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Employees Only Turns 20: An Oral History of the Iconic NYC Speakeasy

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Twenty years ago, a handful of roommates and Dale DeGroff disciples bound together to turn their hospitality-forward house parties into their life’s work. We realized that we had something, that people liked our hospitality. Our first menu, at least if I remember it right, was 60 percent gin , which was unheard of at that time.

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NoMad Is NYC’s Hottest Cocktail Neighborhood — Drinkers Just Don’t Know It Yet

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He strolled into the Bronze Owl, a new cocktail bar on West 33rd Street near Broadway recently opened by the Hospitality Department restaurant and bar group. On a recent night in May, Charles Joly, the noted Chicago bartender, was in New York.