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We Run a Makeshift Bar Out of a Diner. Here’s How.

Kara Newman

created: May 20, 2025, 2:50 p.m. | updated: May 21, 2025, 2:36 p.m.

What does it take to run a bar within a space that was never intended to be a bar? That is great for NYC history buffs—but how does that translate into a cocktail bar? Izzy Tulloch: Pancakes are this humble, joyous, comforting food, and they represent everything that we want our bar to feel like. IT: At a craft cocktail bar, you’d have a Kold-Draft machine, at a minimum. We prep the drinks on the luncheonette ice but serve the drinks on the purchased ice.

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