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Top mixologist leaves Strip, lands in downtown Las Vegas

Juyoung Kang, a longtime Las Vegas beverage professional who was among several recent high-profile departures from the Fontainebleau, is setting up shaker at Doberman Drawing Room, set to open in mid-April in downtown Las Vegas.

Doberman is the cool-kids club “for the sharp and curious, a den for the city’s secret savants,” as a branding flourish puts it, with a membership application that asks questions like what songs are playing when you wake up in hell or heaven.

Kang said her mixological approach at Doberman would combine old and new, offering contemporary versions of classic cocktails while also harnessing global influences. “I want guests to experience a passport to different cultures through each sip.”

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Answer 20 Questions — and Pay $3K — to Become a Member of Las Vegas’ New Cocktail Bar

More than 4,000 people have filled out applications to become members of the Doberman — a new bar that opens this April in the Las Vegas Arts District. The bar, which features an inventive beverage program developed by one of the city’s top mixologists, will have five different rooms to explore in the old Artifice building, setting the stage for members to revisit prompts from the questionnaire: What do you do for work and, if applicable, what would you rather be doing? Have you ever been in love? Are you afraid of death? You wake up in hell — what song is playing?

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