At Dear Irving, a cocktail bar on Irving Place, the decor takes its cue from various cocktail eras, and works its way chronologically backwards the further back in the building you go.
You enter into JFK-era 1960s, a Mad Men dream come true:
Next, you’re in a jazz-age art deco setting:
The bar is a sort of saloon:
And the back room is total Victorian:
Cool stuff. Food and drinks were tasty, too!
Snacks:
Christy and Greg:
Our cocktail waitress:
Cheers!
And, as a bonus, a little literary history:
The 411 on Dear Irving: 55 Irving Place, dearirving.com.
