Smoke signals: smoking report
This month sees the opening of a new “cigar room” at the May Fair Hotel in London, serving up cognacs, armagnacs, whiskies, vintage champagne and Martinis alongside the finest cigars. It is part of a growing trend for bars to make the most of the smoking ban which has now been in place for six …
Baa Bar Group
Elaine Clarke was just 23 when she was approached in 1991 to run a new bar opening up in Liverpool city centre. She had been working in bars and restaurants since school and, at the time, was already general manager of Café Tabac in Bold Street. The new venture was Baa Bar which opened over …
UK bars finalists for global awards
Bars and bartenders from the UK have made it through to the finalists’ list for the international Spirited Awards run as part of Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. After a shortlist was published in May, the organisers have revealed the top four finalists in each category before the winners are announced during the …
