How to Get to the Mercer Hotel's Super Secret Underground Bar

March 18, 2008 at 12:57 PM | 0 Comments

Thanks to Urban Daddy, we now know how to get to Submercer, the previously hard-to-find (and get into) bar at The Mercer Hotel.

Apparently, the place was closed for over five years (at least to the public) but is once again open for business. UD reports:

To get there, pass the Mercer Hotel (no. 147) and enter a little nook in the wall (no. 147 1/2). You'll know you're there when you see two unassuming henchmen hanging out in front of a doorway--just walk on by and enter the industrial freight elevator.

Two floors underground, cruise down a long dark hallway stocked with bathroom supplies, turn left, pass the boiler room and then turn right through a heavy red door. One more hallway filled with wine and the faint sounds of lounge music will lead you to the promised land.

Once in the "dungeon-like club", you'll find exposed brick walls, low ceilings, and three small rooms. If you head to the back room, you'll find a mini-NYC-version of Tryst with red walls, red banquettes and a red stripper pole.

You will probably need to print these directions out as the hotel has no mention of the bar on its website and we're not even sure a front desk staffer would be able to tell you how to get there, although you can approach it via the Mercer Kitchen, the hotel's restaurant. And we highly suggest booking a room at the hotel (rates start around $535 a night) to guarantee getting in.

Some more background on the place: Apparently it opened a few weeks ago but was closed almost immediately due to unsafe carbon monoxide levels. Hmm...maybe a bar isn't meant to be built two floors into the basement.

[Photo: Urban Daddy]

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