Caroline's Comedy Club   

1626 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
212-757-4100
www.carolines.com

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Yes, it's a bit expensive. But for how many years have these comedians humped it around the Holiday Inn lounges from Sheboygan to Tuba City for little more than beer money before they got here, the number one comedy room in New York? They deserve to make a little cash by now. Actually, many of the performers on stage here are doing pretty well, most having entered into at least minor celebrity status. Veterans from Saturday Night Live, network sitcoms and the late show circuit play here, as the talent is culled to keep the quality high every night of the week. There are more intimate settings, and places with less frenetic movement of people into and out of shows, but you are almost guaranteed to see some very good, very funny acts whenever you go. It's also very amenable to groups; the restaurant is large and efficient, with a for-all-tastes menu of American, Italian and Asian dishes, and a pre-show seating. And in keeping with comedy club tradition, there's the ubiquitous two-drink minimum. -- Dan Glass