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Connaught Bar
London is famous for its grand hotels, and names like Claridge’s and The Ritz are synonymous with five-star luxury. Almost as famous are the bars these hotels house, honey pots to the rich and famous and many, like the Savoy, with a historic link to the cocktail. In the first of a new series, I explore the hotel bars of London and see if their reputations are deserved.
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Artesian Bar
London is famous for its grand hotels, and names like Claridge’s and The Ritz are synonymous with five-star luxury. Continuing a series investigating the bars of these historic venues, I visit Artisian Bar, the rum-centric bar attached to the Langham Hotel.
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The Purple Bar
London is famous for its grand hotels, and names like Claridge’s and The Ritz are synonymous with five-star luxury. Continuing a series investigating the bars of these historic venues I visit The Purple Bar at The Sanderson. An opulent mix of rich purple fabrics, chic cut-glass mirrored tiles and raw stone, do the drinks live up to the decor?
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The Donovan Bar
London is famous for its grand hotels, and names like Claridge’s and The Ritz are synonymous with five-star luxury. Continuing a series investigating the bars of these historic venues I visit the bar at Brown’s Hotel, an homage to British photographer Terence Donovan.
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The May Fair Bar
London is famous for its grand hotels, and names like Claridge’s and The Ritz are synonymous with five-star luxury. Continuing a series investigating the bars of these historic venues, I visit the sleek and modern May Fair Hotel to try drinks at the similarly contemporary May Fair Bar.
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Blue Bar at The Berkeley
London is famous for its grand hotels, and names like Claridge’s and The Ritz are synonymous with five-star luxury. Continuing a series investigating the bars of these historic venues, I head over to Knightsbridge to visit The Blue Bar at The Berkeley, a very blue bar and allegedly a favourite haunt of Madonna.
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The Dorchester Bar
London is famous for its grand hotels, and names like Claridge’s and The Ritz are synonymous with five-star luxury. Continuing a series investigating the bars of these historic venues, I visit The Dorchester Bar to sample their house Old Tom gin.
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Claridge’s Bar
London is famous for its grand hotels, and names like The Dorchester and The Ritz are synonymous with five-star luxury. Continuing a series investigating the bars of these historic venues, I visit Claridge’s Bar to see how their cocktails shape up.
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Prost!
My third day in Berlin saw sessions from The Traveling Mixologists, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Henry Besant, Nick Strangeway and Charles Vexenat at the BCB, plus the Mixology Magazine Bar Awards 2008 and visits to Victoria Bar and Rum Trader. A great ending to a fun few days in Berlin.
Mein Kopf tut weh
A hazy look back at my second day in Berlin, which featured delicious Weiner Schnitzel, local German Schnapps, plenty of Gin and Tonics and some incredible bars.
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Ich bin ein Berliner
A look back at my first day in Berlin for Bar Convent Berlin 2008, the second annual bartending show held by Mixology Magazine. Join me as I visit the Mixology Magazine offices, head to Reingold bar for a party held by the Traveling Mixologists, and stumble around the bars of Berlin with a motley crew of cocktailians.
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B♭
The last stop in my tour of the finest bars of New York, B♭ is the new bar from the bartenders responsible for putting Angel’s Share on the map. Providing an interesting mixture of both modern and classic trends in the world of cocktails, and with a definite Eastern influence, B♭ made for a great end to my time in America.
