Entry No. 45 — the New York City file — filed under: speakeasy-bar

Patent Pending

By day the storefront is Patent Coffee, an ordinary espresso bar; after 5pm a door behind the menu-board wall opens into a 34-seat Tesla-themed speakeasy. The bar sits in the building where Nikola Tesla once lived and worked, and the cocktail program leans into themes of invention and electricity. A separate even-smaller hidden room called The Lab operates as a bar-within-the-bar.

The move: Order an espresso at the coffee counter, then slip behind the menu wall after dark for Tesla-inspired cocktails in his old building.

📍 Before you go Same address is Patent Coffee by day. Reservations recommended; the hidden Lab room is separate and limited.

• 📍 NoMad
• 💸 $$
• ⚡ Up for anything
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 49 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Proof: source 1 · source 2 · source 3 · source 4

last checked: 2026-06-23