trangely, Proof doesn't serve any Vodka. No, I'm just messing with you: it's drowning in the clear stuff. A cocktail lounge heavy on eastern-European libations (because, unlike Ireland in the 19th Century, eastern-Euro nations have plenty of potatoes), Proof rides the hotel bar trend to great success.

Shaking off its former blandness, The Intercontinental Hotel is proving that, if you re-work it, they will come. By killing off the staid Harmony lounge and rejuvenating the liberated space with a hip new lounge – now dubbed Proof: The Vodka Bar – the hotel is luring younger Yorkvillians, occasional fur hat wearers, and cocktail-craving suit pilgrims from the north and south.

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Proof is soaking in its fresh design re-vamp with an out-of-the-box lounge formula. The InterConti hired Tim Zebrowski (of the California-based Zebrowski Design Group) to create Proof’s design, which he did with zest and imagination, immersing the space in chocolate browns and sage greens. Interior designer Cecconi Simone then handled the actual implementation of the various elements, cutting, pasting and re-jigging the space, clearly for the better.