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440-667-2994 or check them out at www.precisionservicescleveland.com

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Nighttown's Cadillac Sedan DeVille Fleetwood, which seats 8, with Brendan Ring in the driver's seat, can be available to pick up your special guests, complimentary for parties of at least 50.  Call Brendan at 216-795-0550 for further details.

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•           Weddings.  Rehearsal Dinners.  Private Parties.
  
  Amanda and Tony were married at Cleveland's Botanical Gardens, with the reception held at Nighttown. Thanks to both of them for allowing us to post a few photos from the reception here and here.
  
                   
  
  
  
• Bloomsday celebration at Nighttown; James Joyce's Ulysses read in its entirety.  Read the 2011 Plain Dealer story here. 
  For photos of the event, click here.
  And in 2012, we did it again ! (new PD story here)
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  photo: Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer
  
  
• Congratulations to Nighttown's Jim Wadsworth.  Jim does all the music booking at Nighttown.  Jim was just named a 2013 Jazz hero by the Jazz Journalists Association.  Click here to read why Jim won this prestigious award.  Jim was also interviewed recently by Thomas Mulready for CoolCleveland, talking about 14 years of jazz at Nighttown.  You can see that interview here.
  
  
• Jim Caruso's Cast Party, with pianist Billy Stritch, came to Nighttown in search of musical talent.  Direct from 8 years at Birdland in New York City, Cast Party is what would happen if David Letterman threw a house party at Ed Sullivan's around Ed's grand piano.  If you missed it and you love Broadway-style showtunes, we have good news for you: we shot the whole show on videotape, which you can view here.  Thanks to Dave Narosny at NAR Video for the videography.
  
  
  
  
  Billy Stritch & Jim Caruso at Nighttown
  photo: Bruce Hennes
  
  
• Brendan Ring does lobster pot pie on WKYC-TV. 
  
  
  
• "Nighttown continues longtime tradition of fine food & hot jazz," says the Heights Observer.
  
  
• Thanks to Robin Swoboda and the folks at WKYC-TV3 for this video love letter to Nighttown (be sure to watch for Stevie Wonder's impromptu appearance on the Nighttown stage).
  
  
• Nighttown Manager Jen Pieri on WKYC talking about Stephen's Green, Nighttown's outdoor dining area here.
  
  
  
• Nighttown - One of the 25 Restaurants Cleveland Can't Live Without"

           - Scene Magazine
  
  

  "The closest thing Cleveland has to an Algonquin Round Table is Nighttown, a New York-style supper club that attracts a most deliciously diverse clientele.  Named by Down Beat magazine as one of the world's "100 Great Jazz Clubs," Nighttown draws the serious music fans for sure.  But there is far more to the joint than hot licks and cool chords.  The menu is decidedly old-school but well-executed, with dishes like whole artichokes, roast duck, trout amandine and Dublin Lawyer ruling the roost.  The comfortably appointed dining rooms, bar and patio burble with conversation as doctors, professors, writers, artists and students exchange bon mots over bouron and beer.  It's this rare triple identity - as serious restaurant, inspired jazz club, and especially as living room to an intellectual community - that makes people continue to flock to "The Top of the Hill."

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• LeBron James, Cleveland and Nighttown - all characters in "Believeland," about the player that left.
  
  
  

• Brendan Ring visits with WKYC-TV's Fred Griffith and makes
  Lobster Mac & Cheese.
  
  
• Debbie Snook at The Plain Dealer writes about Nighttown.
  
  
• Nighttown has a new stage.  And the pillars are gone !!
  In fact, we've remodeled the entire Music Room.  Check out what Carlo Wolff has to say about Nighttown's renovations here.
  
  Want to see for yourself?  Here are a few photos taken on February 13 when the John Pizzarelli Quartet played on the new Nighttown stage.
  
              
  
  
• Speaking of John Pizzarelli, we shot a short video of the quartet playing Hit That Jive, Jack.   Not only are John, Martin & Tony in fine form, but pianist Larry Fuller just crackles in a killer solo.   Crank up your speakers and click here for the vid clip. 
  
  
• Thanks, Sarah Crump, for doing a full-page profile of
  Brendan Ring in The Plain Dealer.  
   
                         
  
  
• Listen to Brendan Ring on WMJI-FM's Lanigan & Malone talk about Nighttown.
  
  
• Thanks, Norm Roulet, for your tribute to Nighttown on the occasion of our 45th year in business. We didn't know you were doing this.  In fact, until now, we had no idea who you were. 
  But we do now.
  
  

               Photo of the Nighttown "New Bar" courtesy of Norm Roulet

Nighttown News Flashes

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• Jim Caruso's Cast Party with Billy Stritch came to Nighttown on October 20, 2011.  You'll find photos here.
• Brendan Ring gives us a tour of The Press Club of Cleveland's Journalism Hall of Fame, which is located inside Nighttown.  Thanks to Mike Settonni and Broadcast Media Ideas for the video.  For more info about the Hall of Fame and 120+ years of Press Club of Cleveland history, click here.
• The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association used Nighttown to raise over $2000 for their foundation.
• Brendan Ring - The Storyteller.
• The Yamaha Diskalvier Mark IV is now the official piano of Nighttown. The next time you're at Nighttown, be sure to take a look and listen to this state-of-the-art concert grand.  Many thanks to Classic Pianos of Akron-Cleveland for their assistance with this promotional arrangement.
• Hungry First Monday - on the first Monday of every month between April & December of 2009, Nighttown donated $5 for each dinner served to the Cleveland FoodBank.  In addition, merchants from the Cedar-Fairmount area contributed, as did the great people at Weissman, Kennedy & Berris LPA...and we raised over $11,000.  
• Nighttown profiled in Continental Airlines Magazine.
• Nighttown owner Brendan Ring talks about his "worst mistake" to The Plain Dealer here.
• Congrats to Brendan Ring on becoming a U.S. Citizen. His wife and friends threw a surprise party for him at Nighttown.
• Many thanks to Ohio Magazine for the fabulous feature story in their February issue (check out the great photos of the Count Basie Band at Nighttown by Billy Delfs) .
• The Nighttown Academy of Arts & Poetry presented Wise Up !! Chapter 2 on October 24, 2010.  Thanks to everyone who attended, helping us raise $7546 for The Friends of the Heights Library.   Click here for photos.

•   Don't take our word for it - America On Line said that Nighttown is #1 when it comes to Nightlife in Cleveland.
• David Budin says you get a double-shot at Nighttown in Northern Ohio Live.
• Listen to Brendan Ring and Jim Wadsworth interviewed by the always-wonderful Martha Towns on WCLV's Access to the Arts.
• Thanks to Ryan Wells, who wrote, "Nighttown is the perfect escape from Akron."
• Nighttown really isn't an Irish bar.  But on St. Patrick's Day, it's THE place to be.  So check out Nighttown's owner singing the Boys of Barr Na Sraide.  After that, Brendan sang the Ballad of Billy Reid.  Also from St. Patty's Day 2008, we have the New Barleycorn singing No, Nay, Never and Charley & the MTA.
• Nighttown now features free Wi-Fi throughout the entire restaurant.
• Nighttown featured in Shore Magazine (great photos).
• Top of the Hill - see the buildings that were next to Nighttown and torn down in 1969...this is the area the city is considering developing directly west of Nighttown...when (not if) the economy improves.
• Nighttown was named Best Jazz Club in Scene Magazine's Best of Cleveland.
• Nighttown owner Brendan Ring interviewed by Michael Ruhlman on TV.
• Nighttown given Best Ambiance & Late-Nite Dining from Northern Ohio Live Mag.
• Missed the New York Voices at Nighttown? Check out this video
• Erin Bode sings Graceland at Nighttown.
• FutureHeights awards to Nighttown Best Place to Go On A Date or Celebrate; Best Place To Stop For A Drink; and Best Outdoor Dining.
• Nighttown featured in Continental Airlines In-Flite Magazine.
• Brendan Ring & Nighttown receive prestigious Cleveland Arts Prize.

• Nighttown featured in The Plain Dealer.

• Nighttown featured in Star Magazine (can you believe it??).

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No place in Greater Cleveland can match the spectacular ambiance of Nighttown. Since 1965, Nighttown has been known for its unique atmosphere, cool vibe, great food, fabulous music, intimacy and warmth. Treat your guests to an exceptional dining experience among the priceless art, leaded and Tiffany glass that enhance Nighttown. You can choose from our three bars and three distinctly different rooms to host your party in, including our fabulous year-round, glass enclosed, heated patio featuring a dramatic full-wall waterfall.

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And with music every night, Nighttown is the only club in Ohio on Down Beat's list of The 100 Best Jazz Clubs in the World (so when we say we have world-class jazz, we really mean it).