Pianos is a two-story bar/restaurant/live music venue on the

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. Its stage attracts local and national

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groups as well as DJs, such as Nick Hadad & Jackson Walker. A more typical performance would consist of smaller name local and touring acts. Pianos follows the example of

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by keeping the "Pianos" name and sign from the store that previously existed there when it was conceivable that a piano store might make it on the Lower East Side. Pianos has two stages: one that has upstairs in a funky loungelike setting, and one in a back room off the main floor.Kugel, Seth (February 3, 2008)
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''. Seth Kugel of ''

'' praised Pianos' menu as "surprisingly respectable", likening it to bar food that has been subjected to a transformation on ''

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''. Kugel singled out the red wine burger encrusted in black pepper, and fried mozzarella served with roasted basil tomato. Pianos currently hosts nightly concerts in their

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room. While displaying multiple genres, they are noted to host local hard and alternative rock bands like Mach Dharma and they have also given a Saturday night headlining residency to rock power trio Violent in Black.

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Keohane, Ellen, "Ludlow nightclub is not music to neighbors’ ears
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