:: The Backroom ::

OK I stole this from another Blog but thought it was cool to post it. Whos down to not get in? ::The Backroom::



Strengths
The Back Room is serious about foiling the police: bottles are served in paper bags, mixed drinks come in tea cups, and mason jars hold beer from the tap.
Gilded copper ceilings, paisley velvet wallpaper, and two levels of spacious rooms lend this speakeasy a legitimately classy atmosphere. And with Tim Robbins as owner, the bar has instant celebrity cache.
The “DJ” tends to insert a CD and leave the booth. Where else can your hear an entire Morphine album?
Shortcomings
A bouncer outside the door’s entrance (an iron gate) alerts lost passerby to the bar’s presence. Doubt this happened in the ’20s.
The Back Room is a popular spot for private parties, so that very same bouncer may very well turn you away. Either make friends with him or try one of the gajillion bars nearby.
Insider tips
The real back room (where a tougher bouncer stands guard) hides behind a swinging bookshelf, keeping celebs, staff, and other select patrons out of sight..
If you want to host a party here, email thebackrooom@verizon.net.
The bar is only open Tuesday through Saturday, and some Sundays over long weekends.
Fridays and Saturdays are 25+.
Anecdotes
I walked into the bar and my olfactorily-superior (and chemically experienced) friend Dan said the place reeked of absinthe. Could it be? Yep, thanks to a guest who had escorted us past the bouncer, we’d wriggled our way into a private absinthe party. So, even though there’s no cocktail menu, you now know what to order…
Once when my friend Ari visited the bar, the bookshelf was doorman-free. He entered the back back room, but a bouncer quickly scrambled from his seat to nudge him out (though not before Ari caught a glimpse of two New York Rangers).

The Back Room
102 Norfolk St.
212.228.5098