Boys Club

I like taking guys to Freemans Sporting Club. I think it's the type of place I might frequent if I were a stylish young man with vintage-modern sensibilities and a penchant for bespoke suits and old-school haberdasheries. I'd also need to be making bank to afford such fine and fashionable wares. Perhaps I could be a sensitive investment banker, or an independently wealthy writer/intellectual who'd renounced his old-money ways but kept his old-moneyed bank account (and maybe a taxidermied animal or two). I'd pop in at the barbershop for a haircut (no appointment necessary), pick up some grooming aids and magazines, and get measured for my hand-tailored suit before heading to dinner at Freemans Restaurant.

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Freemans Sporting Club is located at 8 Rivington St. You can email them to discuss your tailoring needs and set up an appointment for their Made to Measure program at custom@freemanssportingclub.com.

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