I've been waiting to see Stefan (most recently over at Heist) behind his new speakeasy bar for a while now and I'm so glad my husband and I got to go on their second official night.
We previously signed up for the 10.00 membership since it's considered a private club. You can do it online but then must receive a confirmation email that your payment went through. We got to the door, gave them our name and bam...card in hand. You are greeted at the end of a dimly lot hallway and seated inside at a table or the bar but there can be a wait for the bar. That is where we would have preferred to sit but it was already busy at 6:30 when we ended up arriving. We could have waited at a small stand up area but didn't see that until we had already been seated at a table.
We ordered these drinks in no particular order; The hot box, the truffle New York sour, modern royalty and the biplane. The hot box is a cocktail that comes in a Bookers box with woodchips that are smoking so it makes the whole place smelled really good. My favorite was the truffle New York sour where the eggs are infused with truffle so you really get that nice earthy note to the drink.
We did end up getting a snack which was the octopus and sometimes that can be tough but they did a great job keeping it tender. The menu looked delicious from top to bottom.
The inside is beautiful, it looks like an old school library/lounge and the copper punched tin tiles on the ceiling are great touch.
This was a great date night and we look forward to coming back and sitting at the bar