Password, Please

Last Fall, Gossip Girl (LOVE!) main character Chuck Bass (LOVE!!!) opened up his very own prohibition-style speakeasy right off the streets of Manhattan. Everything was glamorous and secretive, and of course all of the main characters were on the guest list for the big opening night. The place got crashed by the police at the end of the episode, but that helped launch it into true urban myth, because they decided to keep it open on the down-low after that, giving access only to the most worthy.



Here in Atlanta, we had a similar joint open in Buckhead in December, aptly named Prohibition. It's located in the back of East Andrews, and you can only get in by dialing a special code into an old-school London phone booth. Then (apparently) the wall opens in the booth to let you inside, or they give you directions to the entrance, or something. Drinks are all old-fashioned too, and word is that you can choose what you want from big leather-bound books. Cigars abound, and I can only imagine how swank the interior decorating is.



I won't lie. I really want to go here. I want to see what it looks like! But, of course, none of my friends have gotten the hook up, except one, and he won't reveal his source (ugh). Places like this love that we hate them because they are so exclusive, yet we all want to become members - it's the perfect combination for high buzz. But how will they keep the buzz going, if none of us can get in to spread the word? And I don't care if other cities think these types of places are "so last year." ATL hasn't really had them before, so they are still new and cool to us!

Prohibition or friends of Prohibition, if you read this, help a gal out. I won't spread the secret, but definitely will enjoy becoming one of your secret members :)