Friday
17Oct2008
Milk & Honey Goes Private
Our friends over at Gothamist have a copy of Milk & Honey maestor Sasha Petraske's email announcing the specifics for the previously reported transformation of Milk & Honey from a cocktail bar to a private club. Not just any kind of private club, but a Social Club Charter from New York State. Bam! No more text reservations (after the transformation period). From now on there will be a series of membership levels, or keys, that provide various levels of access. We like the key for those in the industry. Does that include DBTH?
Milk and Honey, Cocktail Mecca, Goes From Secret to Private [Gothamist]
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Reader Comments (7)
:-( love milk and honey, what a shame. not sure whether it's worth the 300
Could the private club formula become a trend in New York clubs? With community boards coming down hard on many liquor license renewals due to noise and traffic compaints and bottle service fading in the wake of the financial crisis, would membership fees help clubs stay afloat?
Gamal -- that's the question. I'm what problem this is really intended to solve -- licensing or revenue? I think the private members club is a good idea, if only because if you can plan ahead a bit you can get a grown up drink and have a conversation. Say what you like about Soho House but it is probably the only bar that's hospitable in the MPD on a saturday night.
i sort of agree BUT there are sooo many bars in this city. approx 9000 actually can we really not find a chill bar to hang out in?
I doubt this will become a trend. New York is too much of an International City for a bunch of places to go private.
If you think getting a liquor license is tough, imagine how difficult it is to get a license for a members only club.
I'd think it would be easier to get a license for a members-only club than a bar, because the members-only club is better able to enforce limits on noise and so forth. But I wonder what Bob Bookman would say.