On Friday and Saturday nights, Duane Park is a hotspot, with jazz bands and burlesque dancers putting on buzzy, fun shows. On school nights, the restaurant can be downright quiet. Either way, the food is good—with a Creole touch here and there—and reasonably priced, while the room has a flavor all its own, thanks to trompe l’oeil black-and-white wallpaper and antique-style wooden furniture. (Closed February 2013; moving to the Bowery)
My sister in law made a reservation weeks in advance for her father but because of a reservation regulation that is so outdated my great grandmother never heard of it we were put on a waiting list and pushed for other tables. Then just before the show they attempted to push us into tables used for waiting clientele that was turned away from the show’s stage…they were RUDE, MEAN, DISRESPECTFUL AND LIED TO US…DO NOT EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME.