The Night Owl · Dario · New York
Mona's
After a fancy cocktail or a sweaty floor, sometimes you want a cheap drink and zero attitude. Mona's is a real dive — but its late Monday-night traditional jazz jam, where players pack into the back, is one of the city's great low-key nights. Cash, dim, unpretentious. The bar where the night people decompress.
A no-frills Avenue B dive whose late Monday traditional-jazz jam is a quiet institution.
— Dario, The Night Owl
The move — Dario's insider tip for Mona's — is in the app.
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