A speakeasy in four chapters

Stay late. Drink slowly.

Twelve seats. No sign. A short menu that changes with the hour — and cocktails worth getting lost for.

Read the menu POURING UNTIL 2 AM
THROUGH THE DOOR12 SEATS
The Nightjar's back room, seen through the door — bar shelves, velvet booths, low light
Est. behind an unmarked doorThe Back RoomBar, booths, no last call clock
109 ASHLAND ROW · BACK ENTRANCE
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The room

Twelve seats.
No two nights the same.

The Nightjar seats twelve at the bar and nowhere else. There's no menu printed for the table — you sit, you talk to whoever's pouring, and the chapter you land in tells you what's worth ordering tonight.

Everything on the list is built to be finished slowly. Nothing here is meant to be rushed, least of all you.

12
Seats at the bar
4
Chapters on the list
9PM
Doors open, no earlier
01

Chapter 01 · The Classics

Nothingreinvented.

Four drinks that have outlived every trend that tried to replace them. We pour these exactly as written a hundred years ago — no infusions, no foam, no story required.

Old Fashioned
Rye, demerara, orange oil
$16
Martini, Very Cold
Gin, dry vermouth, lemon twist
$17
Sazerac
Rye, absinthe rinse, Peychaud's
$16
Old Fashioned cocktail, single large ice cube, orange twist, rocks glass

Pouring now

Old Fashioned

02

Chapter 02 · House Originals

Ours,start to finish.

Every original on this list started as an argument at the bar after close. These are the ones that survived the argument — built here, named here, poured nowhere else.

Nightjar's Nest
Mezcal, fig, black tea, lime
$18
The Understory
Gin, green chartreuse, sage
$17
Low Signal
Rum, coffee, orange bitters
$18
Nightjar's Nest cocktail with fig slices and a spiraled lime peel garnish

Pouring now

Nightjar's Nest

03

Chapter 03 · Low & Slow

Barrel-aged.Built to wait.

These live in oak or under smoke before they ever reach a glass — some for weeks. Order one of these and you're getting a drink with more patience in it than most nights out.

Barrel Manhattan
6-week oak rest, rye, sweet vermouth
$19
Smoke Signal
Mezcal, applewood smoke, amaro
$18
Cellar Old Fashioned
Barrel rye, brown sugar, bitters
$19
Smoke Signal cocktail with cherry and dried orange garnish, wisps of smoke

Pouring now

Smoke Signal

04

Chapter 04 · Spirit-Free

Still awhole drink.

Built with the same care as everything else on the list — layered, bitter where it should be, never an afterthought. Not driving isn't a reason to drink something boring.

False Start
Verjus, thyme, soda, grapefruit
$13
Quiet Hour
Cold brew, tonic, orange bitters
$12
Second Wind
Ginger, lime, chili, soda
$12
False Start cocktail with grapefruit wheel and thyme sprig garnish

Pouring now

False Start

Find the door

No sign.
Just knock.

Wednesday9:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Thursday9:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Friday9:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Saturday9:00 PM – 2:00 AM
Sunday – TuesdayClosed

109 Ashland Row, back entrance

Twelve seats, no reservations for parties over four. Show up, and if the room's full, we'll take your name.

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