speakeasy
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Forthcoming amenities include a speakeasy with lots of low-slung seating and a cabaret-style theater.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Listening to “The Boutique,” I feel like I should be smoking a cigarette and drinking the dirtiest martini known to man in a speakeasy, wearing a drop waist silk dress and bright red lipstick.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
"What a place this is!" he gushed, of Invercargill, excitement bursting out of him like he was in some rooftop bar in downtown Tokyo or a speakeasy in the East Village in New York.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
This theatricality has become another earmark of the speakeasy genre.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
We became good buddies in a speakeasy where later on I was a waiter; Chicago Red was the funniest dishwasher on this earth.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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