![]() ![]() The Oscar Wilde Bar is a space where, "great minds came together to change the world", according to the hotel. ![]() Oscar Wilde Bar, Hotel Café Royal, London ![]() Wilde's witty quips adorn the walls of a small library where you can enjoy selections from the extensive beer list or, of course, Champagne. This Chicago premises honours Wilde in name as well as through a Warhol-inspired portrait hanging over the fireplace. Satisfy your Oscar Wilde inspired gluttonous impulses ("Love and gluttony justifies everything"), and head for the Windy City. If you, like Wilde, can resist everything except temptation, here are a few other establishments in which to toast his genius. In honour of Wilde, absinthe and Champagne are also on offer, of course, and absinthe drip cocktails are served by the absinthe fountain.Īsked about their $4 million investment, McCole says that construction in New York is expensive and their goal was to get it right. They plan on having two Irish craft beers on rotation at any time - it's Porterhouse at the moment. That long whiskey bar is home to over 300 whiskeys from all around the world and there are 32 beers on tap. McCole and Burke describe it as refreshing and it includes Bisongrass vodka, elderflower liqueur, rose wine, grapefruit and Peychaud's bitters. Another favourite is one of the "Wise Guy" cocktails – "My Bookie's Wife". "Oscar Wilde's Potent Elixir" features cognac, gin, Guinness, cassis, lavender, Champagne and orange zest. Oscar Wilde’s whiskey bar is home to over 300 whiskeys from all around the world and there are 32 beers on tap, with two Irish craft beers on rotation at any timeĪnd so it was decided that the cocktail list, by mixologist Johnny Swet, would reflect both the Victorian and Prohibition eras. The mob even occupied a floor in the building to listen in on the federal agents. When McCole and Burke were signing the lease on the vacant space, they discovered that the 12-storey building was once the city’s Prohibition Enforcement Headquarters. and that's before you get to the cocktail list, which was inspired by a piece of history you can't help but think Wilde would enjoy. The pair's favourite piece is the Belgium piano from the 1890s. There are even one-armed stools, built in Mexico, to facilitate an "Irish exit" (where you leave quickly without saying goodbye). There is also a newly built life-size bronze statue of Wilde, leaning against the bar, his hand perfectly shaped to hold a pint of Guinness. ![]() The antiques, which the pair started collecting 10 years ago before they opened Lillie's, include a fireplace from the 1840s, inlay from Hope Castle circa 1700s, porcelain from Gosford Castle and a 1878 walking stick gifted by Wilde's family. The Carrera-marble top of the Oscar Wilde bar is held up by white marble lions carved in Vietnam. It is intricately carved with garlands, plus horse and elephant heads, and is a copy of the one at the Lillie's, which was brought over from Gosford Castle in Armagh, now best known as a Game of Thrones location. In designing the 5,874 sq ft space, the Irish men have given a nod to Wilde's witticism, "Moderation is a fatal thing, nothing succeeds like excess". The decadent interior features wood panels from Hope Castle in Castleblayney, gilt-framed mirrors, pieces of imported Murano glass and eccentric antiques from Ireland, France, England, Scotland, and Wales ![]()
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