What a novel concept -- relaxing music & able to converse while dining out
[quote]The main thing you notice when sitting in Bar Shiru is that it’s quiet.
It’s not that the Oakland bar is silent — music is playing, people are talking and cocktails are shaking. But there’s an unusually tranquil tone in the open room, which has high ceilings, walls lined with soft wood screens and large windows overlooking Telegraph Avenue. You can really hear things in here. Instead of the vague, diffuse din that pollutes the air at most bars, at Bar Shiru the atmosphere swells with a rich, reedy jazz. You can hear it equally vividly from any seat in the house.[/quote]
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/bay-area-japanese-jazz-bars-17354742.php
It’s not that the Oakland bar is silent — music is playing, people are talking and cocktails are shaking. But there’s an unusually tranquil tone in the open room, which has high ceilings, walls lined with soft wood screens and large windows overlooking Telegraph Avenue. You can really hear things in here. Instead of the vague, diffuse din that pollutes the air at most bars, at Bar Shiru the atmosphere swells with a rich, reedy jazz. You can hear it equally vividly from any seat in the house.[/quote]
https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/bay-area-japanese-jazz-bars-17354742.php
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