Zero Bond Is Getting Some Competition

Various nightclub power players (including Richard Wheeler and Josh Angel from megabar 1 Oak) and celebrity investors (most notably Carmelo Anthony) make up the muscle behind 9 Jones (9 Jones St., nr. W. 4th St.), a semi-private club in the West Village with a Greek-leaning menu and cocktail-cart service. The dining room will have plush velvet seating and crystal chandeliers—of course—but the real place to be is a hidden back room featuring its own entrance and a one-way mirror through which VIPs (and, possibly, a certain nightlife-loving mayor) can peer out undisturbed.