Why Won’t the Speakeasy Die?
The speakeasy aesthetic was once so ubiquitous it became a punchline. But long since the Edison bulbs burnt out, the hidden bar continues to flourish.
- story: Nick Fauchald
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
Can Orlando Become a Cocktail Capital?
Hanson's Shoe Repair, a speakeasy housed inside Orlando's oldest building, was among the city's first true cocktail bars. Priya Krishna on why it deserves a place in the national conversation.
- story: Priya Krishna
- photo: Patrick Michael Chin
Bordel
Nestled in Chicago’s bustling Wicker Park neighborhood, Bordel is a speakeasy-style retreat with a hint of '60s and '70s nostalgia. The red velour sofas and mismatched teacups suit the throwback theme,…
- story: Sophie Wirt
The Speakeasy Comes to Suburbia
What happens when the vestiges of the urban avant-garde start to sprawl? Jordana Rothman on meeting the speakeasy in suburbia, 15 years later.
- story: Jordana Rothman
- illustration: Jen Kruch
London’s New Bathroom Bars
A former public restroom might not seem like the ideal space to open a bar, but London’s nightlife creatives are looking beyond the urinals to uncover the potential of these…
- story: Tyler Wetherall
- photo: WC
Bar Design in the Post-Speakeasy Era
Over the last 15 years "speakeasy" has become synonymous with "cocktail bar." Now that the aesthetic has run its course, bar owners and designers are charged with redefining what the…
- story: Christopher Ross
- illustration: Proprietors LLC
Death & Co.
Dark, brooding and considerably obscured from prying eyes, Death & Co. is everything one expects a New York speakeasy-style bar to be. Heavily decorated with awards, the East Village legend has never…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Experimental Cocktail Club
You can’t talk about the craft cocktail scene in Paris without mentioning ECC. Opened in 2007, it paved the way for an entire movement (and built its own imperial empire…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
Named after a business front run by Prohibition-era bootlegger Max “Boo Boo” Hoff, The Franklin is probably Philly’s most recognized cocktail bar, a beacon of erudite intoxication run by a…
- story: punch_intern2
Rum Trader
Rum Trader is one of Berlin’s oldest cocktail bars, and certainly among its most legendary. A speakeasy before speakeasies came back into fashion, the bar does almost nothing to announce…
- story: punch_intern2
