Starting Tonight, Ginny’s Supper Club Looks Back in Harlem
When Marcus Samuelsson and Andrew Chapman opened Red Rooster a little
over a year ago in Harlem, they had a rather featureless downstairs space that was occasionally used for community activities, and increasingly for music. But plans were percolating.
“I wanted to make sure we had a success upstairs before I tackled this,” said Mr. Samuelsson, who has now turned the space into Ginny’s Supper Club, a retro supper club that opens on Monday night. Rich with mellow evening atmosphere that evokes the Cotton Club and other uptown hotspots of yore, the 120-seat space features mainly live music, like R&B, jazz, soul and swing, every night.
A menu unlike Red Rooster’s, mostly small to mid-size plates, includes seared shrimp with endive, tasty hunks of boneless chicken confit fried and served with waffles, and sliced steak with potato cake. Cocktails are the consulting mixologist Eben Klemm’s responsibility, and he tweaks some classics like the Sazerac with homemade caraway rye.
Ginny’s Supper Club, 310 Lenox Avenue (125th Street), (212) 792-9001.