Laowai
General Manager and Beverage Operations Director, Laowai / Bagheera No. 67 North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 World's 50 Best Discovery
About this speaker
Inspired by the false storefronts and secret passwords of speakeasies in Shanghai’s longtangs (alleys), Loawai harkens back to an illicit and seductive period when that city’s infamous bars and clubs welcomed the world: locals, émigrés, and refugees; dreamers and deviants; celebrities and criminals.
Order the “Number 7” to be whisked past BLND TGER dumpling shop’s faux freezer door into a sleek and theatrical space that celebrates all the intrigue and glamour of a 1920s Prohibition-style watering hole, paired with a modern cocktail experience.
Laowai is also home to the largest Baijiu list of its kind in North America, with 28 different brands representing the four traditional aromas of the world’s most popular spirit.
