Bill and Shannon Miller have performed the ultimate sleight of hand trick. With their Icon Entertainment Group, they’ve transformed an ordinary commercial basement into a downtown attraction designed for locals. Yes, House of Cards is for folks who gave up on Lower Broad after it became bachelorette central. It’s a place for people to shed their Smashville t-shirts, dress up (i.e., sports jackets and leather shoes), and leave their phones in their pockets. Thanks to a strictly no-photos policy, no one is Instagramming anything. That’s not the only magic taking place at House of Cards, but it may be the illusion that was hardest to pull off. Download PDF