Ernie's jazz bar / club
Holden then heads to Ernie's, a Village jazz club. He arrives as Ernie is playing a solo on the piano. He praises him saying that he is a skilled player, but criticizes him for having a somewhat "phony" attitude. As he notices that the place is packed with people, mostly with their dates, he also encounters Lillian Simmons, whom he met through his brother a while ago. He describes her as being the kind of person that everybody dislikes. He leaves the place by walking 41 blocks on foot to go back to his hotel.
Edmont Hotel