ICYMI: Anti-Trump Bar In Astor Place Will Fund Progressive Charities With Each Drink Sold

EAST VILLAGE, NY — Astor Place is getting an anti-Trump bar, where the cocktails come with a donation to the progressive charity of your choice.

The new bar, Coup, is scheduled to open at 64 Cooper Square on April 14, and plans to give all its profits to organizations like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood as a means of protesting President Donald Trump's agenda.

The idea for the pop-up watering-hole was born from post-election frustration, owner Ravi DeRossi said.

"Everyone has his or her reasons for not liking the current administration," DeRossi said in a statement.

"So what we've created is a cocktail bar that encourages discussion, love, respect, acceptance and, above all, creates a community where we turn our angst and despair into something beautiful and positive."

The bar's name comes from the French phrase coup d'etat. As described on its website: "A coup is generally defined as the violent seizure of the government by its people. But what does one call it when the people are violently seized by its government? We call it an opportunity for revolution."

This "revolution" will be booze-fueled .

One of two bars inside Coup will feature a rotating cast of local celebrity bartenders who will donate their time to mix drinks on Cooper Square.

Here's how it'll work: When you purchase a drink at Coup, you'll get a wooden token with your cocktail. You can pick which cause will get the profits from your beverage by putting your token in one of several tip jars throughout the bar.

The beneficiaries will rotate and Coup said a full list will be released soon. The goal is to support "charities, organizations and campaigns under attack by the current presidential administration," according to the bar's managers.

It's being launched by DeRossi, along with Sother Teague and Max Green. Coup's managers technically consider the bar a pop-up, but DeRossi promised it would be at least semi-permanent, telling the New York Times it would be in place as long as Trump is in office.

The bar will have a no-tipping policy, managers said.

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