Grub Quiz

Can You Match the Popular Restaurant to Its Telephone Hold Music?

Photo: Jed Egan. Photos (clockwise from top left): Shanna Ravindra; courtesy Babbo; Michael Allin/New York Magazine; courtesy Buddakan; Mike Rogers; David Leventi

Restaurants set the mood in many ways (lighting, décor, hot staff), but an eatery’s hold music is often the first impression a diner gets, before even setting foot inside. So, how well do you know some of the city’s most popular restaurants? See if you can figure who plays what — hip-hop, opera, boogie-woogie — in the quiz below.




Babbo
Buddakan
Jean Georges


The Dutch
Park Avenue Summer
Red Cat


The Dutch
Red Cat
Buddakan


Babbo
Red Cat
Jean Georges


Park Avenue Summer
Jean Georges
Buddakan


Park Avenue Summer
Babbo
The Dutch

Can You Match the Popular Restaurant to Its Telephone Hold Music?