Dining Guide

Jazz Cafe

The words “jazz” and “Monahans” would seem an unlikely combination, but here they are. Inside this former movie theater, the Chairman crooning in the background, a band of smiling servers dish up items like a grilled tenderloin salad kicked up with tomatoes and blue cheese and a plate-size chicken-fried steak with a swinging cream gravy. Although it’s been open since 2013, the place is undoubtedly benefiting from the area’s recent oil boom. The owners made their favorite music the governing theme here, and they frequently host jazz bands on the mezzanine. Monahans seems to dig it.