There Is A Secret Underground Bar In London That Contains An Entire Tube Carriage
1. Did you know there’s a secret train station in Kingly Court, Soho?
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
2. First, look out for the sign.
3. Then go down the stairs to the ticket hall.
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
4. And you’re in Cahoots.
5. Cahoots is a 1940s-underground-themed cocktail bar.
6. The bar is inspired by the idea of an imagined tube station used as an air raid shelter finding new life in post-Blitz London.
7. The bar is pretty committed to the theme. As you can tell from the entire tube carriage they’ve built.
8. The designers took great pains to make sure all the details were accurate.
Lynzy Billing/BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/BuzzFeed
They spent time at the London Transport Museum, Jamie Wilson of design agency Cheeky Tiki tells BuzzFeed Life, and “all the fabrics in the train section are real London Underground fabrics, and we copied the leather details from the period”. Wilson goes on: “We transformed the entrance staircase to look like the old wooden escalators that used to be in stations.”
9. And they scoured the country to track down 1940s-era train signs and decorations.
Lynzy Billing/BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/BuzzFeed
10. As for the drinks? Well, they’re splendid.
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
11. And they’re pretty strong too.
On the right is Swing for Victory ( 8). Made from Russian Standard Original vodka, lemon juice, beetroot, rose liqueur, egg white, and an OXO cube, it’s earthy and particularly strong – a sipper, not a gulper.
12. There are plenty of surprises to keep you on your toes too.
13. Why not take a look around?
Cahoots opens on 5 March. Sign up here for further information. Follow on Twitter @CahootsLondon
There Is A Secret Underground Bar In London That Contains An Entire Tube Carriage
1. Did you know there’s a secret train station in Kingly Court, Soho?
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
2. First, look out for the sign.
3. Then go down the stairs to the ticket hall.
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
4. And you’re in Cahoots.
5. Cahoots is a 1940s-underground-themed cocktail bar.
6. The bar is inspired by the idea of an imagined tube station used as an air raid shelter finding new life in post-Blitz London.
7. The bar is pretty committed to the theme. As you can tell from the entire tube carriage they’ve built.
8. The designers took great pains to make sure all the details were accurate.
Lynzy Billing/BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/BuzzFeed
They spent time at the London Transport Museum, Jamie Wilson of design agency Cheeky Tiki tells BuzzFeed Life, and “all the fabrics in the train section are real London Underground fabrics, and we copied the leather details from the period”. Wilson goes on: “We transformed the entrance staircase to look like the old wooden escalators that used to be in stations.”
9. And they scoured the country to track down 1940s-era train signs and decorations.
Lynzy Billing/BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/BuzzFeed
10. As for the drinks? Well, they’re splendid.
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
Lynzy Billing/ BuzzFeed
11. And they’re pretty strong too.
On the right is Swing for Victory ( 8). Made from Russian Standard Original vodka, lemon juice, beetroot, rose liqueur, egg white, and an OXO cube, it’s earthy and particularly strong – a sipper, not a gulper.
12. There are plenty of surprises to keep you on your toes too.
13. Why not take a look around?
Cahoots opens on 5 March. Sign up here for further information. Follow on Twitter @CahootsLondon