Jazzy's Place

1701 S. Lamar Street, Dallas, TX 75215

As you know, I have a love-hate relationship with Brooklyn Jazz Café; however, I refuse to let this schizophrenic association keep me from embracing (and now reviewing) its new addition, “Jazzy’s Place.” Jazzy’s Place is not a free-standing building at a second location, but rather an extension of the existing Brooklyn Jazz Café venue. Jazzy’s Place is sort of like Brooklyn Jazz “Lite.” It advertises itself as a place to watch sporting events, play chess/checkers, and to play shuffleboard (I’m not making this up). The point is this: Jazzy’s Place is a place to relax and hang out without all of the pomp and circumstance that you sometimes see at Brooklyn Jazz Cafe. I also suspect that the more casual atmosphere is meant to attract a slightly younger demographic than the 40-ish patrons of Brooklyn Jazz Café.

I had the opportunity to watch one of the NFL Playoff games there a couple of weeks ago. Admittedly, the crowd was sparse, but that had much more to do with a lack of awareness than a lack of hospitable surroundings. Jazzy’s Place has plush red and black booths and traditional chair seating, several, wall-mounted flat screen TVs, a private banquet room, a private patio, and the same full bar and food menus as Brooklyn Jazz Cafe. Though Jazzy’s Place is more casual than Brooklyn Jazz Cafe, it maintains its ties to its older sibling with jazz-inspired artwork on the walls, and jazz music piped into the surround sound. The jazz music was somewhat offensive to patrons at Jazzy’s Place the day of the playoffs as it made it difficult to hear the commentary on the game. Yet management had no problem lowering the music upon request.

I never spotted the chess/checker tables or shuffleboard, but all in all, I would recommend Jazzy’s Place. The addition of Jazzy’s Place shows that
1) Brooklyn Jazz Café is doing well (always good to hear), and
2) they are listening to customer feedback and maybe even reading my blog.

Why do I say this? I say this because the single greatest selling point of Jazzy’s Place is that finally there is enough room for those on the hunt (and those hoping to be hunted) to truly go on the prowl.

Heads Up: Brooklyn Jazz Café is hosting a Superbowl viewing party on Superbowl Sunday sponsored by radio station KRNB. Doors open at 3pm. It’s a ticket-only event so listen to KRNB 105.7 for your chance to win (or you can keep calling obsessively).