Alex Mennie Posts
23 November 2020 / Fiction

Glenfiction: The Cracked Barrel

13 August 2020 / Bar Reviews

Bar Tab: Black Rock Tavern, London

 

There’s a seat in this bar that’s the perfect place to sit if you’ve ever dreamed of being a private investigator in a film noir classic. You can recline in your wicker-weaved chair, or rest your forearms on the cold marble table.

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19 June 2020 / Restaurant Reviews

Luxuriate: The Culloden Estate

The liberal application of stained glass and gothic windows, as well as the grand luxury of the Lough Bar (once the chapel), will leave you feeling regal and bordering on saintly for the duration of your stay.

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14 April 2020 / Bar Reviews

Luxuriate: Black Rock Blending Room

3 April 2020 / London

Luxuriate: K Bar, Kensington

You have to judge your audience before you start discussing terroir. Pick the wrong time or place and you could end up with a reputation for pomposity, verbiage and downright pretension. In the right circumstances though, it’s the only word that works.

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3 March 2020 / Bar Reviews

Luxuriate: Opium, Chinatown

The top online search result for “Opium London” may lead you to a jade green door on Gerrard Street, but your initial impression may not suggest a chic 1920s inspired cocktail lounge.

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