The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour
Sun–Fri 6pm–2am; Sat 6pm–3am
Average cocktail: $12This hip cocktail lounge is exactly what you’d expect from a bar named after a line of T.S. Eliot poetry: pristine (the carefully constructed cocktails are excellent), pretentious (you won’t find a sign on the door—just look for the long lines) and, ultimately, completely and unarguably gorgeous.
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