Legendary Blue Note club opens outpost in LA to jazz lovers

The famous New York jazz club Blue Note officially opened its first outpost in Hollywood on Thursday night.

It’s not the first time the club has set roots in a new city — locations include Milan, Hawaii, Shanghai and São Paulo — but the club’s owners hope that it’ll soon become an integral part of L.A.'s jazz scene, especially as other venues have closed in recent years.

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The Blue Note Los Angeles captures a classic jazz club vibe, with waiters taking orders off a prix fixe menu while squeezing in between tightly packed tables.

In a jazz club that prides itself on its intimacy, that’s a feature, not a bug. The club has open seating, so if you’re sat at a larger table, you’ll share space with — and inevitably meet — a cadre of fellow music lovers.

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