Presently, Townhouse is more speakeasy-themed than real speakeasy, but its earlier lives on in Del Monte: a dim, lower-ceiling bar within the basement that hosts all kinds of functions all through the week. Look at their Web page for a complete calendar and capture just about anything from jazz bands to acoustic guitarists to stand-up comedy inside

A self-confessed “glam jazz obscurity,” the Blow Monkeys were London art-fops who became stars using this totally shameless master class in nineteen eighties New Wave poseur brilliance. The gentleman crooner Dr. Robert preens and minces onstage, in the sleazy cocktail lounge, performing out all his fantasies of depraved vanity. He works his fau