Unlike the private clubs of old, which used high barriers to entry as a way of separating the us from the them, many of today’s members-only businesses do so for more practical economic reasons. That’s what was behind Cory Hajde’s decision to open The Writer’s Room, an intimate cocktail lounge that resides over Cloak & Dagger in Tremont.

Given today’s economic climate, one that is especially harsh on small business owners, the membership-based model offers some relief in the form of a reliable income stream regardless of a single night’s till.

“I have nerves about where the cocktail industry is going because, you know, the impending recession; people don’t want to spend that kind of money,” Hajde explains. “But I also know that there are a lot of people who value cocktails, who value ser

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