MDNT will bring a hidden speakeasy-style experience to the city centre
A new late-night cocktail destination known as ‘MDNT’ will bring a speakeasy-style experience to the city centre next week.
Hidden beneath Salt Dog Slims on Cross Street, MDNT is the latest concept from CSG Hospitality, the team behind other Cross Street favourites Salt Dog Slims and Bold Street Coffee.
Pronounced ‘Midnight’, guests must first secure a booking at MDNT by texting the venue to receive a secret entry code, which unlocks a nondescript door inside Salt Dog Slims. Beyond it, a private walkway leads guests into a completely different atmosphere.
The venue is designed to contrast sharply with its lively upstairs neighbour. Where Salt Dog Slims is known for its high-energy dive bar atmosphere, MDNT introduces a more sophisticated late-night cocktail environment, combining a modern bar, DJs.
The experience is intended to evolve as the night progresses. Early evenings will offer a more intimate bar atmosphere, with guests seated at the long bar to watch cocktails being prepared. As the night builds, DJs take over and the room shifts into a more energetic late-night setting, with space for guests to stand, socialise and dance.
“We really wanted to focus on the guest’s journey,” says John Ennis, Founder of GSG Hospitality. “If you’ve ever been to Salt Dog Slims on a weekend it’s packed and people are having a great time, so the contrast of walking through a coded door, along a private walkway and into a completely different environment is immediate. That moment of surprise and the mystique around the entrance is a big part of what MDNT is about.”
MDNT will be fully open from Thursday 26 March and open Thursday through to Sunday, positioning itself as a destination for the later end of the week, with guests able to stay late into the night.
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