These days, it feels like you can’t escape your phone, no matter how bad you want to. Gone are the days of paper menus; now you need to scan a QR code or order through an app. While some may love how easy phones make life, others… not so much. If you’re a member of the latter group, you’re in luck because one Black-owned bar in Washington, D.C. is taking things back to the Stone Age.
Well…maybe not that far. But it’s taking things back offline.
Hush Harbor, a Black-owned cocktail bar in Washington, D.C., has set down some strict rules to ensure its customers live in the moment: No phones allowed. Literally. Before entering the bar, customers must lock their phones inside a Yondr pouch. A Yondr pouch is a lockable pouch that customers keep with them and which can only be released by a magnet outside of the bar. Read more at theroot.com.
