The Hidden Pearl is a tiny bar tucked behind a Brooklyn ramen shop
A swinging door at the back of a ramen restaurant in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighbourhood reveals a tiny Japanese-style speakeasy, designed by architect Arnold Cheung.
Cheung overhauled an already gutted, slender shop at 621 Manhattan Avenue to create both the Wanpaku restaurant, and The Hidden Pearl in a separate space at the rear.
The venue is Cheung's sixth eatery, and third ramen restaurant, in New York that he heads with partners Chatchai Huadwattana and Kanruthai Makmuang.
For this project, the group also teamed up with Leif Huckman, owner of Donna Cocktail Club in nearby Williamsburg, to run the accompanying bar.
"We didn't want to simply tack on a bar to the restaurant for customers to order drinks while they ate; the bar had to be a completely separate experience and destination for our customers," Cheung told Dezeen. The Hidden Pearl serves drinks and light snacks that are "recognisably Japanese" as an alternative to the hot noodle dish offered in the restaurant.
"We knew of the struggles of operating a ramen restaurant in the summer months in New York City," he said.
Billed as a speakeasy ? the name given to the illicit establishments that sold alcohol during prohibition ? The Hidden Pearl is accessed from the restaurant via a door fitted with transparent glass. Only a glimpse is offered through a clear glass circle in the door until it swings opens.
"We weren't trying to create a speakeasy per se, but for a lack of a better ...
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