6. Beauty Bar
This hair salon-meets-dance bar slings do-themed cocktails, like the Perm and the Platinum Blonde, along with some raucous beats.
Its interior came from an immaculate late sixties shop, Paris Salon of Beauty, in Springfield, New Jersey. With the help of local partners Mode Carpentry the space was transformed into a luxurious, swanky time capsule of big hair, pink nails and dry martinis.
Retrofitted into the old Sonotheque, the bar carried over the sound system but otherwise got a complete face-lift. Sparkling glitter paint adorns the walls, ’60s beauty salon furniture acts as seating, and the backroom dance floor is completed with a shimmering disco ball. ‘The music stays obscure and mostly dusty during the week, but DJs turn it into an electro dance party most weekends.
