Subway Grit vs Sky-Lobby Glitz: Speakeasies Square Off Above and Below Columbus Circle
Dive bar Siberia returns underground at Columbus Circle, while Mandarin Oriental unveils a luxe high-rise speakeasy, representing two different New Yorks in one night.
Siberia, the infamous Hell's Kitchen dive, has reopened at Turnstyle Underground Market in the Columbus Circle concourse.
The sign for Siberia is easy to miss, but the attitude isn’t.
In contrast, 35 floors above, Mandarin Oriental has relaunched The Bar, a 45-seat Silk Road-themed "speakeasy" with a skyline view, serving unique cocktails like jasmine-baijiu and pomegranate-spice concoctions.
- Siberia: a dive bar in the Columbus Circle concourse
- The Bar: a luxe high-rise speakeasy at Mandarin Oriental
Author's summary: Two speakeasies emerge in Columbus Circle.