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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Las Vegas Airport Is Getting a New Speakeasy-style Lounge From American Express
Amex is elevating its food and beverage Takeaway A new speakeasy-style lounge called Sidecar will open at Las Vegas' Harry Reid International Airport in 2026, offering curated bites and drinks for short-stay you're an American Express cardholder, your lounge experience is about to get a little bit more delicious. Travelers flying through Las Vegas will soon have a stylish new spot to unwind, as American Express plans to open Sidecar—a speakeasy-style lounge at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)—in 2026. When it opens, American Express will be the only credit card issuer with two lounges at LAS. 'Many of our visitors spend less than an hour in our lounges, and we've created Sidecar specifically for them,' Hendley said in the statement. 'The first Centurion Lounge opened in Las Vegas in 2013, so it's fitting that we're launching this new lounge concept at LAS as we continue to innovate to meet our Card Members' needs.' Access will be complimentary for card members who already enjoy access to the Centurion Lounges, and guests will be able to access Sidecar within 90 minutes before their flight departs. American Express also announced it is partnering with James Beard Award winning Resy chefs Mashama Bailey, Sarah Grueneberg, Kwame Onwuachi, and Mike Solomonov, as well as renowned Bar Director Harrison Ginsberg, to form The Culinary Collective by The Centurion Lounge. The collective will create a menu of dishes and craft cocktails inspired by their renowned restaurants, and the new menu items will be available at all 15 Centurion Lounges in the U.S. starting July 29. Some recipes will be available at the new, intimate airport lounge at LAS' Sidecar by The Centurion Lounge. Eligible card members who have limited time will be able to grab a quick bite or drink, including gourmet small plates and signature drinks curated by The Culinary Collective by The Centurion Lounge, in the speakeasy-style space. 'We know how much Card Members love the food and drinks at the Centurion Lounges and look forward to seeing what's new. With help from our Resy chef partners, we've brought together a group of some of the most exciting culinary minds in America to create incredible menus, available all in one place for the first time ever,' Audrey Hendley, President of American Express Travel, said in a statement shared with T+L. 'You'd be lucky to make it to each of their celebrated restaurants across the country, but now visitors to our Centurion Lounges will be able to sample dishes created by these chefs.' The new curated menus from the Culinary Collective by The Centurion Lounge will include many dishes that change seasonally, along with dishes that are inspired by the local cuisine in the city where the lounge is located. Specific dishes will vary from lounge to lounge. 'The Culinary Collective by The Centurion Lounge is so inspiring and works incredibly well because each of the chefs, and American Express, share the same ethos. We care about food, innovation and diverse flavors—key elements of this collaboration,' Mike Solomonov, one of the chefs in the collective, said in a statement. The Centurion Lounge is American Express' signature lounge program within the broader American Express Global Lounge Collection, which includes complimentary access to a total of more than 1,550 lounges across 140 countries. Read the original article on Travel & Leisure Solve the daily Crossword
CNA
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNA
Secret world of Singapore speakeasies: 8 bars and restaurants to explore
Can you keep a secret? Singapore is home to some unique speakeasies that masquerade as tailor shops, TCM halls and more.
CBS News
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
The Violet Hour closing permanently in Wicker Park after 18 years
The Violet Hour, a James Beard Award-winning cocktail bar in Chicago's Wicker Park, is closing permanently after 18 years. In a joint post with One Off Hospitality on their Instagram page, owners Toby Maloney, Jason Cott, Donnie Madia, Peter Garfield and Terry Alexander said after they closed temporarily several weeks ago due to unexpected damage to their building, they have found themselves unable to reach a resolution with their landlord. The Violet Hour opened in 2007 on Damen Avenue behind an unmarked door hidden behind murals and wheatpasted signs. Often, the entrance was entirely invisible save for the line of people outside waiting for their turn to get cocktails. The cocktail bar was at the forefront of Chicago's speakeasy trends, and in the dim, candlelit interior just beyond heavy velvet curtains, their bartenders crafted a cocktail program that captured national attention. The Violet Hour won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar in 2015 and was nominated for the award three other times. "This is not the end of The Violet Hour as a brand, and yet it is the end of this chapter," the owners wrote on Instagram. "You may see us again somewhere down the line." "To every guest who has ever found their way behind the curtains: thank you. You made this place what it was. We are forever grateful."
Wall Street Journal
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
House of the Week: A Romance Novelist's Prohibition-Era California Home
Historical romance novelist Kathryn Le Veque loves nothing more than a deep dive into history, in order to set her love affairs against the backdrop of medieval England. Her home in Glendora, Calif., sent her down a new rabbit hole. The Wallace Neff-designed home dates to the 1930s, when it was created for Arthur K. Bourne, heir to the Singer Sewing Machine fortune. It has a hidden steel-lined safe room designed to protect the Singer family following the Lindbergh baby kidnapping in 1932. Built during Prohibition, the room also serves as a speakeasy.
Japan Times
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Times
Osaka's Canes & Tales raises a glass to bygone charms
On a Sunday evening, Frank Sinatra's voice floats from hidden speakers as four strangers gather around a curved green marble bar. The coruscating glow from the gold-lined, domed ceiling lends the scene a cinematic allure — but this isn't a film set. This is Canes & Tales, the moody speakeasy perched on the 28th floor of the newly opened Waldorf Astoria Osaka in the city's Umekita neighborhood. Designed by acclaimed architect Andre Fu, the bar's interior draws inspiration from Art Deco architecture and reflects Fu's signature style: theatrical yet refined. Guests enter through an unmarked green door into a narrow corridor lined with emerald wallpaper patterned with playful animal-shaped cane motifs. Inside, the space is defined by gemstone tones and seductive textures: velvet-upholstered chairs, brass-accented lighting and a softly illuminated bar. 'It's like a gentleman's club through time, from the 1800s, when gentlemen set their canes at the door, all the way to the 1930s Americana jazz age,' says mixology director Dominic Dijkstra. Mixology director Dominic Dijkstra shakes up cocktails inspired by American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald's short stories. | WALDORF ASTORIA OSAKA There's also a visual reference to Osaka's own bygone era, courtesy of three ceramic art installations that command attention along a wall. The large-format, blue-glazed tiles, bar manager Masahiko Ohama tells me, are reproductions of 'Shinpan Osaka no Zu,' a 1657 map that traces the city's intricate web of bridges, canals and castle grounds. Each panel depicts a different view of ancient Osaka. The slabs are specially produced by Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics, a company known for producing large-scale ceramics for decorative and restoration purposes. A curated bookshelf near the entrance houses mixology texts from around the world, offering inspiration and technical insight to local bartenders. Canes & Tales' own muse turns out to be F. Scott Fitzgerald: The 11 cocktails on the menu each correspond to a story from the American novelist's 'Tales of the Jazz Age,' a 1922 collection that blends the romantic, the philosophical and the surreal. I sink into a plush, peach-orange chair at a table overlooking Osaka's glittering skyline and sip a Camel's Back cocktail. The drink is perfumed with Chartreuse, a French herbal liqueur, and infused with earthy burdock root, a savory ingredient more often found in Japanese comfort dishes like kinpira gobō , where it's stir-fried with carrots and soy sauce. The result is a tipple that's herbal, balanced and refreshing. The Camel's Back is a refreshing cocktail made with Chartreuse liqueur and infused with burdock root. | WALDORF ASTORIA OSAKA I also sample a cocktail called Mr. Icky, which Dijkstra says is a nod to Fitzgerald's short satirical play about generational divides and 'changes over time.' It's a riff on a Negroni made with shōchū (traditional Japanese distilled spirit) instead of gin and mellowed inside a clay vessel, which softens the edges and imparts a faint mineral note. A crisp wasabi-leaf tempura garnish underscores the drink's mild bitter notes, while a whisper of truffle honey lingers on the finish. But the runaway star is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, its name taken from the short story about a man who ages in reverse. The cocktail captures the whimsical intent of this tale by letting guests choose the age of their base spirit for a Manhattan-style drink. I opt for a Glenfarclas 25 Year Old single malt Scotch whisky, and what arrives is quite possibly the best Manhattan I've ever had: velvety, warm with vanilla notes and tinged with a nutty, sherry-like richness. The food menu echoes the bar's cross-cultural approach, reimagining popular New York-style bites like the hot dog and lobster roll with Japanese precision. A miniature Reuben slider distills all the layered flavor of the iconic sandwich in a single delicate bite. Perhaps most compelling, however, is Canes & Tales' quiet ambition to become a hub for Osaka's bartending community. 'The Osaka cocktail scene is underrepresented,' says Dijkstra. 'Most of the focus has been on Tokyo for the last 10 years, but honestly, Osaka has a fantastic bar scene .' Twice-monthly guest shifts will spotlight talent from across Japan and abroad, with visiting bartenders conducting seminars and sharing techniques with the Kansai bar community. Bartenders from the Manhattan bar in Singapore have already made an appearance in April, and plans include bartenders from Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Osaka's Bible Club — where Dijkstra worked in 2018 — to highlight Japan's regional cocktail talent beyond the capital. "If we can be successful as a bar and incorporate ourselves into the community as a whole," Dijkstra says, "then that's a great position for us to be in."
