The Ivory Peacock

The Ivory Peacock is a gin-forward cocktail and dining venue in NoMad billing itself as the "second-largest gin collection in the world" — 1,000+ gins across the main floor and the 17-seat reservable Emerald Bar focused on global gins, with a subterranean sister speakeasy (Ploume) downstairs as a separate room. Cocktails are led by head bartenders Carlos Soto and Daniel Benitez; Chef Grayson Altenberg (French Laundry / Boulud / Verzeroli pedigree) runs French-leaning small plates — bao, calamari, tuna tartare, oysters — not Spanish tapas. The Dandy Hospitality Group room reads as Louis XIV antique: aged mirrors, crystal chandeliers, marigold seats, emerald velvet sofas. For the most extensively-cataloged gin program in NYC — the gin depth is the editorial substance, Altenberg's chef credentials are his own, not the venue's.