Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy
On Monday night, St. Dymphna's on Avenue A hosted "The Shrimp," a recurring pop-up dinner series that nods to old-school downtown nights.
Music in the room. No real stage. A compact menu by Desi Perez of Chez Ma Tante in Greenpoint that goes beyond typical bar fare.
Host Maxx Starr (
below), an East Village resident, says the idea is to evoke a Max's Kansas City kind of night — musicians or performers dropping in, playing a few songs. Less a formal set, more a room that briefly becomes a stage.
This past Monday's lineup featured performers (
below) Xanny Fied, Alexa Dark, Baby Delgado (
with his partner), and Arsun Sorrenti ...
Elsewhere in the crowd, by mid-evening, most tables were taken, with a short wait to be seated — though the mood stayed easy.
You can follow
@TheShrimpNYC on Instagram for updates on upcoming nights (always a Monday) and the venue.
