'Agency of Record' opened its doors a few months ago in midtown on Madison Avenue, once known as the advertising corridor. The restaurant is also decorated with vintage records and books, candles and other elements typical of a bar of those years.
Even the cocktails are a tribute to the world of advertising and the names are inspired by advertising slang. "We want - owner Ryan McKenzie told ANSA - our guests at Agency of Record to feel transported to another time and another place", he said. "The design of the space - he continues - is chic and with an 'old New York' touch that is almost eccentric", he added. "If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative' by British advertising man and father of 'Brand Image' David Ogilvy, agency of Record presents itself with an elegant which goes on the sophisticated eccentric and brings one's thoughts back to the so-called kinky parties of New York's golden age of advertising. Many more famous cocktails such as Manhattan and Old Fashioned are presented in an elevated version with a modern touch.