Go Westing
A Cocktail and Bocce Bar by the Fox

Bar sports are bar sports.

And lawn games are lawn games.

But today, we’re breaking down barriers, shattering preconceived notions... and figuring out how to balance a martini glass and a bocce ball.

Welcome Make Westing, a cavernous sanctuary for serious cocktails and high-stakes bocce, slated to open next week steps from the Fox Theater.

Inspired by a Jack London story about sailing around Cape Horn between New York and California, this bar has a slight industrial, mariner bent that could easily coax the drunken sailor out of you if you let it.

But don’t expect any speakeasy-ish decor. If anything, it’s got more of a blue-collar edge, with concrete beams, steel working tables and metal drop lamps. Head toward the seafaring compass sitting atop the slate bar and give a nod to your bartender.

Once you’re armed with cocktails—like the honey-infused Killer Bee Martini, or the scotch/amaretto Rusty Grinder—you’ll be ready to approach the bocce courts. There are two. And while they’re not quite regulation, you’ll have plenty of room to play. (Just remember, it’s a game of finesse...)

Oh, we should mention that this space was once a jewelry store. And that there’s a massive, black safe in back that they haven’t been able to open...

Finders, keepers.