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More dirt on Hop Sing Laundromat
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More dirt on Hop Sing Laundromat
NOTE: This post was originally published on Friday, March 4, at 12:03 p.m., but was written too late to make the official transition to CP's new site, which went live this past weekend.
On Tuesday we had some veryveryvery preliminary details on Hop Sing Laundromat, a cocktail bar operation coming to 1029 Race Street. Now we’ve got a bit more for y’all. The building you see above, a long-dormant restaurant space, has undergone a full demolition, down to new concrete pours, to make room for this project. (The name is a reference to Bonanza — Hop Sing, the Cartwright clan’s cook, constantly threatened to abandon his post to run a Laundromat in Virginia City.) The main entrance to the bar will be up the stairs in the bottom pic — that doorway will lead to a shoeshine stand, where folks will be able to get their kicks polished up gratis daily from 5 to 8 p.m. It’s through here drinkers will enter the main floor, the focal point of which will be a 40-foot-long, 14-foot-high bar that’ll apparently have the capacity to hold 1,000-some-odd bottles.
Though there is still the bones of a kitchen in the space, no food will be cooked on the premises; management plans on partnering with five Chinatown restaurants to offer quick delivery of each spot’s five best dishes for Hop Sing customers. It’s said that the opening drink list will be large; ownership has a system in place to distribute cards good for two complimentary cocktails to guests in the bar’s first few weeks of operation. Those early adopters will be able to vote for which drinks work and which drinks don’t, a bit of crowd-sourcing to strengthen and tighten the menu.
Finally, the timeline: Construction is expected to be completed by the end of March, leading into several weeks of staff training, so we’re likely looking at an April debut.
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