Like the LaSalle cafeteria, Simón, a Harlem bakery at 116th St. and Lenox Avenue, served as hangouts for jazz musicians where they would go to pick up gigs.
The LaSalle Cafeteria was open 24 hours a day and one could count on meeting noted Jazz musicians there at any time. It was ideally located next to the China Doll Club and the Palladium Ballroom.
