Category: Bars
A modern speakeasy: The Nightjar
Tucked away in the heart of London’s Old Street in a Hoxton basement, The Nightjar unpretentiously mixes the glamour and charm of a Thirties cabaret venue with refined cocktail traditions from the Belle Epoque and the Prohibition era to create a modern-day speakeasy and music venue. The cocktail menue is excellent with classic Prohibition-inspired mixtures as well as more contemporary flavours. It’s however the live music programme – [...]
The Fourth Wall: London’s First Wandering Bar
Created by the people behind Bourne & Hollingsworth and Blitz Party, The Fourth Wall is a new roaming bar concept opening every Friday and Saturday from 5pm-1am. Designed to recreate the familiar within the unfamiliar, The Fourth Wall is a complete replica of Bourne & Hollingsworth bar of Rathbone Place that will be touring London [...]
A glorious past: Café de Paris
Café De Paris in London’s Piccadilly is one of the most famous and durable venues in the world. With a glittering history, spanning nine decades, the Café has consistently played host to a wide variety of powerful and absorbing performers and guests, members of the aristocracy, eminent political figures, dazzling pop stars, captains of industry, [...]
The Fifties Rocker hang-out: Ace Cafe
The original Ace Cafe opened in 1938 on the North Circular Road in London intended as a transport cafe to truck and lorry drivers. Once rebuilt in 1949 after being destroyed in a World War II air raid, it quickly became a place where motorbike riders gathered. The riders – the Ton-up boys – who [...]
The Prohibition speakeasy: Positively 4th Street
Situated five minutes from Warren Street Tube station, Positively 4th Street takes you back to the old Prohibition days of Thirties America. Heavily influenced by Art Deco with a subtle touch of Japanese culture, this bar offers a refreshing alternative to other central London venues. An impressive 35ft long Art Deco bar sets the scene while the rest of the [...]
For the clandestine cocktail drinker: The Candlelight Club
The Candlelight Club is a clandestine pop-up cocktail bar in a secret London venue, a stunning, tucked-away den with a Twenties speakeasy flavour, completely lit by candles and open every Saturday. Each night offers a one-off bespoke cocktail menu and there are special themes, guest mixologists and featured ingredients, with food and drink, plus vintage [...]
