Jazz research on the Internet: a continuing saga
1300 Rhode Island Avenue, NE in the Rhode Island Plaza building.
Restaurant added live music in June 1953.
After a remodeling, it re-opened as Cafe Celebrity on November 20, 1953. Seating 150.
Uncertain whether the following artists, mentioned as possible future attractions, ever appeared: Nat King Cole, Patti Page, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, and Pearl Bailey.
Continue Reading1834 Columbia Rd., NW
Owned by Henry Williams. Opened 1980?; closed 1984? Subsequently .
2204 14th St., NW
Opposite Turner’s Arena. Formerly . Subsequently .
Opened 1953. Manager Louis Murray.
Some sources give North East Casino.
4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Previous location was in Alexandria, VA.
Opened 1988; closed 1991.
Chicago room featured acoustic blues on Thursday
3477 M St., NW
1981-1982. Formerly . Owned by Paul Kurtz and Howard Bomstein. Six months after buying the club they renamed it as The Door.
Capacity: 124
Like its predecessor, The Door featured a wide variety of music, with jazz being but a small part of the bookings.
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