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07 December 2009

a posh secret lair in greenwich village

21 W. 9th Street, NYC:  No name at the entrance of this underground townhouse space...leading you down past the bar, into a warren of rooms: The Salon, Palm Terrance, The Library, etc... parlor rooms, hidden chambers...a world of wonders.  This is the Hotel Griffou.


It is a kind of dining club -- like the game of Clue, but with Gin instead of pipes and ropes. the owners are veterans of those seminal neo-speakeasy joints Freemans, La Esquina, and the Waverly Inn ... so they know what they are doing, or rather, they know how to feed people while maintaining some cool.  Leather banquettes, gold-framed paintings, and soft light from chandeliers call for stuffed lobster tails with brown butter veloute and steak tartare with a fried quail egg or bacon-Gruyère burger. Cocktails obligatory.


Things are never what they seem!
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