After opening their Mexican restaurant in Dalston last year, Corrochio’s are getting ready for the next level - or one level down to be more precise. They're launching their new bar CINCO underneath the restaurant, which will have a big focus on Agave and Mexican spirits.
The main cocktails list here will have five agave cocktails, five more with other Mexican spirits and, very much on trend right now, five low/no-alcohol cocktails. On the list you'll find drinks like:
- El Guapo - Espadin mezcal, vermouth, Alma Finca Mexican orange liqueur, achiote, and mango with chilli, oregano, bay leaf and citrus shrub
- El Tejate - corn and butter fat washed Abasolo Whisky with a bitter aperitif, Nixta corn liqueur and creme de cacao
- And the non-alcoholic El Pichon - a mix of Three Spirits livener, grapefruit soda and house citrus solution, finished with verbena, grapefruit and saline air
Like us, we're sure that's left you wondering what on earth "saline air" is, but regardless it's a very interesting list.
On the spirits side of things, they're aiming to have a unique curated list of agave and more that owners Daniel Corrochio and Amy McQuarrie have picked up during their travels around Mexico. They'll even have their own in-house, limited edition Mezcal called Pechuga de Piña, from a small producer in the Ejutla region of Oaxaca which is distilled with fresh local pineapples. That will be available at the bar and you'll be able to buy it too.
There will be food as well and, mimicking the drinks side of the list, there will be five small plates on offer which will be smaller versions of some of the signature dishes upstairs. Those include the Flauta de Pulpo (a blue corn tortilla deep fried with an octopus tentacle, on a bed of jalapeno mash) and the XO Taco (pork belly on a bed of XO sauce, deep fried with panko and topped with salsa borracha and pink pickled radish).
As for the room, it seats just 30 and as you can see from the photo above, has a lovely stripped-back look to it. It certainly sounds like a very promising new bar for Dalston.
More about CINCO
Where is it? 76 Stoke Newington Road, London N16 7XB
When does it open? 5 March 2024
Find out more: Visit their website or follow them on Instagram @corrochios.
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