This is part of our Business Entertaining 2008 special report.
From David Kaplan and Ravi DeRossi, Death & Company takes its name from a Prohibition-era flyer warning that drinkers would wind up in the company of death. The bar is softly lit by chandeliers and gilded pewter wall sconces and filled with roomy leather banquettes. Among the handcrafted cocktails is the Company Buck, made of Gosling’s dark rum, pineapple and orange juice, homemade ginger beer, and fresh lime.
The Cuban lounge and restaurant Socialista is washed in weathered lime-green paint, with old paintings and black-and-white-tiled floors lending a Hemingway-in-Havana vibe, from former Bungalow 8 doorman Armin Amiri—with backing from Giuseppe Cipriani, Trudie Styler, and Sting. The juices are fresh in one of the city’s best mojitos and the Fields of Gold (bourbon, lemon, orange, and honey shaken over cracked ice).PDT—Please Don’t Tell—is about as secret a speakeasy as you’ll find in New York. Reached through a door in a 1940s phone booth in a neighboring hot dog joint is a low-lit, wood-paneled salon serving serious cocktails like the Prince of Wales (Hine Cognac, Blandy’s Sercial Madeira, and Moët White Star Champagne).
Sophisticated in a cool, low-key sort of way, Smith & Mills has a 1930s and ’40s vibe, with its vintage hand-hammered accents in a former carriage house in TriBeCa. Cozy and intimate, it’s perfect for quiet conversation over a short list of classics: Manhattans, Dark & Stormys, Americanos, and, to keep things interesting, the Nathaniel Moore—a nightly special.
From David Kaplan and Ravi DeRossi, Death & Company takes its name from a Prohibition-era flyer warning that drinkers would wind up in the company of death. The bar is softly lit by chandeliers and gilded pewter wall sconces and filled with roomy leather banquettes. Among the handcrafted cocktails is the Company Buck, made of Gosling’s dark rum, pineapple and orange juice, homemade ginger beer, and fresh lime.
The Cuban lounge and restaurant Socialista is washed in weathered lime-green paint, with old paintings and black-and-white-tiled floors lending a Hemingway-in-Havana vibe, from former Bungalow 8 doorman Armin Amiri—with backing from Giuseppe Cipriani, Trudie Styler, and Sting. The juices are fresh in one of the city’s best mojitos and the Fields of Gold (bourbon, lemon, orange, and honey shaken over cracked ice).PDT—Please Don’t Tell—is about as secret a speakeasy as you’ll find in New York. Reached through a door in a 1940s phone booth in a neighboring hot dog joint is a low-lit, wood-paneled salon serving serious cocktails like the Prince of Wales (Hine Cognac, Blandy’s Sercial Madeira, and Moët White Star Champagne).
Sophisticated in a cool, low-key sort of way, Smith & Mills has a 1930s and ’40s vibe, with its vintage hand-hammered accents in a former carriage house in TriBeCa. Cozy and intimate, it’s perfect for quiet conversation over a short list of classics: Manhattans, Dark & Stormys, Americanos, and, to keep things interesting, the Nathaniel Moore—a nightly special.
Death & Company
Photo: Ben Ritter
Death & Company
Photo: Ben Ritter
