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  • Two Drops is a bar with cheese toasties in Battersea Power Station from the Harts Group

    Two Drops is a bar plus cheese toasties in Battersea Power Station from the Harts Group

    We already knew they were bringing El Pastor to Battersea, but much like their other recent developments, the Harts Group don't just stop at one new opening. It turns out they're opening a second outpost of their Drop bar, previously seen at King's Cross, aptly called Two Drops. 

    While the original was wine-focused, the aim for this is a little wider.

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  • A Ukrainian cherry liqueur bar, Piana Vyshnia, has just opened in Soho

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    A very pleasant way to show your support for Ukraine has just arrived in London. Piana Vyshnia is part of a chain of bars that have opened across Europe showcasing one particular spirit from the country, cherry liqueur.

    The drink is a popular tipple in Ukraine, with its roots dating back to the 17th century although the first bar in this group opened in Lviv as recently as 2015. Made with cherries and

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  • Three Sheets are opening a cocktail bar in Soho

    Three Sheets are opening a cocktail bar in Soho

    12/3/24 - updated with the opening date

    They've been very popular in Dalston, and now Three Sheets are getting ready to open their second bar, this time in Soho. Run by Max and Noel Venning, the original is viewed as one of the best bars in town, and you'll also have seen Max's cocktails in many of the city's best new restaurants, like the recently opened Pearly

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  • Prelude by Oriole is popping up in Covent Garden, then the bar is staying for good

    Top bar Oriole is popping up in Covent Garden, then staying for good

    Right at the end of 2022, the very highly rated Oriole cocktail bar closed down in its original location - but with a vow to open somewhere else. Early in 2023, they popped up in Southwark, but now they're getting ready to return for good, this time in Covent Garden. 

    They'll be opening up the new Oriole in The Yards in Covent Garden, the same area where you'll find Lahpet, but

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  • London bars sweep the board at 2024's Top 50 Cocktail Bars list

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    London has pretty much half the bars on this year's Top 50 Cocktail Bars list. Here's which of them made the grade.

  • Test Driving Whiskey & Seaweed - Core by Clare Smyth's three-Michelin-starred bar

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    The new bar at Core by Clare Smyth not only features amazing cocktails but a snacks list with mini versions of the restaurant's signature dishes. We went down to try Whiskey & Seaweed. 

  • Best drink and cocktail trolleys in London's bars and restaurants

    best drink and cocktail trolleys in London's bars and restaurants 

    If you're getting table service, you might as well go the whole hog and get your drinks mixed for you there as well. Here's our guide to London's best cocktail and drinks trolleys for tableside action.

  • Test Driving Atelier Coupette - French small plates and experimental cocktails in Soho

    Test Driving Atelier Coupette

    The team behind Coupette have opened a more experimental offshoot with French small plates in Soho. We went down to see how it compares to the original.  

  • Gymkhana is opening a brand new cocktail bar called 42

    42 bar gymkhana london

    It's loved by celebrities as well as being one of the most critically rated Indian restaurants in London. Now Michelin-starred Gymkhana is getting ready to open a new cocktail bar, 42.

    The name alludes to Gymkhana's address on Albemarle Street but the entrance to the bar will actually be through the door neighbouring the restaurant. It's going to be a late-night haunt, with last orders at 2am every evening.

    And that,

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  • Core by Clare Smyth opens Whiskey & Seaweed Bar in Notting Hill

    whiskey and seaweed bar core by clare smyth

    Back at the end of summer, Clare Smyth's three Michelin-starred restaurant Core shut its doors in Notting Hill for what they described as "a refurbishment of our bar and dining room". Now it turns out that they've spent that time not simply refurbishing the restaurant but in fact building a new bar.

    Whiskey & Seaweed (the e in the name will be a nod to Clare's Northern Irish heritage) is named after

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  • Camino in King's Cross is opening an aperitivo bar on Pentonville

    camino aperitivo bar pentonville road london

    King's Cross residents and workers have long loved the hidden spot Camino, tucked away in Vanisher's Yard off the main drag. But the Spanish spot will soon be a lot less of a hidden gem once it opens its new Pentonville Road-facing bar. As part of a big development, Camino has taken over the old luggage shop on Pentonville and turned it into an aperitivo bar that'll also be a new entrance for the restaurant

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