If you want to grab a pint at Morgan’s, the posh new English pub on the 13th floor of JPMorgan Chase’s $3 billion Park Avenue headquarters, you’d better start updating your resume. This isn’t your average Midtown local; it’s a strict, employees-only sanctuary designed by legendary architect Norman Foster to bring a slice of London to Manhattan.
The bar made headlines recently when staff used a high-tech beer printer to surprise CEO Jamie Dimon with his own face floating on the head of a Guinness. While Dimon found the joke funny, he promptly banned the practice to avoid looking like a vanity project. Now, the bartenders stick to printing images of the building or seasonal icons like pumpkins. But even without Dimon’s mug on your stout, getting a seat is a Herculean task—with only 55 seats for 10,000 employees, junior bankers are booking tables weeks in advance just to snag a shepherd’s pie ($21) and a view of the Empire State Building.
The vibe is strictly “Old World” meets “High Finance,” with a menu featuring $23 fish and chips and even a $10 “Morgan’s Mule” mocktail for those adhering to the bank’s no-day-drinking rule. It’s a bold bet that a shiny new bar can restore the glamour of Wall Street in an era of remote work and tech perks. If you’ve got a friend at the bank’s HQ, now is the time to call in that favor—just don’t expect a black car to pick you up afterward; the bank just tightened the rules on those, too.
