Union Market’s newest bar may be tucked away in an alley between Fourth and Fifth streets, Northeast, but you’ll still have to work to miss it: Above its gold-painted door, a yellow and red neon sign flashes, alerting you that a PIANO BAR awaits inside., a New York-born karaoke and live piano bar that opens to the public this week, starting Wednesday, May 29, at 8 PM, with karaoke beginning at 9 PM and the bar open until 2 AM.
Named after the seasoned Broadway talent agent, Sid Gold’s first location debuted in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood in 2015, followed by two more locations in Detroit and Nashville. After reading about and visiting Union Market, Devitt said it felt like a “no brainer” to bring a piano bar to the area. “It felt like the Meatpacking District did 25 years ago,“ he said. “I thought, ‘Oh my god, this is such a cool neighborhood.
It’s on the other side where the music gets made: Pass through a velvet curtain and you’ll find high top tables with plush chairs and booths set before a small stage and, of course, the noted piano. The best seats in the house, says Devitt, are at an intimate bar up front that wraps directly around the piano.