{"id":225346,"date":"2021-04-13T01:48:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/la-noxe-speakeasy-is-hidden-inside-an-nyc-subway-station\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T01:48:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T22:48:20","slug":"la-noxe-speakeasy-is-hidden-inside-an-nyc-subway-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/la-noxe-speakeasy-is-hidden-inside-an-nyc-subway-station\/","title":{"rendered":"#La Noxe speakeasy is hidden inside an NYC subway station"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To find NYC\u2019s most exclusive new watering hole, you\u2019ll need to head underground.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cocktail lounge La Noxe<\/a> is now open to the public \u2014 if the public can find it, let alone get past the 1,500-person waitlist. The 600-square-foot speakeasy is tucked behind a discreet door inside a subway station.<\/p>\n

Instead of heading through the turnstiles at the 28th Street stop of the 1 train line, those in the know stop at the bottom of the first flight of stairs at the southeast corner of 28th Street and Seventh Avenue. There, they knock twice on the black door at their right, hoping for a cancellation on the lengthy waitlist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Midtown resident Michael Flowers was one of the thirsty straphangers who tried his luck Sunday night. <\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to have a drink in a subway station. You can only do so many roof decks, and this is the polar opposite,\u201d he said as he sipped on a spicy kale-mezcal blend called the Secret Garden ($17).<\/p>\n

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It was his second attempt at landing a coveted seat. \u201cWe stopped by once and they turned us away,\u201d said Flowers, who was there with his girlfriend. <\/p>\n

The unique space wasn\u2019t what La Noxe\u2019s France-born founder Jey Perie, 37, had in mind when he set out to found his own venue after eight years as a partner at former Williamsburg club Kinfolk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one believed I should do a bar in such a tiny place,\u201d Perie told The Post. <\/p>\n

But when he saw a listing for the location \u2014 which also has a main street-level entrance at 315 Seventh Ave. \u2014\u2014\u2014 he fell in love. <\/p>\n

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\n Customers John Genova and Caitlin Henry enjoyed drinks at the bar on a recent evening. <\/p>\n

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\n Indira Reyes and Michael Flowers got in not off the waitlist but the street after ringing the bell and getting lucky on Sunday, April 11. <\/p>\n

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And now, so has the public. While the bar has been sporadically open since getting its liquor license March 17, 2020 \u2014 the day shelter-in-place orders were announced for NYC due to the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 a recent viral post has left would-be customers desperate for entry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really blew up on TikTok,\u201d said La Noxe co-founder and Perie\u2019s wife, Mariko Gale-Perie, adding that the bar\u2019s three-person team has been scrambling to keep up with reservation requests ever since a clip<\/a> revealing its unlikely location circulated in late March. Some have even tried to make reservations for the 15-person capacity space as far out as 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The bar has a small but growing vinyl library, and encourages patrons to bring their favorite record to play on Sundays.<\/figcaption>
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The spot is open from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, but Perie eventually hopes to expand his hours until 4 a.m., as well as operate as a coffee shop during the day.<\/p>\n

In an effort to better curate his new nook, Perie only books La Noxe to 80 percent capacity a night, leaving room for friends and random passersby to enjoy its cocktail list and menu of various seafood plates ($8 to $18), arepas ($10) and small bites.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to curious commuters, drop-ins have also included an MTA employee who works in the station\u2019s booth. \u201cHe\u2019s a DJ also \u2014 he gave me his demo tape,\u201d said Perie. \u201cHe was so surprised to see a bar here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the decades, the space has housed a variety of businesses, from a barber shop to a luncheonette, a music studio and, most recently, a massage parlor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey were the real speakeasy,\u201d said Perie of the previous tenants, who he says operated more as a \u201csex parlor\u201d and were evicted in late 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While he doesn\u2019t love the prohibition-era term, Perie does app<\/a>reciate the intimacy and curiosity of running a bar in such a small, strange location. \u201cNo matter how much instruction I give people, they get lost \u2014 that\u2019s part of the magic,\u201d he said.\u00a0\n <\/p><\/div>\n