lower East Side for marathon piano sets, and finish eating greasy pepperoni squares on a Nolita sidewalk. Keep the momentum moving.
Best Days:
Thursday
Music
Features classic jazz playing Monday through Saturday and strictly starting at 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM
The sound: jazz standards, acoustic trios, and live vocalists
Stop 1:
7:15 PM
Winnie’s Jazz Club
63 W 38th St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Uber/Cab: 15-minute ride straight down 7th Ave to the West Village.
Tactical survival carbs at a literal NYC institution. Eat a coal-fired pie in a wooden booth before we dive into the late-night jazz caves. Elite financial irresponsibility.
Order: Coal-Fired Cheese Pie; Peroni Beer — $$; Walk-in only (expect a fast-moving line)
Stop 2:
8:45 PM
John's of Bleecker Street
278 Bleecker St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Walk: 4 minutes west down Bleecker and up Grove St.
Music
The stage hosts jazz Monday and Wednesday through Saturday, from 7:00 PM to 12:30 AM
The sound: Traditional jazz, dixieland, classic blues, and rhythm & blues
Strategy: Catch the Thursday (Second Set) that starts at 10:00 PM to have flow with this route!
Stop 3:
9:40 PM
Arthur's Tavern
57 Grove St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Uber/Cab: 15-minute ride straight east across Houston St to the Lower East Side.
Music
Features solo jazz pianists 7 days a week, starting at 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM on Sunday through Wednesday, and stretching all the way to 4:00 AM on Thursday through Saturday
The sound: Recognizable jazz standards (piano, bass, and drums
Stop 4:
12:30 AM
Funny Bar
133 Essex St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Walk: 12 minutes west across the Bowery, or a quick 5-minute Uber.
The ultimate 1:00 AM grease reset. You timed this perfectly (and specifically avoided Wednesdays) so you could stand on a Nolita sidewalk eating thick pepperoni squares like a feral animal.
Order: Spicy Spring Square Slice — $; Walk-in friendly
Stop 5:
3:00 AM
Prince Street Pizza
27 Prince St (Manhattan)
Stops :
1
2
3
4
5
Upper East Side ➔ Midtown East ➔ Lower East Side - R5
We are running a heavy uptown-to-downtown culture marathon tonight. Start in the Upper East Side trenches for a late-night comedy set, dive into a legendary hidden Japanese jazz speakeasy in Midtown, and ride the late-night piano wave all the way to the Lower East Side until 4:00 AM. Pure stamina.
Best Days:
Friday
or
Saturday
Music
Has comedians with high-level talent at various times (4:00 PM to 10:00 PM), Thursday through Sunday
Booking strategy: Catch this on Fridays at 7:00 PM or on Saturdays at 7:00 PM or 8:00 PM to have flow with this route!
Stop 1:
7:00 PM
Rodney's Comedy Club
1118 1st Ave (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Uber/Cab: 5-minute ride straight down 1st Avenue to 53rd St.
Music
Features jazz playing everyday of the week from 5:00 PM to 1:00 AM
The sound: Traditional, smooth acoustic jazz standards, alto sax solos, and piano arrangements
Strategy: Run this on a Friday or Saturday and arrive in the middle of the Second Set (11:45 PM) to have flow with this route!
Stop 2:
11:45 PM
Tomi Jazz
239 E 53rd St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Uber/Cab: 15-minute ride straight down the FDR Drive into the Lower East Side.
Music
Features solo jazz pianists 7 days a week, starting at 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM on Sunday through Wednesday, and stretching all the way to 4:00 AM on Thursday through Saturday
The sound: Recognizable jazz standards (piano, bass, and drums
Stop 3:
1:30 AM
Funny Bar
133 Essex St (Manhattan)
Stops :
1
2
3
Midtown ➔ NoMad - R6
We are elevating the delusion to unprecedented heights tonight. Start with peak acoustic symphonies at a literal world-class concert hall, scream Broadway show tunes at a neighborhood piano bar, and end the night sweating it out to deep house in NoMad. Unhinged range.
Best Days / Month:
Friday
or
Saturday
(October – November) or (March – May)
Music
All types of sounds every day of the week, 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM
The sound: Recognizable jazz standards (piano, bass, and drums
Booking strategy: Run this on a Friday or Saturday and book the 8:00 PM in Fall or Spring season to have flow with this route!
Transit to next stop: Walk: 8 minutes southwest down to 52nd St.
Music
Interactive tunes are played here Tuesday through Saturday from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
The sound: Interactive show tunes, jazz ensembles, throwback pop requests, and Broadway-style sing-alongs
Stop 2:
10:15 PM
So & So's Neighborhood Piano Bar
302 W 52nd St (Manhattan)
Transit to next stop: Uber/Cab: 15-minute ride straight south down to 28th St.
The midnight transition into pure club energy. We went from cellos to Broadway, and now we are drinking savory root vegetable martinis taking pictures in the bathroom.
Order: Obvio Martini (made with savory celery root); Tamarind Mezcalito — $$$; Walk-in friendly (expect a crowd)
Stop 3:
12:30 AM
Obvio
3 E 28th St (Manhattan)
