"Ooooh secret bar. Oooh so secret. Oooooh Danny A. Oooooh how do we find out more. You want to know more? You want to know more? We'll tell you more! Without further adieu, a very special Little Birdy.

It's actually housed in Cafe Bari, in the upstairs part of the resto. The place turns into a nightclub a few nights/week. We were clued into the fact that it was the right place because there's graffiti in the back hallway with a big "Upstairs" graff. Then you go in the back door to the restaurant. Who we assume was Danny A. was sitting there with some important looking people, looking/acting really pissed, reading the Post, looking at papers, on their blackberries. A couple of times he yelled at the waiters - we're assuming because that's where they think the leak came from.

Yelling at the waiters, nice touch. To add a few more details, the space has been long planned and is permitted. Like LB said, don't expect a 7 day a week celeb-a-thon. Danny A. and Co. only plan to let you upstairs a few nights a week. 7-Up? We dig."
http://downbythehipster.blogspot.com/2007/...rybody-get.html



How long is this one going to last? Place your bets!

I'm in! Andrew Jackson says it's done by third week of January 2008.

It's done...owner is fed up already with him.

Already???? I didn't even have a chnace to put my bet in!!!

I was just about to post this link
http://gawker.com/news/nightlife/secret-ce...cafe-281759.php

why ? because he wasn't put "on the list" ??

So... I win?

No, because he saw Point&Shoot

I'd LOL, but I'm a little sad for you, that you actually know the name of that movie.

I almost can't decide where I want to be insulted and mistreated, first. Should I go to Socialista, or try to hit Upstairs, while it lasts.

"Danny A and Bar Martignetti’s Don’t Jive August 13, 2007
Posted by guestofaguest in Restaurantuer, Nightlife, NYC, Scene. trackback

Anthony Martignetti, one of the burly prepster brothers behind the succesful Bar Martignetti’s, is now feeling a bit of the burn after going the page 6 route for his new club called Upstairs above Cafe Bari. That’s right, the cat’s out of the bag, Anthony and Tom are part of the crew behind the sceney “secret” hot spot. Having built Martignetti’s (aka “Netti’s”) on the laid-back-preppy-vibe, a style that Dorian’s created and the boys Martignetti perfected, Anthony is deeply regretting the hiring of famed celebrity A-list promoter Danny A to promote Upstairs.

This “secret” above Cafe Bari down the street from “Netti’s” is no longer a secret (Micah Jesse is even getting in)…and Anthony is PISSED. He INSISTS that he and his brother did not get into the business to get laid or become “too cool for school”, and now Danny A is keeping him up at night as he ponders the future of what should have been a logical extension of Netti’s. Anthony himself recently said in the Observer “We’re not going the page six route, we’d never date a Hilton or an Olsen. Never at all.”

Well Anthony, you already did, and you better figure your shit out sooner rather than later. This winter, Danny A managed to ruin Door in one month. Hiring Danny A to keep your establishment laid back and unpretentious is like saying that you stay in shape by smoking." http://guestofaguest.com/2007/08/13/danny-...ttis-dont-jive/

mmhmm

then why hire a promoter AT ALL ??

yah so. i went to try out danny-a's new(ish) RoseClub @ thePlazaHotel

sigh

granted i got there early, but i did stay long enough to watch them hang up heavy velvet curtains and post a doorman at the stairwell at 10pm. apparently, that's when it switches over from regular blah hotel lobby bar to some super duper swankeroo elite danny-a joint.

well
i had been looking forward to checking it out, cuz from what i heard, i was expecting some kind of coolio renovation type dealie-- i was thinking in my head maybe it would be something like theGramercy. ya know like

swank classic hotel + cool new designer (?) + oodles of $$ = neat new place à la schnabel's RoseBar (??)




personally, i thought there was a whole lot about the place that looked pretty damned busted to me. and silly shit too. silly silly shit. really REALLY silly shit.

also: all the tables were pre-set with big wine buckets and multiples of glassware and juice/soda carafes. with little "RESERVED" plaques.



feel free to go and check it out for yerself, cuz that is all i'm sayin.

Riiiiight.

Thanks for saving me the cab fare!