Curiouser and Curiouser
Last night we went to what is perhaps my new favorite bar. Its called "Alice" and, as you might have guessed, Alice in Wonderland themed. To get there you walk down a poorly lit alley and go through a door which leads to a thin hallway. There are dark red curtains that run the length of the hallway and continue onto the floor, leaving only a small patch of floor running down the middle for people to walk on. The hallway turns twice before opening into a small room that holds maybe fifty people at most. Everything in the room has a skewed perspective. For example, the hallway actually ends halfway up the wall of this room and were it not for a pit full of barstools you could walk onto the top of the bar. On the left are two small tables that came up to my calf, accompanied by two equally small chairs. Beyond that is a four foot high, gold filagreed door with a round fishbowl mirror set into it. The door handle is also gold, and very ornate. Over to the right is a large, long, white table, that is too tall to sit at and a too short to comfortably stand at. Above it is what appears to be a makeshift chandelier, pieced together from very thrift store lamps and light bulbs. Along the top of the walls is a single shelf, on which is a hookah and several teapots. On the walls are copies of the illustrations from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and well as quotes from the books written in ornate script and hidden in various nooks and crannies around the bar. The menu is all Alice in Wonderland themed, of course, and the first page of drinks are for two people to share and are served in antique tea pots with mismatched tea cups and saucers. You can also order absinthe. I couldn't decide which was more appropriate for the night, but eventually settled on The Mad Hatter's Tea For Two, which was fairly decent, and incredibly alcoholic. It was Vodka, Vanilla Vodka, Peppermint Schnapps, muddled with an enormous amount of mint and finished off with some lemon juice. It was remarkably creamy and nicely chilled.
When we left we passed a door that I did not notice on the way in, and I was told that it is the back entrance to Boogie Wonderland, which is a dance club with a light up glass floor. The front entrance to Boogie Wonderland is half a block away, so the physics of the night and the building were a bit puzzling. The only thing missing was a cat, but given the nature of the bar I could have missed the hovering smile.
When we left we passed a door that I did not notice on the way in, and I was told that it is the back entrance to Boogie Wonderland, which is a dance club with a light up glass floor. The front entrance to Boogie Wonderland is half a block away, so the physics of the night and the building were a bit puzzling. The only thing missing was a cat, but given the nature of the bar I could have missed the hovering smile.