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One Night, Three Speakeasies in New York

A phone booth, a bookshelf and an unmarked door — a hidden-bar crawl through Manhattan.

By Tabveo Editorial · 30 July 2026 · 4 min read

Through the phone booth

In the East Village we stepped into a phone booth inside a hot-dog shop and dialled. A wall swung open.

Behind the bookshelf

The second bar hid behind shelves of old paperbacks. The bartender asked what mood we were in, not what we wanted to drink.

The unmarked door

The last had no name, only a light above a door. By then, we'd stopped needing directions.

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