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- Grey Goose are selling a charity martini kit involving The Connaught Bar
As any long-time readers of Hot Dinners will know, we are rather partial to a good vodka martini. So it's fair to say that when we heard that a charity martini kit involving the World's Best Bar, The Connaught Bar, was launching we were very much interested. Drinking (sensibly of course) and raising
... - Homeboy brings its second modern Irish cocktail bar to Embassy Gardens
Homeboy, the modern Irish cocktail bar run by Aaron Wall and Ciaran Smith in Islington, is expanding. We've been hearing for a while that they were searching for a second site and now they've settled on Embassy Gardens. If that sounds familiar, it's in the same area where you'll find Darby's, right next to the US Embassy at Nine Elms.
If you're unfamiliar with
... - 5 great margaritas to get delivered from London bars
National Margarita Day may have been and gone but frankly, every day under lockdown feels a bit like it could benefit from one. We've picked out five particularly good versions of the classic cocktail you can order in from London bars.
- Valentine's Day truffles, dessert and cocktail to make at home
What better way to demonstrate love than by making your other half these truffles, dessert and cocktail for Valentine's Day?
- Golden Gai is Angelina's Soho spin-off bar
The original Golden Gai was a six-seater bar in Angelina in Dalston. This Soho spin-off is a much larger affair but will continue the mix of Italian and Japanese flavours in the food and drink.
- RAW (formerly Crudo) on Brick Lane will feature a fishmongers, restaurant and a speakeasy bar
This new seafood spot on Brick Lane features a ground floor restaurant and fish shop as well as a secret cocktail bar. - Test Driving Nine Lives and Tigre Tacos - a bit of London Bridge bar life at home
Tacos, cocktails, a play list and even incense for the atmosphere - we get Nine Lives bar delivered to our home.
- Hawksmoor reveal a new cocktail range for delivery - Fuller Fat old Fashioned included
As we plunge into another lockdown, Hawksmoor are on hand again to make things just that little bit better. They've converted some of their best cocktails into bottled and canned versions and you can get them delivered anywhere in the UK.
Much as Hawksmoor is known for its steaks, the restaurant group is really almost as much about the cocktails too, so this is a
... - The Connaught Bar in Mayfair is the World's Best Bar for 2020
This is VERY poor timing. As London spends its first evening in lockdown once again, one of our bars has just been named best in the world.
The Connaught Bar nabbed the top spot at the hugely competitive The World's 50 Best Bars 2020 which revealed its list today. It was a "deserving winner" said the judges "for the work that is put in and the level of artistry applied to the cocktail craft."
London was the best
... - Bar Notes: Kwant
Where is it? On Heddon Street, underneath Momo
Who's in charge? Running things here is Eric Lorincz who previously headed up the American Bar at The Savoy which he took to the top slot in the World's Best Bars list.
What's the vibe? Think subtle tropical meets clubby drawing room - so the chairs are studded Chesterfields while the plants and decor are a bit tiki.
Why is it
... - Havana-inspired Bar Bolivar in Canary Wharf is from the Casa do Frango team
Expect strong drinks and a bar food menu to match at this Havana style cocktail bar in Canary Wharf from the Caso do Frango team. - London's pizza joints and cocktail bars win big on the world stage
The news is bleak. We know that. So, frankly, we're going to take the wins where we can find them and over the past week or so London has done rather well on that front. We may be an international laughing stock over our response to Covid, but at least when it comes to pizzas and cocktails we're world-beating.
Pizzas first. The 50 Top Pizza Europe 2020 list came out just before the weekend and London
... - Test Driving JAE by Jay Morjaria at Untitled - Korean drinking food to die for
We head to Dalston to check out Jay Morjaria's permanent residency, JAE, at Untitled bar - where the Korean drinking food makes you want to order everything on the menu.
- Tayer + Elementary reopens with Kitchen FM doing the food
A Hot Dinners exclusive
One of London's coolest bars reopens tonight with a hot new food offering. Tayēr + Elementary by Alex Kratena and Monica Berg created quite the stir when it first opened (you can read our Test Drive here) with its cutting edge cocktails and an equally innovative food offering by
... - Crossroads Cocktail Bar takes over from Ladies & Gentleman in Camden
Opening its doors in Camden tonight is new bar Crossroads. It sees husband and wife team Bart and Monica Miedeksza taking over the Ladies & Gentleman Bar in Camden. The bar will still be owned by L&G's William Borrell, but run by Bart and Monica.
Lockdown gave the team a chance to give the bar a new look and, when it reopens tonight, it'll focus on both cocktails and wine.
Bart previously managed High Water in Dalston and was
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