Drinking
Campo Viejo ‘Streets of Spain’ Festival (35 Pics)
Campo Viejo ‘Streets of Spain’ Festival Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX (map) This is the 4-day ‘Streets of Spain’ festival on the South Bank, “a four day celebration of modern Spanish food, wine, art and culture”. Traders from Barcelona’s La Boqueria Market will be selling their produce; wine tasting will be held […]
PHOTO ALBUM: London Cocktail Society presents Cherry Picked Cocktails at Bunga Bunga (47 Pics)
Bunga Bunga37 Battersea Bridge Rd, Battersea, London, SW11 3BA (map) “Cherry picked cocktails with Supercherry!” The London Cocktail Society returns to Italian themed party bar/restaurant, Bunga Bunga, with ‘Supercherry‘ an importer of artisanal Italian food and drink. Rob and Jane Stephany are the husband and wife team behind Italian importers Supercherry. Presenting for the […]
London Coffee Festival 2013 (50 Pics)
London Coffee Festival 2013, 25-28th April 2013The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL (map) The London Coffee Festival returns for its third year. This four day event celebrates all things coffee related. From machines and bean to cakes and pastries for your coffee business. The London Coffee Festival isn’t just ‘espresso-machine-porn’ […]
Tanqueray Gin Palace – Pop up gin emporium (20 Pictures)
Tanqueray Gin returned to Covent Garden with a pop-up two-day ‘Gin Emporium’ on 27-28 March. The event kicked off with a VIP night with guests including Idris Elba and Rosario Dawson… all in celebration of Charles Tanqueray’s birthday! Gin has seen a big resurgence in recent years with artisan distillers appearing across the country. […]
NEWS: City of London Distillery – First Batch of Gin expected next week
City Of London Distillery (COLDistillery) 22-24 Bride Lane, City of London, London, EC4Y 8DT The first batch of gin from COLDistillery, London’s newest working distillery for approximately 200 years, is expected to be released next week! A partnership between owner Jonathan Clark and Jamie Baxter (ex-Master Distiller for Chase Distillery), has resulted in a […]
SOFT OPENING: Opium Chinatown, Bar & Dim Sum Parlour (36 Pictures)
Opium Chinatown 16 Gerrard St, Chinatown, London, W1D 6JE Opium is back! Behind the “green door”… Eric Yu and Dre Masso open their cocktail bar and dim sum parlour in the heart of Chinatown. The star of this new venue is definitely the Bartender’s Table. Like a restaurant’s “chef’s table” but for cocktails. It is […]
REVIEW (OPENING DAY): MASH Steakhouse (41 Pictures)
MASH – Modern American Steak House 81 Brewer Street, London, W1F 0RH Danish Steakhouse MASH – Modern American Steak House opened on Saturday evening in Piccadilly. As expected many of the art deco interior features from the former Titanic Restaurant site have been retained in the 300 seater venue. With a solid reputation from its […]
PHOTO ALBUM: Rumfest 2012 : DAY 2 (57 Pictures)
Rumfest 2012 1 Western Gateway. Royal Victoria Dock. London. E16 1XL The second and final day of Rumfest 2012! . Still busy but a lot more manageable crowds on Sunday suggest that the hardcore fans came on Sunday. This album from Sunday includes appearances from; Ron Botran: Francis Weir & Manuel Alvarez Plantation Rum & […]
PHOTO ALBUM: Rumfest 2012 : DAY 1 (39 Pictures)
Rumfest 2012 1 Western Gateway. Royal Victoria Dock. London. E16 1XL It’s time for Rumfest 2012! This annual celebration of ‘all-things-rum’ is held in October at the end of London Cocktail Week. The great and the good of the rum world descend on London to showcase their wares and catch up with fans of the […]
Q&A: Where can I good cocktail in Covent Garden?
UPDATE: (11-Oct-2012) There are also venues such as ‘Mishkins’ and ‘Hawksmoor Seven Dials’ but they are only licence for food with drink so they were not originally included. FAQ: Where can I get a good cocktail in Covent Garden Since I’ve been getting a few questions on the ‘Twitter-sphere’ I thought I’d give proper answers […]
