The finishing touches are being put on Dot Dot Dot before it opens in just over a week. Here’s your first look inside (video)

Dot Dot Dot, a new speakeasy concept located in what used to be a storage space under Park Road Shopping Center, will open in the Backlot next Tuesday, July 18.

The members-only space was meant to open in mid-May, but due to contractor and permit delays, had to push it back twice, but that’s all behind them and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

[Related: Dot Dot Dot targets a June 1 open date. Peek in at what will be an intimate, upscale, screen-free space]

Conrad Hunter and Stefan Huebner, both well known in the Charlotte bar scene (Hunter is the owner of Foxcroft Wine Co. and Huebner has risen to fame thanks to his craft cocktails at Heist), have come together to create a screen-free environment that will foster the long-lost form of true bar conversation.

The vibe they’re going for feels old without falling into the category of antiquated – think brunch at your grandmother’s house, according the Huebner, which will all be reflected in the house rules, décor and menu.

The focus will be on the décor. In addition the emphasis on lack of screens, Huebner and Hunter are banking on copper ceilings, leather booths, two-top tables, book-lined walls and low lighting to give it an upscale, cozy feel.

“It isn’t the kind of place where people will come looking for a date,” Hunter told the Agenda in May. “It’s the type of place that people will bring a date.”

The 24 cocktails on the menu will fall between $10 and $15, with most $13, and they’ll be served on a 30-foot long marble bar with a backbar anchored by end-to-end spirits.

The cocktail menu will be split straight down the middle between classics (Sidecar, Old Fashioned) and house cocktails made with bourbon, whiskey and gin.

Food will be just slightly more expensive, but also lend itself to the classic, upscale feel with plates like Char-Grilled Octopus, Bone Marrow and Steak Tartare. See the full menu.

It is members-only, and the $10-per-year dues will get members a membership card to present at the door and an additional three guests in with each visit. As of May, there were close to 300 people signed up. Details.

And, finally, see the space in its live-action glory:

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