Around 1:30 a.m., two narcotics detectives saw Mr. Jackson sell drugs to another person near Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South, the police said.

At 10 p.m., 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, near Seventh Avenue South, West Village, (212) 929-9883, 55bar.com; information on cover charge is available by phone.

Surya ** [rating: two stars] 302 Bleecker Street, near Seventh Avenue South, Greenwich Village; (212) 807-7770.

Tonight at 6, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, near Seventh Avenue South, West Village, (212) 929-9883, 55bar.com; no cover.

At 10, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, near Seventh Avenue South, West Village, (212) 929-9883; cover, $10.

But Richard Krause has found a different situation with the smokers who sit in the nonsmoking section of his restaurant, Melrose, on Barrow Street near Seventh Avenue South.

Tomorrow night, New York's new-jazz firepower will be concentrated near Seventh Avenue South and Bleecker Street.

They are $150 at Myoptics, 82 Christopher Street near Seventh Avenue South.

Others, like Richard Krause, who owns Melrose on Barrow Street, near Seventh Avenue South, hadn't given the problem a moment's thought.

Orbit's, at 46 Bedford Street near Seventh Avenue South, serves American food and caters mostly to women.