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Founders Club

Downtown · $$$$

Verified · Jul 16

Founders Club is a hidden bar tucked into Downtown. Inside the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, take the escalator to the lobby, wait by the bookcases, receive a text, and a giant bookcase shifts open. Expect ultra-exclusive 30-seat lounge behind a moving bookcase in a grand hotel. Known for rare and vintage spirits, $54 Manhattan, only 30 seats.

How to find it

Inside the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, take the escalator to the lobby, wait by the bookcases, receive a text, and a giant bookcase shifts open

Hours

Tue-Sat 5PM-midnight

Known for

Rare and vintage spirits, $54 Manhattan, only 30 seats

Verified

Verified Jul 16, 2026 via theinfatuation.com.

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