Tale of the Tape: Ranstead Room

When Stephen Starr’s El Rey opens this weekend it will be coming with a companion project, the Ranstead Room, a 36-seat cocktail lounge with a cocktail list by New York’s acclaimed mixologist, Sasha Petraske.

Space

• The entrance to the Ranstead Room is off inconspicuous Ranstead Street
• Opens nightly at 7pm
• Designed by Shawn Hausman Design
  • Parc
  • Butcher & Singer
  • Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont and the Standard
• Gilded chandelier
• Deep wine-colored walls
• Vintage wallpaper
• Polished golden tiling
• Risqué artwork
• Black vinyl, padded bar
• Plush, red leather booths.

Drinks

• Sasha Petraske designed cocktail list
• Sasha Petraske
  • “Titan” of New York mixology
  • Launched Milk and Honey and Dutch Kills
• Drink list that offers a taste of the 1940s and 50s
• Among the cocktails:
  • Boulevardier, bourbon, campari, sweet vermouth
  • Williams Fizz, cognac, Poire William, lemon juice, sugar, egg white
  • The Sands Cocktail, gin, grapefruit and lemon juices, maraschino liqueur
• Cocktails will feature hand-cut ice, house-made mixers and fresh-squeezed juices

El Rey/Ranstead Room
2013 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA
215-563-3330