Return of the speakeasy
The New York Times ran an article this week describing how old school speakeasys are having a resurgence, with no other purpose other than nostalgia.
On a nondescript block in Williamsburg, not far from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a new bar and restaurant called Rye opened last week.Try to find it.
There's no sign out front. The facade, an artfully casual assemblage of old wooden slats, gives the place a boarded-up, abandoned look. It does have a street number, painted discreetly on a glass panel above the front doors, but that's it. Like a suspect in a lineup, it seems to shrink back when observed.


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