You won't have to repeat: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
“ **We are not associated in any way with Tim Burton (but we love him) **, nor with Warner Bros. or any other movie studio. We are an independently operated bar and restaurant run by super fans of Tim Burton, the horror movies, and all kinds of halloween stuff ”. This is how they advertise in Beetle House, the new themed bar in New York, dedicated to the director of Eduardo Scissorhands, that these “super fans” just opened in the east village . And that they are the same ones that were behind the Stay Classy bar, dedicated to the elegance and humor of Will Ferrell.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
At Beetle House You don't have to say Beetlejuice three times to enter. , but it is likely that you will find the dining room of cockroaches in pinstripes to greet you at the door. For now, yes, the bar and restaurant **you can only enter with a reservation** (thus, we imagine, the huge waiting lines will be avoided). Once inside, the place is decorated with that gothic and comic taste that characterizes Burton's films. Although he he funniest tributes come from the cocktail and food menu . Between drinks, you can have a Edward's lemonade . That is, an old fashioned like Eduardo Scissorhands liked. Or a Chocolate Factory Martini , that if they could drink alcohol, visitors to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory would love it. Or a Big Fish Bowl , with jelly beans floating in your idyllic fishbowl (yes, they serve it to you in a fishbowl) .
There are references for more professional Burton fans such as the cocktail “We come in peace and leave in pieces”, a phrase from the film Mars Attacks! Like "It's showtime", also a mythical line in beetlejuice.
Ron? Candy? Cream? Oh yeah!
But it is in the food menu, brief but adequate for a place of this size, where they have shown off with the dedication: “ All meat is sourced locally from 100% innocent humans captured from the wild on the streets of New York ”. Or what is the same, a direct nod to the diabolical barber of Fleet Street played by Johnny Depp in Burton's adaptation of the musical Sweeney Todd. The film is, in effect, the star of the menu because meat, not human, but organic beef, is the main ingredient. From the I love it meat pie a Edward Burger Hands (hands like hamburgers, an image almost as disturbing as that porn version that we will not name here). and can be completed with Cheshire Mac (for Alice in Wonderland) or Blood (Blood), sweets and cakes that will change daily.
Although original, the Beetle House is only the last themed bar in New York, a very fanatical and mythomaniac city. Therefore, Stay Classy, dedicated to Will Ferrell, would only make sense here. Or a pub where while you have a drink, they paint your nails (better, don't leave after the second drink), like the Beauty Bar. Some are very authentic, like the Trailer Park Lounge & Grill, a trip to the backyard of a tacky american house . Others are hidden behind perfect covers, like Apothéke, the speakeasy that takes the pharmaceutical theme to the end. And, the best, without a doubt, is Boobie Trap, a club decorated with seventies boobs and dolls. What else do you want?
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