Art and culture at Jimmy's No.43

September 4, 2009 05:28

July 2009

Jimmy’s No. 43 is below street level, the better to present underground indie theater.

Which beers taste best with bacon, chocolate and cheese? If you’ve been lucky enough to have spent the past few years in Manhattan witnessing the renaissance of the indie theater scene, you’ve likely spent quality time in a particular restaurant with a back room that doubles as theater space and tasting stage.

If you’re new in town, you go to East 7th between 2nd and 3rd Aves and descended the steps of Jimmy’s No. 43. Owner, chef, foodie and raconteur Jimmy Carbone has been putting great food and drink together with great theater companies like the award-winning Rising Phoenix Rep since 2005, and he’s recently opened a new space called 1 Dominick. United Stages asked playwright and RPR artistic director Daniel Talbott to interview the East Side patron of the arts.

The Job Swap is an initiative of the Henry Hudson 400 Foundation and BKB, in cooperation with the NY400. The Wildcard contest is organized together with newspapers Het Parool (Amsterdam) and AM New York (New York).