Food Network Magazine - (02)February 2020

Find cocktails like

Oolong Island Iced

Tea behind the blue

door of this bar inside

the Middle Eastern

restaurant Local 92.

bluequarternyc.com

This stack of kegs near

the bathroom of the

restaurant Neighborhood

is a door leading to a

dramatic bar adorned

with a wall of gold skulls.

nobleexperimentsd.com

noble experiment

San Diego

blue quarter

New York City

This photo booth

isn’t really for

pictures: It’s the

entrance to Al’s,

where you’ll find

classic 1920s

drinks and possibly

even a show: The

spot is known for its

burlesque brunch.

alsplacempls.com

Al’s Place

Minneapolis

This industrial space

under a downtown office

building is an impeccably

decorated concrete

basement. Grab a seat

at a midcentury-style

table during Violet

Hour“ (happy hour),

when classic martinis

and daiquiris are $8.

birdsandbeesla.com

birds & bees

Los Angeles

After Prohibition, bootleggers used their illicit earnings to

build legitimate businesses, like Las Vegas’s multibillion-dollar

casino industry. A new addition to the city’s Mob Museum tells

the story of these mobsters and how the government pursued

them—and there’s a speakeasy serving moonshine and vodka

distilled on-site. themobmuseum.org

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 ●FOOD NETWORK MAGAZINE 97

AL'S PLACE: LUCAS JENSEN (2). KEG DOOR: JAMES TRAN AND OLIVIA BEALL. NOBLE EXPERIMENT INTERIOR: ZACK BENSON.