Cocktails

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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• The Berkeley are now sending cocktails by bike to Knightsbridge residents

  

  Look, we were already jealous about folks living in SW1, but now we're even more so.

  Not only are they in one of London's swankiest postcodes, but now they're also getting an at-home cocktail service direct from The Berkeley's Blue Bar.

  The Blue Bar Bikes are now available seven days a week. So if you fancy one of their martinis mixed for you on your doorstep, you simply call them up and one of the team will

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• BAO launch Cocktail Rescue alongside Rice Error in Hackney

  

  BAO have been very busy of late. They've recently launched their new home-delivery service Rice Error in Borough and Fitzrovia (you can read more about that here - and look out for a Test Drive next week). Now they're getting ready to bring Rice Error to Hackney - but that's not

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• Test Driving Top Cuvee's new park delivery service

  

  In what's rapidly becoming the new normal, Londoners, unable to go to bars or restaurants, are switching their social lives to London's parks along with picnics and booze. So you've got to hand it to Highbury's Top Cuvee who have not only spotted the trend but hopped on board.

  The restaurant, which had already done a stellar job of moving to delivery with their Shop Cuvee offering, yesterday started delivering wine and cocktails by bike to two

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• London’s best drinks… wine, beer, cocktails, bars and more...

  Whether you want a case of some interesting natural wines delivered, need to overhaul your drinks cupboard or fancy going out for cocktails, it's all here in our comprehensive guide to the best drinking to be enjoyed in London. 

• Whisky cocktails to order in for World Whisky Day

  To celebrate World Whisky Day this weekend, we've picked out five whisky cocktails worth ordering around London. All of these can be delivered the day you order, if you're in the bar's catchment areas.

• Timeless cocktail bar launches in Hackney

  Funicular Productions, the creative force behind some of London’s more immersive food-and-drink experiences, are opening a new time-travel-focused cocktail bar in Hackney called Timeless.

• Smokey Kudu and Curious Kudu see Peckham's Kudu restaurant empire expanding

  The team behind popular Peckham venue Kudu are opening a new tapas restaurant and cocktail bar, both on the same road as the original. 

• Hawksmoor bring in a new cocktail list and Spitalfields gets new bar snacks too

  

  One easy recommendation for a great bar in London has always been the downstairs bar at Hawksmoor Spitalfields. Now, for the first time in nearly a decade, they've brought in a completely new cocktail list.

  The 26 new drinks, many of which we tried on a preview the other week, capitalise on Hawksmoor’s second win for Best International Restaurant Bar at the prestigious Tales of the Cocktail awards in New Orleans earlier this year.

  Behind the

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• The World’s 50 Best Bars 2019 are revealed - Dante NYC claims top spot

   

  The World's 50 Best Bars 2019 were revealed last night with New York’s Dante claiming the top spot. The top-ranked New York Bar which has seen multiple residencies in London over the past few years placed above London’s top bars The Connaught and The American Bar at the Savoy.

  Also in the top 10 were more of our favourite international drinking spots, now familiar names due to regular popups and takeovers –

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