Babik Baby!

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Oct 6th 2005, 2:13am By queenseyes

This up-and-coming gypsy-jazz quartet has been absolutely PACKING Allen St. Hardware Cafe on Wednesday nights for the last 6 months. It's probably fair to say they're the reason this venue has had to double its size! Traditional, acoustic, gypsy-jazz, played with 2 acoustic guitars, a violin, and upright bass. If you want real, honest-to-goodness gypsy music then this is the band to see!

Every Wednesday Allentown Hardware comes alive with the sounds of this local four-piece band. It's the perfect music to listen to at this expanded corner bar. You can just as easily hear the person that you are talking to, or get lost in the fascinating beats that these guys are churning out. The evening always draws a good crowd onto the wood 'dance floor' to partake in the festive music. Put Hardware on your list to hit on Wednesdays. The moody lighting, the great selection of beers (Ethan?), and the high caliber of music are all the reasons you need. Hardware has expanded to twice the space, doubling the seating and the bar area. They did it in such a manner that not on ounce of coziness was lost. If you didn't bother walking into the addition, you might never have guessed that they expanded.

ASHC is located at 245 Allen Street @ College.

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