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Direct From Downtown Durham, Heather Garret Unveils Whiskey
With design evoking a southern gothic, country noir feel, designer Heather Garrett, and her husband, Rhys Botica, opened the downtown Durham Main Street Bar, Whiskey. The North Carolina private club has a 1930’s style to it, a 27-foot, narrow wooden bar. Botica, the sole proprietor, started the bar with the intention to offer the largest selection of whiskeys in the state, and now has the largest selection in the South, at over 400 labels. Botica and Garrett used antique gymnasium doors for wall panels and the 100-yr old building has its original tin ceiling and oak flooring. Live jazz is played on Thursday and Saturday nights. The custom cocktail list is a research project on Pre-Prohibition Era Cocktails and they are served in vintage glasses. There is a second floor lounge, with its own private entrance, boasting another Art Deco bar, private humidors for its members to store their high-end cigars, antique rugs, and a small library.
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