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Cold Storage
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Cold Storage is the seafood counterpart to the meat-heavy steakhouse it’s attached to, Swift & Sons. The two are meant to function independently, but in reality you can’t understand one without understanding the dynamic of the two.
It’s like the restaurant version of the movie Inception, a restaurant within a restaurant. Walk in the front door and you’re hit with two layers: to the right, Swift & Sons, a large, lively, and all around great steakhouse that blends in nicely with Fulton Market. To the left, Cold Storage, a bar area that’s been carved out of the same space, but specializes in seafood instead. Make no mistake, Swift & Sons is the DiCaprio of the two, but Cold Storage is more than just a supporting actor. It's an entire supporting cast of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, and Ellen Page, a group that can carry a night on their own.
The space is meant to feel like one of the old refrigeration and ice storage rooms that once filled this neighborhood, and overall that point gets across. But instead of factory workers, Cold Storage serves a more high-end and tech advanced crowd, especially with the Google offices right next door.
Seating is highlighted by a large half-moon bar in the center of the room, and that's definitely where you want to be. And while the space feels like a bar, the seafood is great, from oysters, to clams with chorizo, to extremely affordable sandwiches that make for an easy meal. All of these things combined make Cold Storage Perfect for a First/Early In The Game Date, or any meal in general where sitting at a bar or high top table is ideal.
We're convinced Leo's character at the end of Inception wasn't in the real world, but we're also convinced we live in The Matrix ourselves. If you don't believe us, Cold Storage is the kind of place to throw back a few oysters and talk about these kinds of things.