Brandt's under new management

In a post last April, StLJN covered the news that Brandt's Cafe and Red Carpet Lounge had been put up for sale by owner Jay Brandt, who was looking for a buyer that would preserve the club's music format. Happily, Brandt has gotten his wish, as a new ownership group that includes his nephew Adam Brandt and former in-law Rick Fessler has taken over and will continue to book jazz, while adding some new groups to the regular roster of musicians. You can read all about it in a story I wrote for this week's Riverfront Times, available online here.