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Mark and Jonnie Houston, the brothers behind Houston Hospitality, have created a ‘70s basement lounge, a rum and cigar lounge, a Victorian mansion turned ‘20s glam party house, and now, with Break Room 86, their newest venue, an ‘80s-themed bar with karaoke. The new bar is scheduled to open later this week at The Line Hotel in Koreatown -- possibly tonight. Enter through the loading dock off Ardmore then walk through an employee entrance. From there, you’re directed down a grey, glossy-walled hallway past the hotel kitchens and ice machines. The end of your destination is what was originally designed as the hotel employee break room, now transformed into L.A.’s newest ‘80s bar.Like most Houston Hospitality properties, there is an element of surprise to the entrance. We won’t ruin it for you. Once inside, you’re in an underground New York dance club from the ‘80s. There are old stacked TVs playing “Garfield,” “The Ghostbusters” and “Rainbow Brite” highlighting the dance floor, a DJ booth with a special area for friends — and a wall completely covered in tapes.Houston Hospitality Beverage Director Joe Swifka created a cocktail menu inspired by his childhood. The “Rock-It Pop,” named after the old Herbie Hancock song, is made to look like a red, white and blue Turbo Rocket popsicle. There’s a bottom red layer of raspberry black tea syrup, a middle layer of lemon juice and vodka, and blue Curacao on top. The Dr.J! cocktail was named after basketball player Julius Erving, and is also an homage to Swifka’s love of Orange Julius. His tiki version of the mall favorite incorporates lime, orange and pineapple juice, vanilla liqueur, overproof rum, Irish whiskey and a dash of bitters. “Each drink is loosely based on a fruit, with lemon, cherry, etc., then they get the modern craft

Mark and Jonnie Houston — those fraternal twin L.A. club kings who’ve cornered the industry-millennial nightlife market with their star-speckled (Joaquin Phoenix, Robert Pattinson), secret-entranced theme bars like Good Times at Davey Wayne’s (1970s house party) and Pour Vous (Jazz Age salon in Paris) — have a new after-dark den: Madame Siam Sideshow Emporium, which was once Rudolph Valentino’s subterranean speakeasy on Hollywood Boulevard. Now it’s a sprawling riff on the classic American traveling carnival, one that may have gotten lost somewhere along the Silk Road.Bowing June 8 with a private Moschino afterparty (following the men’s spring and women’s resort shows) hosted by designer Jeremy Scott, Madame Siam, which is in the same building as the Houstons’ magic-themed spot Black Rabbit Rose, features contortionists and illusionists performing amid disassembled carousel horses and scavenged bric-a-brac ranging from opium pipes to birdcages.There’ll be amped-up takes on classic carnival fare (corn dogs, popcorn) and the kind of artisanal cocktail program (housemade this, handcrafted that) the Houstons are known for, including special offerings mixed at the invite-only bar-within-the-bar-within-the-bar situated behind a tarot card reader and accessible to only a few folks at a time. (Ah, Hollywood.)Then there’s the lineup of sideshow amusements overseen by barkers. Among them: a midway attraction involving Wiffle balls thrown through hand-painted Kim Jong-un’s eyes, hands and mouth, which sits next to a game in which patrons attempt to knock out cans lodged in a cartoon Donald Trump’s massive open pie hole. “The political climate — the threats against refugees, of nuclear bombs — it’s just draining,” says Mark. “This is a release valve.”Mark insists Madame Siam’s long-gestating debut wasn’t held up by his ex-girlfriend Lucy McIntosh’s domestic abuse allegation last fall, which the model first aired as a #MeToo accusation on Instagram, then later pursued as an assault and battery suit. For his part, Mark filed his own defamation and extortion claim against McIntosh in court first, and the former couple signed a settlement statement May 11 — shared with THR by his attorney — in which the competing legal filings were dropped and she affirmed that he “was never an abusive boyfriend.” (McIntosh’s counsel didn’t return a request for comment.)The Houstons, who now maintain an archipelago of 10 properties, are continuing the expansion of their fantasy lands with two forthcoming concepts set to open at the Los Angeles Football Club’s new Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park, as well as a revamp of the former Falcon address along the Sunset Strip as The Continental Palms Country Club, a cheekily fantastical ode to 1960s Palm Springs — replete with a nine-hole mini golf course and a 30-foot aquarium featuring synchronized swimmers performing routines. Says Jonnie: “It’s important to

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