"This semi-hidden Highland Park cocktail bar tucked behind Arroyo Club always seems to have the right amount of people inside—crowded enough to classify as a social scene, but not so packed that you have to stiff arm someone for a seat. There’s a nightly DJ spinning records in the corner, and the cocktails are all impressively nerdy, with ingredients like vegetal chartreuse, green salt, and honeysuckle-washed gin. We like to come whenever Gold Line gets too busy, or for a first date/post-dinner nightcap situation." - nikko duren, brant cox