It was 20 years ago that Jamie Mulholland first came crashing into NYC ready to make his mark on the city’s nightlife and hospitality scene with his signature cocktail of bold innovation, understated chic, and heaving popularity.
Cain, the original bad-boy nightclub in the Mulholland stable opened in 2004 in a converted taxi garage, in the soon to be discovered west side of Manhattan.
The club, with its dark woody interiors and plush elegance, epitomized Mulholland’s subtle but sexy South African style. Cain became synonymous with noughties it-girl parties and long lines round the block, and soon was hosting pop-up club nights in the Hamptons, at Sundance and at the MTV Music Awards in Miami. In 2007, Cain went international and launched Cain Paradise Island, Atlantis in the Bahamas and continues to attract a steady scene of international jet setters.
IN 2007, Mulholland and his dynamic team took the glamor quotient up a notch with the launch of the exclusive Goldbar in Nolita, NYC’S perennially hipster neighborhood on the fringe of SoHo. Small and intimate, and drenched in gold, this elite members club remains a much-loved fixture in the city’s coveted nightlife.
Pre-empting the surf culture frenzy to follow, in 2008, Mulholland Leisure launched The Surf Lodge, Montauk, a 32-room hotel and restaurant on the eastern tip of Long Island.
The magical location and the boho surfer lifestyle it promised ushered in a new breed of tourism that would fundamentally shift perceptions of, and transform the income potential of, the sleepy hollow that was Montauk.
Ketchy Shuby, the most recent addition to Mulholland’s stable has already delivered on its promise. With exceptional food, cocktails and its irie island feel, Ketchy Shuby’s got its roots in reggae and its soul in deep downtown vibes.
