At the Copa. Copacabana.

The other night I was watching "The Way We Were" and yearning for the good old days in New York when people spent a night out at places like El Morocco and The Copacabana. Days when men were required to wear a jacket to dinner and the band played all night turning your dinner experience into a full blown night of dancing & entertainment. Just when I was lamenting that old-fashioned clubs like that were long gone, enter The Darby, a swanky supper club that recently opened in Meat Packing.

Based on dinner clubs from the 50s and 60s, the place is complete with a Moroccan feel, banquet booths and a band & singers that entertain all night. Chef Alex Guarnaschelli (from Food Network) does a nice job with the menu full of updated American classics & she came out to our table to introduce herself & give us a complimentary plate of the bacon veal, her favorite dish on the menu.

We stuffed our faces, drank a few too many bottles of wine & listened to the band & singers perform amazing renditions of everything from classic love songs to Britney Spears. Was it a little cheesy? Yes. Did I adore it for just that reason? Absolutely. Sometimes a does of nostalgia perfectly hits the spot.

xx J