This October, Inception Group will launch Cahoots: Postal Office, inside an old railway arch within the Borough Yards development, on the edge of the world-famous Borough Market. Modelled on a vintage post office, the new opening will transport guests back to 1946, where The Cahoots Scoundrels have commandeered the mail depot  transforming it into a raucous high spirits hub for distributing pilfered rations, home-brewed hooch, and cocktails featuring exotic smuggled ingredients.

Entering through the post office shopfront, Cahoots guests will be greeted at the overflowing mail counter, by a Postie; keeping watch for suspicious coppers looking to bust the Cahoots Scoundrels and their latest illicit Borough cocktail operation. Guests will be directed through a postbox into an immersive sorting area where a whole new Cahoots world awaits. In stark contrast to the façade of the post office, the two-floor sorting area will be a hive of bustling activity, with a capacity for 80 seated guests or 120 standing guests for private events.

Repurposing the latest in 1940s mail delivery technology, the focal point will be a pneumatic tube system. A world first installation, that will see cocktails whizzing overhead as they are delivered to guests from the bar to tables,  through a series of air-powered tubes. Cocktails available from the pneumatic system will include:

This Way Up with Patrón Silver tequila

Signed, Sealed, Delivered with Bombay Sapphire gin

Par Avion Grey Goose L' Original vodka  

The dynamic space will be fully flexible; accommodating all group sizes with a mélange of seating arrangements including repurposed mail sack chairs and even seats within a converted mail train cart. In typical Inception Group style, immersive and interactive elements will feature throughout the venue. From hidden mechanical controls to functional buttons that will impact the sound, lighting and general operation of the space. Decorative elements will include suspicious rattling parcels, carrier pigeons and even an exotic airmail freight from Cuba containing Winston Churchill's favourite cigars. Maurice, the beloved post office cat, will be keeping a watchful eye over the sorting area ensuring that nothing is above board. 

On the mezzanine level, guests will find The Dead Letter Depot: a treasure trove of precious mail that never reached its intended destination. Undelivered parcels and packages will wrap the curved walls of the old rail arch, and anyone who dares to lay hands on the most highly valued loot will trigger the Cahoots anti-theft deterrent alarm system! Nestled amongst forgotten cargo and eclectic artefacts, guests can take a break in the Tea Corner, where repurposed telephone switchboards can be used to listen in on tantalising 1946 gossip and top secret dispatches. 

On the launch of the new venue, Charlie Gilkes, co-founder of Inception Group notes "After the enormous success of the original Cahoots in Soho, which imagined the scoundrels had occupied a 1940s underground tube station and ticket hall we are very excited to be expanding the network. Borough market feels like the perfect location for our second opening and we are very excited to be exploring another great British institution; the post office, and have created our most immersive venue to date."

Cahoots: Postal Office will open officially on 11th October 

For more information, please contact Cameron Roffey on Cameron@inception-group.com

Cahoots: Postal Office

20 Stoney Street

London SE1 9AD

https://www.cahoots.co.uk

@cahootslondon

About The Cahoots Network:

The original Cahoots (13 Kingly Ct, Carnaby, London W1B 5PW) launched in 2015 and is modelled on a disused underground tube station in Soho circa 1946. The venue, features a Bakerloo Line train carriage and imagines that a group of mischievous opportunists, The Scoundrels, have discovered this old tube station turned air raid shelter and are keeping the Blitz spirit alive with illicit  knees ups and swing dancing.  The Scoundrels soon expand their operation by bringing an Old Borough Post Office into 'The Cahoots Network'. 

About Borough Yards    

Borough Yards is at the epicentre of London Bridge's burgeoning culinary, culture and creative scenes.    Established under historic railway arches, the neighbourhood fuses its Victorian history with contemporary London life to create a discerning shopping, dining, and cultural district on the doorstep of London's favourite food market.   The destination is home to 50 premium shops, popular restaurants, bars, and cultural experiences. It brings together Londoners' favourite restaurants and bars, including Akara, Barrafina and Bancone, with year-round arts, culture, leisure, amenities, shopping, unique heritage, and award-winning design to inspire locals, creatives, and visitors alike.