ORYX NORTICO
Tijuana, Baja California
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Type
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Speakeasy |
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Size
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800 SF |
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Status
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Built |
A clandestine and classy space, located inside Oryx Capital, where the spirit of the Prohibition-Era Speakeasy lives on.
By incorporating unique light fixtures and giving the over head wooden fixtures – picture frames and ceiling – a golden finish, Nortico becomes a comfortable and sophisticated space, reminiscent of off-grid nostalgia.
Instead of serving bootleg gin,
this speakeasy serves specialty cocktails.
The simplicity of the wooden slabs is reworked to resemble an abstract mountainous range, giving Nortico a completely different atmosphere which transports patrons to far away lands.
After the Prohibition, there was a major and permanent shift in American social life. The illicit bars − referred to as blind pigs and gin joints − multiplied, especially in urban areas.
They ranged from fancy clubs with jazz bands and ballroom dance floors to dingy back rooms to basements and rooms inside apartments.