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Baby Grand

The tiniest little stage in New York.

New York, New York

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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday.

A mixed crowd has shuffled in. There’s an English graphic designer sitting next to you, making love to his tonic before he starts to sing.

He belts out ‘Son Can you Play Me a Memory’ and hits every note just right. It sounds sad but it’s sweet - his act is complete when he throws out a classic Billy Joel pose.

Can you see it? Then you’re ready to get on stage at Baby Grand, New York’s smallest and one and only gallery annex karaoke bar. Whether it is named after the 1987 Billy Joel – Ray Charles duet from the album The Bridge, or the 5’1″ Steinway piano that was first introduced in the 1930s, Baby Grand has set a name for itself over the last couple of years.

Before going on stage and hugging the mike, you browse the songbooks at the bar, pay the bartender $1 for copyrights, take one more big sip of your liquid courage and start working the crowd - a crowd that is always supportive, and happy to make you feel like a real star, a King of Pop on 4 square meters of stage.

The tiny place – that describes itself being a very intimate bar & tiny gallery, carefully crafted to optimize the communal singing experience and share the many talents of our patrons – can be found on the border of SoHo and Little Italy. But since the latter has started its retreat into history some decades ago, the O Sole Mio’s have been substituted by All American classics, Bowie songs and the legendary ‘Chocolate Balls’ karaoke performance of Bruce, the English neighbor of The Baby Grand.

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Go to 161 Lafayette at Grand in Manhattan, not Brooklyn.

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Baby Grand
161 Lafayette Street
New York, New York, 10013
United States
40.719843, -73.999105
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