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The Collector · Theo · New York

Mona's

East Village · Dive bar / late jazz · $

After a dig or a set, I want a cheap drink and no attitude. Mona's is that — 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.

A no-frills Avenue B dive whose late Monday traditional-jazz jam is a quiet institution.

— Theo, The Collector
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