Beauty & Essex reminds me of
"The Great Gatsby". It is located at: 146 Essex Street, NYC and owned by the same "Crew" from the
Stanton Social. When you check the address and see an old sign in the background and then "Beauty & Essex" over it and you see a "Pawn" shop in the storefront you think to yourself "this just can not be it"! Ha I walked in just to see the "Pawn" shop. What fun treasures. Then you walk through a huge blue door and enter BEAUTY! This location used to be M. Katz Furniture Store and now it is a Pawn Shop, Lounge - Speakeasy, and a Restaurant......Wait, there is a free champagne bar in the ladies room lounge! The food is wonderful such fun little dishes. I heard that there Sunday Brunch is wonderful. The atmosphere is fun, Party, Gatsby Glamour! Not too many restaurants have hit my "must" heart strings but this definitely did! I was planning on taking a friend and her friends but they never contacted me that they were in town..oh well will have to save it for a wonderful friend coming in June! I am on a Gatsby kick and have a few more fun posts, so I hope you will come back! xoox
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Pawn Shop goodies Ruby Red Dorothy Slippers that were "sold" |
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Pretty shelf |
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$300 would get you this pretty clutch |
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The Pawn Shop |
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Walk through the Blue Door into "Beauty" |
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Beautiful Chandelier |
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this is so sweet |
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pretty wall vine with purple sparkles |
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Art Deco Wall Sconce |
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New York Pretzel with shaved NY Strip, mustard aioli, crispy shallots |
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Grilled Cheese, Smoked Bacon, Tomato Soup Dumplings |
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Beauty & Essex Burger Spicy Roasted Garlic Aoili, Beefsteak Tomato, Goat Feta, Crispy BBQ Fries (we shared) |
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Asian Spice Rubbed Pork Ribs Five Spice Salt, Bokchoy Spicy Roasted Peanuts (we shared) |
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Box of Doughnuts Vanilla Beignets with Chocolate Hazelnut Creme & Raspberry Jam with Shot of Mudslide Milkshake |
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Sitting Area in Ladies Lounge |
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Champagne Bar in Ladies Lounge |
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Love this Lace Wallpaper in the Lounge |