Sunday afternoon at Battery Park Book Exchange sounds like the right call. Three o'clock start means you can catch the show and still have your evening, plus that champagne bar upstairs hits different on a weekend. This spot built its reputation on wine and champagne, not hops, so lean into that if you're settling into one of the leather chairs across two floors of the Grove Arcade. The Thursday through Sunday live music schedule pulls jazz and folk acts, and since there's no reservations it's pure first-come seating whether you grab a couch inside or hit the patio.