Barbette

We offer a 4-5 course Prix Fixe dinner on Mondays, including dessert and/or a cheese course for $32. We have live music Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 10pm. Barbette has several food & wine events throughout the year, including our Bastille Day Block Party, July 17, 2011. Barbette is named for the renowned aerialist Vander Clyde, who graduated from high school early so as to join the circus. Using the stage name 'Barbette', he became a world-famous performer, moving to France in the 1930's. He was a friend to Jean Cocteau and Man Ray, appearing in Cocteau's first film "LE SANG D'UN POTE" (The Blood of a Poet), 1930. Man Ray's photographs of Vander/'Barbette' appear beautifully reproduced in an out-of-print book along with Cocteau's essay about Barbette's performances. (If anyone finds our copy, please return it.) Vander Clyde later returned to the States and taught aerial work at Disney. Barbette features a rotation of local artist's works on its 'gallery' wall. If you are interested in showing work, please email us some examples and they will be forwarded to our curator.