Located in the basement of the Beekman Hotel, Laissez Faire takes it cues from NYC hotspots from decades past—with a contemporary twist.
When COVID-19 shuttered bars and nightclubs, the city that never sleeps suddenly went into hibernation—and those long months served as a reminder that in, communities are created after dark. Conversation, romance, and collaborations are often kindled around cocktails. Whether a familiar riff played on a piano or a house track pounded through a sound system, music transports and transforms us.
Laissez Faire is the collaboration of nightclub veterans Jack Mulqueen, Victor Houston, Tolga Dogan, and William Tigertt. The founders’ choice to open the watering hole in the Financial District reflects the continued evolution of the neighborhood. Over the past few years, FiDi and its dizzying skyscrapers have transformed from the claustrophobic terrain of stockbrokers and tourists to one of the city’s most sought-after zip codes.
Upon entering, guests descend the stairs to a subterranean oasis. The sense of cinematic drama is not lost on Mulqueen, who describes the experience with enthusiasm. “Your eyes track down from the sign to the velvet rope encircling a nondescript door,” he says. “And think, in the words of the great David Byrne, ‘This must be the place.’”
The glamorous interiors conjure both the polish and transgression of legendary New York haunts. When designing the space, Mulqueen and his partners discussed the concept of “the future of Old New York.” They succeeded in creating a modern interpretation of classic, almost fictional notions of New York nightlife: alley entrance, underground club, live music, martinis.
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