LANCASTER GETS TOUCH OF HOLLYWOOD.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Blackburn's Supper Club offers itself as a Hollywood oasis in the Antelope Valley. Hosting live jazz, gospel, blues, R&B, Latin and comedy performances, Blackburn's couples entertainment with Southern cuisine in a multilevel mul·ti·lev·el adj. Having several levels: a multilevel parking garage. Adj. 1. multilevel - of a building having more than one level bar, dance and dining complex. Blackburn's is under the direction of hotel and entertainment industry veteran Kevin Rouse, his business partner Gerald Blackburn and executive chef Rodney Taylor. Rouse recently was responsible for operations at Ten20 Night Scene in the Bel Age Hotel on the Sunset Strip, but he decided to focus his efforts closer to his home in Palmdale. Upcoming shows include jazz vocalist Patrice Quinn at 8 p.m. Saturday, and the Heavy Hitters Comedy Night hosted by Dannon Green and featuring comics seen on BET and Comedy Central at 8 p.m. April 29. The cover charge is $10 for Quinn's show, and $15 for the April 29 comedy night. The club's Blue Tuesdays feature blues bands. Thursday nights feature the Clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. Band, with Fridays devoted to Latin legend Tony Molina and New York-style salsa for the evening. On Saturdays, the club's biggest night, jazz entertainment is featured. Sundays round out the week with jazz and gospel brunches. Happy hour is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. The menu includes New York strip Noun 1. New York strip - steak from upper part of the short loin strip steak beefsteak - a beef steak usually cooked by broiling steak and grilled barbecue salmon as well as Southern fried chicken, grilled chicken and farm-raised catfish, with sides that include collard greens Noun 1. collard greens - kale that has smooth leaves collards cole, kail, kale - coarse curly-leafed cabbage , string beans, candied can·died adj. Permeated, covered, encrusted, or cooked with sugar: candied sweet potatoes. candied Adjective coated with or cooked in sugar: yams, cheese grits grits coarsely ground hominy served in traditional Southern breakfast. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Southern States and red beans and rice Red beans and rice is an emblematic dish of Louisiana Creole cuisine (not originally of Cajun cuisine), traditionally made on Mondays with red beans, vegetables (onion and celery), spices (thyme, cayenne pepper, and bay leaf), and pork bones left over from Sunday dinner, cooked . Rouse, also a musician, will make a special appearance playing the bass with his cousin and lead guitarist Ricky Rouse. For additional details, contact the venue at (661) 951-7900. Located at 44245 Sierra Highway, Blackburn's celebrated its grand opening April 4. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Blackburn's Supper Club's head chef Rodney Taylor, left, gets busy in the kitchen. Co-owners Kevin Rouse, below left, Gerald Blackburn and Taylor see the club as a bit of Hollywood in the valley. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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