Experimental Cocktail Club Cocktail Bar / Speakeasy

Lower East Side, New York –

Savvy travelers – and savvy readers of Party Earth – are already familiar with Experimental Cocktail Club, a cutting-edge haunt for intricate cocktails that opened to such success in Paris back in 2007 that it birthed a London location just a few years later.

2012 saw this popular haunt branch out again, this time to vie for recognition in NYC, and if the venue’s consistent crowds are any indication: recognition achieved!

Like its brethren, the third incarnation sports a vintage theme, with a stamped pressed-tin ceiling, marble fireplace, and cushioned bamboo chairs and backless stools set beneath low-hanging oriental lights.

Cocktail connoisseurs and glamorous guests watch mixologists craft rotating house beverages like The Artist, made with absinthe and apple cider, and the tequila and caramel syrup-based Curious Prescription, or just gaze in awe at the display of rare liquors available for anyone craving fifty-year-old gin in their $200 martini.

Most of the original libations were created by the bar manager, and although patrons can order practically any classic American drink, the packed house on Fridays and Saturdays tends to stick with the small menu, sipping and chatting to a soundtrack that transitions from 70s rock to jazz to DJ-spun whatever-the-DJ-wants-to-spin.

Culture, taste, and rare hooch are the magical medley found at Experimental Cocktail Club, which brings new and old American drinks to New York…by way of Paris.