Word: nightclubs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very few minutes after the doors are opened, most of the guests expected at Cookin' fill the tables of the one-year-old nightclub...
From 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. very Friday night, Cookin' provides its guests with hors d'oeuvres, drinks, and live entertainment for $3.99. That might explain the crowds, but the question still remains: what is a nightclub doing in the Cabot House basement...
Nester Figueroa '86, president of Cookin', explains: "I was down at the grill one night last spring working on a problem set for Ec and I thought, 'It'd be great to have a jazz nightclub here.'" Within eight days, Figueroa had a small, primarily jazz nightclub set up at the Cabot grill, in the basement of Briggs and Barnard halls...
When Cookin' opened in September, the cover charge was $1.99, but the nightclub was losing money, says Figueroa. The price went up to $2.99 in January and increased to $3.99 several weeks ago. Figueroa adds that he does not now forsee any further increase in the cover charge...
Although many people praise the nightclub for the quality and diversity of its entertainment, there's more than one reason for choosing Cookin' as a Friday night hangout. Some patrons come simply for convenience's sake: "I had to hand in a chapter to my thesis adviser at North House," said Quincy House resident Julia R. Gordon '85. "That's why I'm here...