Cain LLC
544 W 27th St # 3
New York, NY 10001
212-947-8000
www.cainnyc.com
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Rate and Write a Review The sun seems always to have just set in this Africa-themed club in deepest, darkest Chelsea. Shadows of acacia thorn trees play across the floor, and orange lights warm the sides of rough-hewn timber columns draped with colored beads. Owner Jamie Mulholland (Lotus, PM) took a trip to his native South Africa with noted socialite and designer Robert McKinley and returned with enough artifacts to create what they call "the ultimate escape from reality." It's a lofty claim, and one that many would-be patrons won't have a chance to test. ("The whole club will be VIP," said a publicist during the club's opening week.) Should you get in, you'll encounter bottle-service-only seating in the flirt-ready room, which features a mingling-and-dancing gallery in its center. Live percussionists occasionally augment the in-house DJ, who commands a chieftain-like position under a spotlighted kudu antelope head. It's a scene vaguely reminiscent of the old Pangaea, but with a higher tax-bracketed crowd.




