{"id":1045963,"date":"2013-08-09T04:22:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T08:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/anatomy\/death-themed-drinking-establishments-of-the-near-and-distant-past-cafe-le-macabre-london-and-the-conclave-new-orleans.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T17:28:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T21:28:20","slug":"death-themed-drinking-establishments-of-the-near-and-distant-past-cafe-le-macabre-london-and-the-conclave-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/anatomy\/death-themed-drinking-establishments-of-the-near-and-distant-past-cafe-le-macabre-london-and-the-conclave-new-orleans.php","title":{"rendered":"Death Themed Drinking Establishments of the Near and Distant Past: "Cafe le Macabre," London and "The Conclave," New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He: \"Oh look; they have The Grave, The Dead March and the Danse Macabre.\"<\/i>She: \"Oh, that sounds ever so nice!\"<\/i>
--Look at Life - Coffee Bar,<\/a> 1959<\/p><\/blockquote>

Readers of this blog will already be familiar with one of my favorite historical curiosities, fin de siècle<\/i> Paris's Cabaret du Néant<\/a>, or \"Tavern of the Dead,\" which I have reported on here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here.<\/a> I have just learned about two similarly-themed drinking establishments from days gone by; the first is London's \"Cafe le Macabre,\" as pictured above in images drawn from a late 1950s newsreel documenting the nascent London coffee craze. You can watch that newsreel directly above this text block or by clicking here<\/a>; the segement on \"Cafe le Macabre\" begins about 7 minutes in.<\/p>

This Soho-based haunt--with Danse Macabre<\/a> on the jukebox, death and the maiden<\/a>-inspired murals and skull ashtrays--was featured in Mark Pilkington<\/a> and Will Fowler's<\/a> recent Vampires of London<\/a> talk at the Morbid Anatomy Lecture Series at the Last Tuesday Society<\/a>. I am happy to report that Mr. Pilkington will be writing a piece on the topic for volume two of the Morbid Anatomy Anthology<\/a><\/i>, so stay tuned for more on that!<\/p><\/div>

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The second establishment, \"The Conclave\" of New Orleans, came to my attention just a few days ago; Colin Dickey--co-editor of volume 1 of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology<\/a><\/i>--sent the following quotation my way, found in Herbert Asbury's The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underground<\/i><\/a>:<\/div>

The Conclave was one of the few concert-saloons to maintain a bar as well as table service, and the arrangement in the back bar aroused much comment--it was fitted up as an exact replica of a section of burial vaults, complete with marble slabs on which were chiseled \"Brandy, Whisky, Gin,\" etc. The bartenders were clad as undertakers, and when one of them served a customer he opened a vault in the back bar and pulled out a small silver-handled coffin filled with bottles of the desired liquor. The Conclave was always very popular among sightseers, but never gained great favor with hard drinkers.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>

Sadly, I was unable to locate any images for \"The Conclave;\" If anyone knows of any, please send them along to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com<\/a>!<\/p>

Also, for those who wish to know still more <\/i>about the wonderful Cabaret du Néant<\/a> (and really, who doesn't?), the heavily illustrated final chapter of the upcoming Morbid Anatomy Anthology<\/a>--<\/i>“Hell Époque: Death-Themed Cabarets and other Macabre Entertainments of Nineteenth Century Paris\" by Vadim Kosmos<\/a>--is for you. You can still order a copy of the book by hitting the black \"pre-order\" button on the upper right of this blog.<\/p>

Also, for the California-based among you, you will have an opportunity to learn yet more--and <\/i>sample cocktails made from original Cabaret du Néant<\/a> recipes (!!!)--under the tutelage of the incomparable Mel Gordon<\/a> at the Morbid Anatomy segment of LA Death Salon<\/a> this October 19th. Hope very much to see you there!
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