October 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Cafe Bar Top
This Long, thin bar has a wide scattering of chrome chairs and tables out front, spilling onto the wide pavement in a mess that stops an evening stroller and invites them to sit and drink. The friendly inhabitants of the so called cafe are its regulars but the bar staff don’t give 100per [...]
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Tags: Calella
October 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Be at One - B@1
Larger than its covent garden counterpart this wooden floored, more up-market version of be st one is s bar that lives for its happy hour. It gets noisy quickly in the early evening and the bar staff let out shrieks every now and then, offering specialised twists on the vast cocktail [...]
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Tags: Soho and Leicester Square
October 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
The Long Hope Pub
At the top of the angel hill looking down into the belly of kings cross and it a smattering of stations is perched the oddly named “long hope”. Quiet in the day and at night far enough away from the action to be comfortable. Creepy across the floorboards inside we come across [...]
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Tags: Euston and Kings Cross
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Glaciar Irish Bar
Located in one of the top corners of this rather central square of Barcelona - just off the Ramblas, sits Glaciar bar. No one in our party seems to understand why exactly an Irish bar with a hint of American diner thrown in should have anything to do with ice caps but the [...]
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Tags: Barcelona
Vodka Revolution
The first thing you notice as you trundle up the road towards this venue is that it looks quite beautiful from outside. The site literally used to be a bank which is why to this day one of the rooms is called the vault. One will find the whole atmosphere of this place very [...]
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Tags: Aldgate Moorgate and Liverpool Street
Eagle Bar and Diner
Up itself as a bit of an exclusive and oh-so-fantastic bar or perhaps the staff would just claim that the place prides itself on a good cocktail and dj service. Not getting popular til later on however, the eagle seems quite laid back about the fact that it is still empty around nine o’clock, with [...]
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Tags: Fitzrovia and Goodge Warren Street
H-Top Hotel Amaika Bar
Getting in on the all-inclusive action on this hotel or in this hotel group on the Costa Brava means basically free drinks at the bar. Okay this does not account for all drinks but the majority of your basics (G&T, vodka, rum, schnapps, wine, whisky, beer) are all free with mixers. Unfortunately [...]
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Tags: Calella
September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Brannigans Nightclub
Brannigans in Chester is a large commercial club clinging to the centre of Chester with its teeming nightlife and drunken revellers. There are often queue to get in but they are not as long as they were some years ago when Brannigans was the capital letter among the lowercase alphabet of the other bars and [...]
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Tags: Chester
The Counting House
I read online that this place was once a bank and its superior decor really plays tribute to grander times and designs. The ceiling inside is very high, walls are decorated in works of art, the centre bar is a tall affair decorated with alcohol and wines. The venue splits into the ground [...]
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Tags: Aldgate Moorgate and Liverpool Street
Dublin’s Fair City Pub
This pub looks like it took off from somewhere in the UK and landed slap-bang in the middle of Calella. The interior inside is exactly what would be expected from a traditional British pub including good quality Guinness, beer served in pints and a big screen showing sports for its punters. The [...]
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Tags: Calella