New York

217 E 3rd St, between B and C; 917.882.7395

A dimly-lit sleeve deco'd in Gilded Era chic (wood plank tables, antebellum-style wall friezes), Elsa's an esoteric cocktail den (i.e., the velvet falernum + applejack Jaszek) doubling as a haberdasher: two in-house seamsters will tailor gear from their own custom lines while you wait -- making them the only people you didn't go to college with who'll dare you to drink pantless.

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