Thursday, September 24, 2009

On Tavern Law

What's behind the speakeasy trend? Tavern Law's upstairs looks like a set for a 50's movie, and not in a good way. It's long on ostentation, short on charm. Knee High has good intentions, but the space is overly spartan. Why do we want to pretend drinking is illegal? There's nothing particularly sexy about old America's hypocritical relationship to alcohol.

1 comment:

josh said...

maybe there's nothing fun about our old relationship to alcohol, but there is still some appeal in secrets and feeling dangerous.