Karen B.
Yelp
As a musician and vocalist myself, I have always loved going out to listen to live music. As we are new in town, having lived in NYC for 45 years. Intermezzo was recommend to me by the woman who previously owned the house we now rent. She was a dancer, has lived here her whole life, and is very tuned into the local cultural scene.
She recommended the jazz nights at Intermezzo, and I met her and some of her friends there last month. I bought an absolutely wondrous cocktail at the bar, then sat down to listen to the great jazz band. It was such a lovely evening!
The crowd was attentive, and also friendly. We met the young women sitting at the table next to ours, and they told us to listen to a hot new young jazz singer. I had heard of her, but they told me about her newest album, and when I got home I went online to listen, and she is AMAZING.
So this place gets the Full Five Stars. The bartender was handling the many (many!) drink orders (lots of patrons for these jazz nights, I am happy to see!), the quality of the cocktail was exquisite, interesting and executed just so. Delicious! So points for that aspect of the evening and venue.
I've already mentioned that the crowd is well-mannered, interested in the music, and still very social. These are all huge plusses in my book.
I hear they are going to be moving (sad, because the space is beautiful!) to a larger venue just a little down the block. It's great that they need a bigger space, so kudos to the management.
I love this place. Go, you won't regret it. (You have to go early to get a table, but there are lots of tables outside if you don't need to sit right next to the band like I do. We musicians want to "see them spit and sweat" as we say. Live performance is my THANG.