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CLASS & CRASS
What's hot and what's not in the capital's drinking dens
What's hot and what's not in the capital's drinking dens
CLASS
TOTES TOOTS…
As in Toots and the Maytals and other reggae dudes rocking London's roster
of rum-fueled, Jamaican beach shack pop-ups. We'll see you in your heels and
ting this spring, uptown top-ranking, at Boom Burger, Rum Kitchen and Dub Jam.
AMER-TIME… AND THE LIVING IS EASY
This season's essential is an alternative kir that replaces cassis with 'Amer'
(bitter) aperitif Picon Club (orange and gentian). Add one part to ve parts
dry white wine, then lay back and picture yourself poolside en Provence.
HOUR FAVOURITE ITALIAN
If we're being picky, bar bites during a proper 'aperitivo hour' should be free.
Otherwise, this ne Venetian tradition ¦ oats our gondola.
CRASS
SILLY MARY!
Vodka, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, celery salt, a celery stick and lemon
wheel is the recipe. If we want horseradish, beef bouillon, bacon fat, oyster
juice, aloe vera, caraway seeds, mustard, balsamic vinegar, popcorn, beer,
Uncle Tom Cobley an' all in our Mary, we'll bloody well ask.
MUGLY BEHAVIOUR
So you've stumped up £40 for two cocktails, added 15% service, and now
your chip-and-pin machine is out to mug you for a tip on top of all that?
Talk about gratuities violence!
FAU'VERLOAD
We're a bit tired of faux-retro lounges. 1980s gangsters' crib; 1970s NY disco;
1960s shag pad; 1950s soda fountain; 1940s tattoo parlour; 1920s opium den;
1910 at Downton Abbey: where's your future vision, guys?
J OHNNY NEI L L
CRAFTED IN ENGLAND
J OHNNY NEI L L
CRAFTED IN ENGLAND
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