Many, many months ago,  KyKy and Unik leaked their plans to renovate the former Sascha space at 55 Gansevoort and transform it into " three-part venue that’ll include a 24-hour sandwich spot with bakery, a casual Italian bistro, and an exclusive lounge". Fastforward to today, and Meatpacking visitors will find Merkato 55 (co-owned by Unik) operating in the restaurant space, and not much else. Until now. A Little Birdy paid a visit to the address last night and discovered that the downstairs lounge has finally opened, and our LB has some interesting and positive things to say . . .

it's at 55 gansevoort street where sasha bakery used to be.   you walk down the stairs and down a corridor sort of like submercer.  it's only a little larger than submercer and its a club atmosphere.  low ceilings and euro dance music.  crowd was sorta euro ish also.  bottle service.  its the guys from PM that own it.  called bijou (sp?) not sure if there is any relation to the one in London.

i liked the design of the place kind of a cool looking venue.

Just what the MPD needs. But kudos for Kyky and Unik for pulling off this opening without any pre-press. Sorry we had to ruin it. We guess that Submercer now has another small, basement bar battling for underground supremacy.