Glasshouse, on the corner of Brick Lane and Bethnal Green Road is home to multimedia events space The Commons, bookshop cafe The Common Press, and bar Common Counter. The bar menu features serves that reference queer figures and queer history, including the Dance of the Forty One (mezcal, vermouth, nitro cold brew, xocolatl syrup & mole bitters), inspired by the 1901 raid on a Mexico City house where a secret drag ball was being held that led to the arrest of 41 men, an incident which has now been reclaimed as a defining moment in Mexican queer culture. The bar is also be stocked with locally sourced spirits, wines from GRAFT and beers from The Queer Brewing Project, and also plays host to everything from voguing dance classes to poetry nights to book club-style discussions
