Monday, March 17, 2008

Chill and Serve :: the East Side Company Bar

Dating at the East Side Company Bar :: love may indeed be all you need, but strong cocktails, warm lighting, and the conspiratorial aphrodisiac of drinking in a secret nook never hurt, either.


A hole in the wall that transforms into a glittering art-deco jewel of semi-speakeasy calm, the East Side Company Bar is what you wish Employees Only, Death & Co, Milk and Honey and all the other liquored-up lemmings of Prohibition-envy could be :: a decidedly chill nook with obvious yet incredibly drinks, bar keeps with the skill to earn those old barber shop arm bands, and a gimlet like a lime night sky poured into a glass.

As far as a venue for first dates, the East Side Company Bar is a singularly stellar choice. Discreet to the point of vague modesty, the bar folds out from its plywood doors into a tin-tiled box of red, silver and candle-light. The only downside to dating at the ESCB :: you're practically contracting yourself to a goodnight kiss. Wait, did I say downside?


EAST SIDE COMPANY BAR :: 49 Essex Street at Grand Street, New York, New York

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