Shhhh! Hell’s Kitchen just got a new bar — and if you haven’t noticed it yet, you’re not alone. Like any good speakeasy, The Living Room is easy to miss.
Kevin Pratz at The Living Room, a new speakeasy bar on 10th Avenue. Photo: Brennan LaBrie
From the outside, the three-week-old bar on 10th Avenue looks just like a small coffee shop. And for the past few months, that’s exactly what it was.
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Brennan LaBrie is a Manhattan-based multimedia journalist who originally hails from Washington State. He began reporting in elementary school, when he published a handwritten weekly paper covering local news for three years, and reported on events like the 2010 Winter Olympics for TIME For Kids. He returned to journalism in college, reporting for the school paper and his hometown newspaper during summer breaks. He also co-directed three feature documentaries, one of which received a 2021 College Emmy. He moved to New York City in 2022, and, following a stint as a server in fine dining restaurants, began freelancing for publications around the city. His favorite topics to cover are urban development, housing, education and environmental issues, and his work can be found in The Rockaway Wave and the BK Reader.