Durham, North Carolina
The Bar Beej is the cocktail bar attached to Cheeni, Preeti Waas's Indian restaurant on North Corcoran Street, and is run by her daughter Amy Waas as beverage manager. It is a small Bollywood-themed speakeasy that takes walk-ins only, and every cocktail draws on the Cheeni kitchen: ghee-washed whiskey with salted jaggery, a chai martini, a mango and gin highball. A fixed list of house drinks sits beside rotating seasonals, with wines from women producers and a short beer list.
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