EXCITING JAZZ AND TASTY FOOD AT THE 606 CLUB

Cosy atmosphere, inspiring live music, refined dishes and selected wine: this is the 606 Jazz Club.

Popular among the Jazz lovers, it’s situated in the basement of an old brick building in 90 Lots road, close to the Imperial Wharf overground station: quite difficult to find it, as there’s no signal outside. It’s a place for connoisseurs.

We went there on Thursday at nine, just in time for the one band concert of that evening: Tim and the Whitehead Quartet. We rang a doorbell and a waiter came upstairs to open a big black door gate and let us in.

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OLD FASHIONED ATMOSPHERE AND INDIE ROCK MUSIC AT KOKO

Picture: SykoFantiS Bastoyni

Old fashioned former theatre with red interiors, Victorian decorations and statues all around: it’s the spectacular venue of the Koko club in Camden, London. As the old seats have been removed, there’s a lot of space to dance and move around the hall, and also an area with sofas for more relaxed outputs. The club allows only people under 18 in and is open from 5 to 11 p.m. during weekdays, unless there is a concert, and until 4 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Very easy to reach, Koko is located a few footsteps from the Mornington Crescent tube station and the area is very well served by nightbuses.

I went there with a group of friends around midnight a few weeks ago on Friday and we didn’t wait much to  get in, not outside, neither at the glass counter, where we paid £7. Although, there was a long line for the wardrobe: probably the two girls at the desk were getting confused by their unfunctional and slow duty of asking everyone £2 and their initials to sign the clothes.

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