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"With all the justified adulation Kann receives, Gregory Gourdet’s adjoining subterranean bar Sousòl has managed to slip relatively under the radar, or at least below the ground. Rather than a stripped down work-around for diners unable to nab a table at the extraordinarily popular above-ground flagship, Sousòl is unmistakably kin to Kann but has an identity all its own. The Caribbean-inspired food menu is markedly slimmer and less strictly Haitian than Kann, but just as adventurous, including Trinidadian, Jamaican, and Cuban bar bites. The house cocktails favor rums, and liberally deploy tropical fruits and a bounty of herbs. The décor is somehow both minimal and decadent, as if stepping into a falernum-fueled dream of the late 1980s. As with Kann, it will be exciting to watch the young Sousòl evolve in the years ahead." - Nathan Williams