Governor Kathy Hochul sometimes reminds me of my first teachers, the mostly Irish nuns from the Dominican Sisters order who ran the Annunciation School on West 131st Street in Harlem in the 1960s.

Inspired by the underground bars of Paris and London, this hidden gem is tucked inside a heritage-listed warehouse on Burnett Lane—just look out for the Grim Reaper street art and you’re in the right ...