Experimental Cocktail Club

Below La Compagnie, the wine bar at street level on West 24th Street, a bouncer at the stairs makes a reservation close to mandatory for the room underneath. Red fabric and art-deco touches set an after-hours mood that a live pianist keeps going most nights before a DJ takes over later on. The cocktail list leans on techniques like clarification and lacto-fermentation to rework classics such as the Old Cuban into something less sweet than the original. It's open nightly from 5pm, later on weekends.