Upstairs from the elegant 219, you'll find a small room with great live jazz and a crowd of older, turtleneck-wearing sophisticates.
We have loved Basin Street Lounge for 20 years, for the music and the casual elegance. But the new smoking policy has made it unbearable anymore. This New Year's Eve 10 or more people were smoking cigars in the middle of the room, rather than in the smoking lounge. We had enjoyed the music of the "Blues Bucket" until the smoke got so heavy the band had to open the windows to breathe. Then it got so cold we had to wear our coats. We left wheezing, with our clothes reeking of smoke. It ruined what had become a beloved tradition for us. We wish for the return to no smoking outside the smoking lounge.
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