ENTERTAINMENT/NIGHTLIFE

NEW YORK 12 BEST SPOTS

 

 

 

 

 

6 - 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 in utmost esthetical harmony, musical beauty,  charming and elegantly sensual cabaret ambiance, superb French cuisine  and impeccable wait staff service. The interior design is extremely elegant. The service at the bar and in the dining room is impeccable.  The entertainment is unsurpassed and unmatchable. The clientele? You guessed it! Top CEOs, big names in the high society, famous corporate executives, very-well known artists and performers who just pass by to visit and sometimes to jam, and of course international tourists who pump in because they have heard about the Cafe. Yes, the prices are high, but you get what you pay for. Nothing great is cheap in New York City. 

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