TAVERN ON THE GREEN SWINGS INTO THE SUMMER SEASON WITH

COOL SUMMER SOUNDS FOR HOT SUMMER NIGHTS

through mid-September, 2007

And there is something for everyone in this year’s lineup, from Latin vibes to live jazz grooves to retro dance music. Lasting through Mid-September, Tavern’s garden dance partyis  billed as Hot Summer Nights…Cool Summer Sounds.

The lineup for Hot Summer Nights…Cool Summer Sounds begins on Monday - Latin Groove to music spun by DJs Johnny Famolari and Norty Cotto; Social-Lite Tuesdays will feature Top 40 hits from yesterday and today complemented by drink specials; Wednesday belongs to the girls with Ladies’ Night during which the fairer sex enjoys themselves twice as much with two-for-one-drink specials from 7:00 – 9:00 while cutting the rug to today’s best dance tracks; Live from the Garden Thursday features acts recruited by the country’s number one jazz station, CD101.9, including such legends as Eddie Palmieri and Bucky Pizzarelli; Fridays Interactive Dance Party has DClef Productions spinning Top 40, club and house music hits to inspire the largest dance party in the city, with 42” plasma screens streaming music videos; A la Russe Saturday features live performances by world renown Russian artists; and Sunday’s Retro Dance Party brings back dance hits from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

To keep dancers energized, a Bar Menu is now available from 4 pm to close. It’s a preview of the American melting pot sensibility new Executive Chef Brian Young plans for Tavern when his a la carte brunch, lunch and dinner menus debut later this month. The Bar Menu, available in addition to the full dinner menu, addresses the current popular culinary device of ‘trios” with three artisanal cheeses with dried fruit and sesame flatbread crisps and a tasting trio of crab cake, basil-wrapped shrimp rolls and lamb spring rolls with mint,shrimp rolls and lamb spring rolls with mint, yogurt and pickled red onions with Tamarind sauce and three mini hamburgers served with the house “special” sauce and fries. An iced seafood platter of six oysters and clams, and poached shrimp cocktail is also on the menu, as is steamed dim sum and a mezze platter of hummus, Baba Ganoush, black and green olives, pickled beets, marinated artichokes and cipollini, piquillo peppers and warm pita bread.

When

Starting at 7 p.m., with a $10 cover charge Monday through Friday and Sunday, $20 on Saturdays and for special Live from the Garden performances on Thursday nights.
A $150 Garden Season Pass is also available which entitles holder to unlimited evenings in the garden, although the pass only covers half the $20 admittance charge on Saturdays and for certain live performances).

How

Call the Garden Hotline at +1 (212) 873-3200 ext. 241 for detailed information about performances and other special open-to-the-public Garden events.

Where

Located on Central park West at 67th Street overlooking Central Park,, the landmark restaurant offers on-site parking. For more information about Tavern on the Green or for dining reservations, call (212) 873-3200

editor, June 7,  2007