Don’t Tell Mama

On our lists of the best live music venues and activities in New York.

Four separate rooms make up this Restaurant Row spot: a front piano bar, a restaurant, and two cabaret showrooms booked with comedy, musicals and vocal acts. The front bar has run continuously since it opened in 1982, and the format hasn't changed - bartenders and servers take turns stepping away from their tables to sing between orders. The cabaret rooms host separately ticketed shows, while the piano bar runs on a walk-in basis.