Brian Grummert and Blake Walker Bring a Gin-First Vision to the Lower East Side with Chin Up Bar

It was one of those New York nights where the cold feels staged. Not just cold but theatrical. Wind slicing down Chrystie Street like it had a personal vendetta. Everyone moving fast, shoulders hunched, faces tucked into scarves as if we were all late to something urgent. The city felt sharp. Metallic. Unforgiving. I slipped into Chin Up Bar mostly to defrost and partially to confirm a long held belief. I do not like gin. Within minutes, that belief began to unravel.

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