Houston's hidden classic: Captain Foxheart's Bad News Bar & Spirit Lodge, up an unmarked staircase on Main, dim, wood-panelled, stiff-poured, with a balcony over downtown for when the room gets warm.
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Jamie Allen's Black-owned speakeasy steakhouse behind a retro movie-theater marquee, famed for 24K-gold tomahawks and old-Hollywood glamour.
Pip’s Tip Enter at the movie-theater box office. Black-owned speakeasy steakhouse, known for the gold tomahawk.
An unmarked staircase to Houston's favorite hideout, serious spirits and a downtown balcony.
Pip’s Tip Unmarked staircase downtown, and there is a balcony most people never find.
Twenty-seat Four Seasons speakeasy behind a coded bookcase, pouring award-winning cocktails and rare spirits with theatrical guest-bartender takeovers.
Pip’s Tip Coded bookcase door inside the Four Seasons. Twenty seats, Tuesday to Saturday.
Houston's original hidden bar since 1977, a candlelit two-story lounge behind an unmarked blue door in River Oaks.
Vietnamese-inspired speakeasy hidden inside Wokker, mixing pho-spiced cocktails and late-night dim sum behind a kitten-portrait door.
Downtown vinyl-shop facade hiding a moody hi-fi cocktail den where DJs spin records behind a velvet curtain.
Ten-seat Japanese cocktail hideaway behind an unmarked door inside Hando, pouring martinis, sake and rare Japanese whisky.
Glamorous 1920s-style lounge concealed behind a pastry shop's storage room, with DJs, hookah and dessert-inspired craft cocktails.
Reservation-only 1950s Havana fantasy hidden behind a coffee rack in The Annie's kitchen, with rum cocktails and live bossa nova.
Scrappy Northside clubhouse hiding serious craft cocktails, Detroit-style pizza and raccoon kitsch inside an unassuming Edison Street bungalow.
East End chocolate shop concealing a bookcase-entry speakeasy that pairs house bonbons with cocktail tasting menus on weekend nights.
Candlelit wine bar in an 1860 bakery building, Houston's oldest commercial structure, creaky, haunted, cash-only and utterly timeless.
Hip-hop record bar in a Montrose bungalow where golden-era vinyl, Asian-inspired bites and low-lit cocktails set the mood.
Up the unmarked stairs, past no sign at all, Houston's moody Main Street hideout with a balcony built for slow drinks.
A hidden room with the family. Members get the password first.
Speakeasies are one chapter of Pip's Lifestyle, find the lounges, whiskey bars, rooftops and jazz clubs below.
