Swiftbar london8/17/2023 ![]() From a bar menu separated into sections for cashmere, silk, cotton and hemp, to a bar engraved with measuring tape and pins and sewing implements hanging from the ceilings, it’s a story expertly told in 360 degrees – with expert drinks to boot. It’s thus no surprise that Amsterdam’s Tailor Bar has fitted into the city’s cocktail landscape with such stylish panache.īoth the menu, curated by Tess Posthumus and Wynand Fockink, and the design of the bar, tell the story of the tailor Krasnapolsky, who arrived in Amsterdam in 1856. Tailoring requires creativity, accuracy, attention to detail and a fine hand. Give their fermented Bellini a spin if you’re ever at their newbie joint on the 10th arrondissement.īonhomie Bar, 22 Rue d’Enghien, 75010 Paris, France Tailor Bar (Amsterdam) ![]() The team behind Lulu White and Little Red Door – would we have expected any less? – have created a new joint that has cracked all the bases. From morning to night, there’s an open kitchen, great juices, coffee and, of course, a cracking cocktail bar on offer. Think of Bonhomie like gastronomy’s version of a shopping mall – minus the sterility. Let’s hope for an even more exciting 2017! Bonhomie (Paris) And here’s a shout-out to London’s The Gibson, the best new European bar at this year’s MIXOLOGY BAR AWARDS, which just missed the cut – inofficially opening last November. Many great bars haven’t made the list – and still deserve your visit! Any bar that opened between mid-December 2015 to mid-December 2016 is eligible – meaning we caught a few 2015 enders and a few recent December openings in the process. First off, this year we expanded our MIXOLOGY BAR AWARDS to Europe and thus we have also expanded our top 10 list out of the GSA (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) countries to incorporate all the great bars that opened across the continent.Īlso, don’t take this as gospel. 2016’s been a great year in that regard, one with plenty of corking openings. ![]() Notably, when you focus in on our ever-growing, ever-evolving bar world. And whilst equating the beverage biz to global geopolitics isn’t something we’re in line with, there’s always room for some positivity. ![]() Upstairs - bright lights, mirrors, and a cool colour palette create an ambiance that’s perfect for a glass of bubbly although not one for settling in, the space was made to begin an evening, not to end it.What a year it was in the bar biz! In the year in which we expanded our MIXOLOGY BAR AWARDS to Europe, here’s our top ten bar openings of 2016 across the entire continent. There is a clear 1930s art deco motif running through both spaces, but each floor tackles the theme differently. Upstairs is a standing bar serving champagne, oysters, and a short menu of light cocktails - perfect for a pre-theatre aperitif. Each space is seemingly designed around what’s on offer, a lighter motif to match the lighter drinks upstairs, and a richer darker motif to match the darker spirits downstairs. The set-up is pretty simple, but also quite revolutionary. Their facade is completely unassuming, so much so that even Soho natives might just miss it, but inside Swift is definitely worth discovering. Which makes sense, considering Bobby Hiddleston broke a world record by making 9 complicated cocktails in less than 90 seconds. Unlike other cocktail bars, Swift certainly lives up to its name, by serving great signature cocktails as swiftly as possible. Taking over the former LAB site on Old Compton Street, Swift is a two storey bar that showcases the best of both the light and dark of Soho’s cocktail scene. But unlike the 1988 cult classic, don’t expect a bottle slinging Tom Cruise to serve you up some cheeky martinis, nor any flashy bottle flipping here just sleek design, great food, and some truly good cocktails. Like London’s very own cocktail tag-team, Nightjar’s Edmund Weil and Rosie Stimpson have teamed up with Milk & Honey’s Mia Johansson and Bobby Hiddleston, to create a new kind of cocktail destination in the heart of Soho. If there was ever an A-team for London’s highly competitive cocktail scene, it would definitely be made up of the team behind Swift Bar in Soho.
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