People at Dizzy's will immediately notice an absence of booming TVs on ceiling brackets, alcohol, carpeting, chicken cacciatore. A few refreshments, like coffees and juices, and live performances in a space that is stylishly spare. Musicians play on a stage backed by aged brick walls. Tall windows face a street of warehouses and a trucking company. In fact, Dizzy's building itself was a trucking company garage.
Steel trusses cross at angles overhead.
The high beamed ceiling reveals that the building is nearly a century old. By the time it gets to the listeners, it's really warmed. Perrin has a talent for drama and the creation of music performance spaces. A former actor, he opened his first coffeehouse during his college days. He designs and operates a slide show of artwork and jazz greats that flashes on the wall above performers at Dizzy's.