September 18, 2011
Live, from New York, it’s Cheeseburger Saturday Night. Tonight’s host is Jules, on St. Marks Place in the East Village and featuring the Ready For Prime Beef Player, Marty Wombacher. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host, Jules!
Okay, it's one of the MAD nights where it's still light out as we start out. We're heading to Jules, a French Bistro/Jazz Bar in the East Village and I thought it might be crowded later on, so I thought we'd head over there a little early and beat the Saturday crowd.
The chess players are hard at it in Union Square Park.
And here we are, Jules on St. Marks Place in the East Village.
Let's go in and see what's happening.
Just as I thought, we beat the crowd, let's go grab a stool at the bar.
And the lovely and friendly bartender Zsuzsa, serves up a bottle of Coney Island Lager. And since we're early, it's happy hour and beers are just three bucks a bottle. Cheers!
The specials for the evening are displayed on this chalkboard next to the bar.
Here's the dining area opposite the bar. It's a comfortable space with wooden tables and a red leather banquette lining the all.
There's outside tables to sit at and it's nice because it's a step down and you're not sitting right out on the sidewalk. A nice spot for people watching.
Some of the draft beers available at Jules.
Here's the stage where the musicians set up. It's early, so there's just a lone drum set there now. The live music starts around 8pm, for now jazz music is played over the house speakers at a conversational level.
A long shot of the other end of the bar.
The view from my bar stool as night starts to fall on St. Marks Place.
Zsuzsa behind the bar listening to a customer. She's a great bartender who's attentive to the people at the bar.
And here's the cheeseburger and frittes. it looks delicious...
And it is!
Okay, I'm done with dinner and it's out of Jules and on to St. Mark's Bookshop.
If you saw yesterday's post, you'll rememeber it's "Buy A Book Weekend."
Let's go in and find a book, there's always a great and unique selection in here.
I found this coffee table book about Max's Kansas City, which was rung up by Jed, who we met in April. You won't find this at a Barnes and Noble. And remember, if you don't live in New York, you can do what GENE and Ragin RR did and buy some books online. Do it today and let's make "Buy A Book Weekend" a big success. Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.
My Meal
I had the Jules Bistro Burger with cheddar cheese and frittes. The burger was tasty and the bun was bakery fresh and knocked it out of the ball park. I always say a fresh bun makes the burger and this one was slightly toasted and melted in my mouth along with the burger. Delicious!
Other dinner selections from the menu include: Onglet de Boeuf Aux Echalotes which is grilled hanger steak with shallot sauce, mushroom risotto topped with parmesan and truffle oil; Steak Frites; Moules Frites and Le Canard de 7 Heures which is braised duck leg with sausages, bacon and pig trotters, buttery vegetables and steamed fingerling potato. In addition to the fine food and drink, Jules has live jazz, seven nights a week with no cover charge.
Cheeseburger Rating
Three Wimpy's, a delicious and savory cheeseburger.
Jules
65 St. Marks Place (Near First Ave.)
212-477-5560
Further reading: New York Magazine, Shecky's and The Village Voice.
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