Baldwin custom-built a hidden revolving booth exit, and dreamed up a “Her Majesty’s Secret Service” act with a rising torture chair.īut these details are classified. Safe House takes the spy theme to the extreme. The video shows how my martini was thoroughly shaken, thanks to a retro-futuristic device. The ladies’ room has a peephole offering a vantage point from which to watch his behavior at the bar.Įven the food has undercover names, such as Ze French Dip and Bond’s Bomb, a chocolate ball with a lit fuse (candle) that I couldn’t blow out. “Want to know if your boyfriend is playing the field?” she asked. Relics included a USSR jail door, a chunk of the Berlin wall and an Austin Powers guitar.Ĭo-owner Shauna Baldwin, who goes by the title “chief disinformation officer,” tipped me off to gags hidden throughout the restaurant. Which, as you can see in the video, was rather embarrassing.Ī bookcase slid open, and a passage led to a dining area sectioned internationally (Hong Kong, Eastern Europe etc.) Spy memorabilia covered the walls. “You’ll have to do what I tell you for entry,” she said. Once I located the entrance, I had to face Miss Moneypenny, who demanded a secret password. (Or is it the other way around?) I knew the address (779 North Front Street, Milwaukee Wis.), but struggled to find the hidden alleyway door. I can tell you it’s a refuge for secret agents, disguised as a restaurant and bar. Or, at least, the owners would be miffed. I can’t divulge all the secrets of Milwaukee’s Safe House. Sunglasses: Wanderling Red Queen, gifted from Lumete.ĭress: h.NAOTO, from Closet Child (my favorite Tokyo secondhand store)Ĭut-out boots: Leche by Yosuke, from Marui One Shinjuku’s “shoe heaven” floor Please take 1 second to support by clicking the Like button below or on Huff Post Travel. I snuck into Safe House, a hidden Milwaukee restaurant/bar for spies. Shhh… the latest installment of my Huffington Post / AOL travel TV show is out.
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