Howl at the Moon Piano Bar
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Howl at the Moon is a franchise of dueling piano bars As of 2008, HATM's were located in or were being constructed in:
- Universal City, California
- Destin, Florida
- Orlando, Florida
- Tampa, Florida
- Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Chicago, Illinois
- New Orleans, Louisiana (closed due to Hurricane Katrina)
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Charlotte, North Carolina (scheduled to open June 5th, 2008)
- Cleveland, Ohio
- San Antonio, Texas
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Houston, Texas
The theme driving HATM is audience participation. Piano players take requests for songs and the audience sings along. Special contests for Armed Forces fight songs, college fight songs, country vs. rap and so on are popular. "The World's Most Dangerous Wait Staff" serves the crowd drinks and occasionally does a dance number.
Nightclub and Bar Magazine recently named HATM as one of its 100 best of 2005.
The first HATM opened in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1990. It is the brainchild of James "Jimmy" M. Bernstein.
