Minton's Restaurant Review:
The live jazz and supper club tradition celebrated at Minton's Playhouse for more than three decades has been resurrected by restaurateur Alexander Smalls. This upscale restaurant is marked by polished hardwood floors, chiffon drapery, leather banquettes, white tablecloths and a live performance area where musicians, some of whom played at the original Minton's Playhouse, take center stage. The...
When assessing the role that the soul food at Minton’s Playhouse played in the birth of bebop in the 1940s, it is worth keeping in mind that most of the testimonials to it come to us from hungry jazz musicians whose meals were on the house. Still, African-American music and cooking were a potent mix at Minton’s once, and this was one reason to pay attention to the revival of Minton’s as a jazz...