{"id":2253402,"date":"2026-01-27T21:01:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2253402"},"modified":"2026-01-27T21:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T21:01:03","slug":"jazz-evening-celebrates-amatos-supper-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jazz-evening-celebrates-amatos-supper-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz evening celebrates Amato\u2019s Supper Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article_info\">\n<h2 class=\"headline\">Jazz evening celebrates Amato\u2019s Supper Club<\/h2>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 6:29 am Tuesday, January 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                            <!-- END BYLINE -->\n                          <\/div>\n<div id=\"article_content\">\n<p>A jazz evening is planned 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at Pacifick Distillers at No. 1 Fourth St., in Astoria.<\/p>\n<p>It will celebrate the history of the Amato\u2019s Supper Club, which was a hot spot in Astoria between 1941 and 1948.<\/p>\n<p>Historians recall it was the spot to be seen, dine, dance, meet friends and see floor shows. It was located on 11th Street, between Commercial and Bond in the Sanborn Building, now the home of J.P. Plumbing.<\/p>\n<p>The evening will feature a talk about the club\u2019s history plus live music from the era performed by the six-member jazz group, the Sea Cats. Speakers will be Lauri Kr\u00e4mer Serafin, vice president of the Lower Columbia Preservation Society, and Jim Forrester, former owner of J.P. Plumbing. The evening is presented by the Astoria Jazz Festival\/Jazz on the River.<\/p>\n<p>Amato\u2019s was known as the\u00a0\u201cPalace of the Pacific,\u201d and could seat 500.\u00a0The nightclub owner, George Amato was born in Portland in 1904, the son of Sicilian immigrants. After high school, he worked as a mechanic and later opened his own garage. Other business ventures included bowling alleys in Portland and Astoria, flea markets in Portland, fishing boats, restaurants and nightclubs.<\/p>\n<p>He married Mary Luciana in 1934 and they were successful as business partners in multiple ventures. In Astoria, their first was a four-lane bowling alley in the Sandborn Building in 1934 with an entrance on 10th\u00a0Street.\u00a0They opened the Entertainment Salon nightclub in the basement of the bowling alley in 1936. There was food, beer and live entertainment.\u00a0It became a mecca for shows in the 1930s then expanded into the Amato\u2019s Supper Club with a full-service restaurant, bar, stage and dance floor.\u00a0 \u2028The Sea Cats consist of Celeste Olivares, vocals; Clarence Robinson, bass; Bradford Bleidt, keyboards; Alan Kalik, trumpet; Tom Hunt, woodwinds; and Michael Morrow, drums.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $25, online at https:\/\/ticketstripe.com.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source discoverourcoast.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jazz evening celebrates Amato\u2019s Supper Club Published 6:29 am Tuesday, January 27, 2026 A jazz evening is planned 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at Pacifick Distillers at No. 1 Fourth St., in Astoria. It will celebrate the history of the Amato\u2019s Supper Club, which was a hot spot in Astoria between 1941 and 1948. 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