Live music at a restaurant can be a very welcome addition to a night out with family or friends. Some restaurants use a band in a more casual setting to supply a background for patrons. Others use a band to create an intimate setting in a wine bar or at a wedding. Although there are no restaurants in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, with live music, surrounding towns offer live entertainment.
Roughly eight miles west of Hermitage is the Lemon Grove Cafe. The Lemon Grove is located just over the Ohio border in Youngstown, Ohio and features breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as local culture, musicians and artists. The food menu includes American classics with clever names such as the Catcher in the Rye, which includes ham sautéed with scrambled eggs. They also offer a full coffee bar that, as well as the kitchen, is open until 4 a.m. every day. The Lemon Grass Café features a wide variety of local artists and musicians. Live music is offered every day, often at multiple times throughout the day, and features jazz and dance acts.
Lemon Grove Cafe
122 Federal Plaza West
Youngstown, OH 44503
330-744-7683
lemongrovecafe.com
Down the street from Lemon Grass and also about eight miles from Hermitage is the Rosetta Stone Café and Wine Bar. Rosetta Stone, also located in Youngstown, features a contemporary American menu and live music every Friday and Saturday night. The restaurant has a casual feel with large leather couches for guests to sit in while waiting for a table and wooden wine crates covering many of the walls. The menu features such classic American dishes as Land and Sea, which is a flat iron steak with fantail shrimp and pork loin chops served with spicy barbecue apples. Every month different local bands are featured in Rosetta Stone bar.
Rosetta Stone Café and Wine Bar
110 Federal Plaza West
Youngstown, OH 44503
330-480-0884
rosettastonecafe.com
In the opposite direction, The Brick House is located in Butler, Pennsylvania, which is roughly 30 miles from Hermitage. The Brick House offers a full restaurant and bar as well as a banquet hall and game room. Weddings and other social events are held often, and the Brick House can accommodate a party of up to 600 people. The menu is diverse and can cater to a family on a budget as well as an elegant wedding. The Brick House offers dishes such as pizza and chicken fingers on the kid's menu to filet served with crab cake. The bands that play at the Brick House are brought in for weddings but also to entertain the restaurant and bar throughout the week and weekends. Every Friday night features a DJ, every Saturday and Sunday night features live music of different genres, and every Thursday is open mic night.
The Brick House
118 North Main Street
Butler, PA 16001
724-284-1159
brickhousebutler.com
