Review Starving Artist Cafe & Gallery

Ana Ortiz

Cozy, warm, and welcoming place. Appetizers, desserts, and coffee ☕. Excellent Service 👍 Sky was attentive and cordial. Open Mic Night was fun. Nice, friendly audience. Very supportive environment for up and coming artists.

Mindy Matijasevic

I love this place and its people! Though mostly music, they also have open mic nights, comedy shows, paint nights, and I saw a wonderful one-woman show there. The comedy shows are great and not as pricey as Manhattan. The light fare is yummy and Jenny's Sweets provides DELICIOUS desserts. Plus you can BYOB!

Pleasant Bud Coughlin

Best place to hear music, now upgraded to the best place to see it performed. Great desserts and coffee by Jenny’s Sweets. Elliot, Monica, Uncle Bill, Hannah, Josh, Ariel, Skylar, Jenn. An entire family to welcome you. Like hanging on the stoop in the Bronx.

Peter DiIorio

The Artist is a special place on City Island in the Bronx, and Elliot and Monica, the proprietors, very special people. It's a welcoming, inclusive and very familial space devoted to the creation and expression of art in whatever form. The Artist is a BYOB establishment that serves "light fare". Be warned that traffic getting onto City Island can be a bit slow, but once past the entry bottleneck you're pretty much free and clear.

Mitch Sobel

A great place to sit back relax and enjoy amazing local music. Elliott and his family run a very welcoming space.

Tree O'Donnell

Went to the open mic night on Halloween and had a great time. Very warm and comforable place. The food was good and the entertainment was better than I expected. Elliott and Monica love what they do; providing a venue to artists and the community. They are part of the fabric of City Island and Starving Artist Cafe is one of the treasures of the Island.

Alexy Naz

Love the atmosphere! Take your bottle and you'll feel at home! Get there early; limited seating! I LOVE this place!!!! We need more artists, come show us what you have!!!! Elliot and Monica are sweethearts! My home away from home!!!!

Michael Mangino

As a guest the Cafe on City Island is a true haven for the arts ,love and an all round groovy atmosphere. You never know who will be gracing the stage.Always a pleasant surprise. As a musician it has been my pleasure to preform there several time.Ellit and Monica treat us artist with the utmost respect.Elliot being an accomplished song writer and guitar teacher brings new talent to the fold for guidance.I could not imagine a world with out this musical artistic haven.

Ben Gundersen

Starving Artist is a family-run studio/cafe/performance space; the sort of eclectic gem that can only survive in a small community like City Island. "Open mic nights" are as varied as the musicians and random characters (slam poets, stand-up comedians) that inhabit the Bronx and its environs. A night here is hit-or-miss entertainment, where the "bombs" can be every bit as fun as the standouts. You may end up cringing, heckling, or cheering, but if some zany fun and (occasionally great) live music is in your wheelhouse, you'll find yourself coming back.

Terry Shook

Great atmosphere, good food!!