"Sid Gold’s Request Room, a retro piano bar featuring live karaoke, zoomed into the Union Market district last month. Co-founder Paul Devitt, of nationwide Beauty Bar fame, teamed up with former Psychedelic Furs keyboardist Joe McGinty to open the original mid-century influenced piano bar in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood in 2015. Two others followed in Detroit and Nashville. The latest 125-seat edition, situated in an alleyway next to St. Anselm, showcases a mix of classic cocktails (French 75s, palomas, Manhattans, Moscow mules, espresso martinis), plus beers and wines by the glass or bottle." - Tierney Plumb