Insider Travel Guide to Brooklyn Nightlife
Published December 2010 on Concierge.com
Don’t let the fogged-glass windows and locked accordion gate in front of this Williamsburg speakeasy fool you. Slide around to the side entrance and you’ll find the Hotel Delmano’s leather booths packed with neighborhood hipsters and in-the-know Manhattanites supping potent cocktails with names like Devil’s Garden. Roughly translated from the Spanish “of hands,” Delmano is furnished with pieces handcrafted by its artist owners, from the curved marble bar to the custom-built tables and cut-stone tiles in the bathroom. The overall aesthetic? Rive Gauche meets 1950s Havana. Grab a wooden stool at the bar for a front-row view of the black-aproned bartenders who craft their cocktails with the patience of an apothecary. Arrive early in the evening if you want a seat on Friday or Saturday night—the lounge is exclusively first-come, first-serve….
