Massage parlor 'brothel' becomes swanky cocktail bar - New York Post

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They’re replacing whoopee with whiskey.

After The Post exposed a Brooklyn massage parlor as a likely brothel last year, a new upscale cocktail bar is opening in its place—and it wants patrons to know there’s no more funny business.
“This is not a brothel. There are no prostitutes at this address,” gold text painted on the joint’s window proclaims.

But that doesn’t mean the new owners of the Smith Street gin mill aren’t embracing the space’s sordid past.

“Instead of shying away we decided to play along with it,” said Jeremy Andre, 30, one of the owners of Barely Disfigured, which features an early 1900s French boudoir theme.

Brass headboards line the back of the bar, lit by vintage red-bulb lamps, and there’s even a bed out back.

“What happens in the bedroom stays in the bedroom,” Andre joked about the lounge.

The bar will also offer cocktails with names like Lady of the Evening, Dirty Old Man and Madame Kelly.

The establishment is slated to open in mid-November and has vowed to donate a portion of its proceeds to Brooklyn’s nonprofit, Sex Workers Project.

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