311 Church Street New York, NY 10013
Seated: 40
Standing: 60
Unabashedly decadent, the Lounge Downstairs is a sensualists’ palace on an intimate scale. Descend the stairs, take a beat to take in the titillating curios on display, turn the corner and be transported. Even as the bar bustles, the tables for two encourage amity and the back booths afford privacy. It’s that hush-hush opium den feel, where absinthe replaces opium, but nothing is close in the mood-altering translation, save the toxicity.