Bar Next Door 129 MacDougal St. (@ W. 3rd St.)
Greenwich Village
212.529.5945
Bar Next Door:
So this is where all the single men are. Ladies who pop by this well-kept secret of a bar for the 8pm jazz set will hit the jackpot, so long as they shut up when the music starts and actually know who Charlie Parker is. Tucked underneath La Lanterna di Vittoria, a dark, moody bi-level Italian restaurant, Bar Next Door is a hidden gem that’ll only cost you an $8 cover charge and one drink (try the Passion Fruit Champagne Cocktail, or one of the bazillion wines on offer). Seating is snug in this small room, but that only makes for a more intimate concert provided by high-caliber jazz musicians. Weekends get packed with the dessert-and-Dizzy crowd, but jazz enthusiasts are better off coming early for a cozy meal of top-notch thin-crust pizza and snagging a good table before the show starts.
