A couple of weeks ago we went to London’s Whitechapel for the official and much anticipated opening of Leman Street Tavern, the latest pub in the Geronimo Inns stable. Close to both Aldgate Underground stations, just around the corner from … Continue reading LST – Leman Street Tavern
At Boyds Grill & Wine Bar it’s not you who make a grand entrance, it’s the bar itself. I mean, if a bar could make a grand entrance, this one certainly does. There is something theatrical about it, something grand … Continue reading Boyds Grill & Wine Bar
I was very excited (or you could say doubly excited) when we were invited to a press dinner at the Disappearing Dining Club’s new permanent venture, a bar and private dining room inside LASSCO Ropewalk in Bermondsey. DDC (as I … Continue reading The Disappearing Dining Club – We Found it at Ropewalk!
Yesterday’s Burns Night reminded me that I haven’t told you about a whisky launch we attended recently. Apologies, but I was out of action for a while. I realise that it is too late to get the whiskies to toast … Continue reading R&B Distillers Whisky Launch – Slàinte!
I remember seeing a bottle of Żubrówka Vodka as a child in my dad’s drinks cabinet and being fascinated by the blade of grass in the bottle. Now, that I am allowed to drink it, I am still fascinated by … Continue reading Żubrówka Vodka – Na zdrowie
Last week saw the much anticipated opening of the Coin Laundry, a new restaurant and bar in Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell, which has become a foodies’ haven over the last few years and London-Olios were invited. My expectations were completely … Continue reading Coin Laundry
Remember when we told you last week about the exciting news that Kraken Black Spiced Rum was opening a pop-up shop & bar called ‘Think Ink Pines’, selling black Christmas trees and offering exclusive Kraken cocktails on Hackney Road? … Continue reading Kraken – Think Ink Pines – Pop-up Shop & Bar
When I was a child and winters were still winters with lots of snow I loved to build igloos in our garden with my friends for us to play in. Walking into the ice cave of Grotto Outré at the … Continue reading Grotto Outré – A very different type of Christmas
Here’s a heads up on something a little bit different for Christmas. There’ll be only 5 days next week to get yourselves to Kraken Black Spiced Rum’s pop-up bar ‘Kraken Think Ink Pines Shop’ on Hackney Road for some very … Continue reading Kraken – Think Ink Pines
Homerton? Nope, us neither. The postcode is of course a clue and E9 is in Hackney Still, even after living in London for 30 years, we had to look it up (sorry Homerton). Machine No. 3? Strange name. What is … Continue reading Welcome to Machine No. 3
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