You’ll be spoilt for choice in Montreal if you love French-inspired bistro-resto / brasserie style food. Plus you’ll love the people – being a restaurant host here is a thing of pride. You’ll get great staff at both these restaurants reviewed, all the way through from a glad-handing maître d’ to the junior who recites […]
Sipsmith’s Hot Gin Roof at Ham Yard Hotel
January 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Sipsmith and Ham Yard Hotel have teamed up to bring back the hot gin experience for ‘ginthusiasts’. Firmdale Hotel’s Group Mixologist, Eoin Kenny and Sipsmith Master Distiller, Jared Brown have delved back into the history books and discovered that not only was gin first sipped hot before there was access to central heating, but also […]
Half Hitch Gin Micro Distillery in Camden Lock London
August 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Fifty years after the last gin production left Camden Lock, Half Hitch gin founder, Mark Holdsworth, has opened the doors to his micro-distillery, complete with a 210-litre copper pot still. Housed in the former blacksmith’s building in West Yard, Camden Lock, this was the heart of 20 acres of London’s gin distilling & warehousing trade in the late 1800s. An express […]
Beefeater Gin Announces #mylondon Film Fest Winners
August 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
Beefeater, the world’s best-selling premium gin, which launched #MyLondon Film Fest, a three-month competition for independent and amateur filmmakers to celebrate the unique spirit of the Capital announced the winners at a gala screening on 13th August 2013. Guests at the Roxy Cinema and Bar in Borough London were treated to an evening of winning […]
2nd Glorious Year for Bloom’s PYO Strawberry & Gin Pop-up
June 6, 2013 by 1 Comment
The BLOOM Pick Your Own Strawberries pop-up will be returning for a second year bringing together one of Britain’s most iconic pastimes, strawberry picking, with one of the nations most popular drinks, gin. From Tuesday 11 June to Thursday 13 June guests will be able to swap the bustle of the West End for the […]
2nd Glorious Year for Bloom’s PYO Strawberry & Gin Pop-up
June 6, 2013 by 1 Comment
The BLOOM Pick Your Own Strawberries pop-up will be returning for a second year bringing together one of Britain’s most iconic pastimes, strawberry picking, with one of the nations most popular drinks, gin. From Tuesday 11 June to Thursday 13 June guests will be able to swap the bustle of the West End for the […]
214 Bermondsey Gin & Cocktail Bar
April 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Five hundred years after King Henry VIII introduced a charge to cross London Bridge causing the gin houses to desert the City in favour of the West End, a gin revival is coming back East. At the forefront is new gin and cocktail bar, 214 Bermondsey, which opened its doors at the end of March […]
New 3D Art Installation by Jim Sharp at Graphic Bar, Soho
August 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
From September 2012 for six months, Graphic, owned by Urban Leisure Group are launching their new art installation designed by Jim Sharp, the renowned and innovative 70’s 3D artist, in collaboration with Bombay Sapphire Gin. Sharp has produced a set of tranquil, deceptively simple 3D paintings with perception of depth as the main purpose. This […]
Bloom Gin Pop Up Bar
July 11, 2012 by 5 Comments
We’ve seen some sights in Soho over the years but never a field of ‘pick your own’ strawberries, bales of hay, country birds in hats and bottles of delicious Bloom Gin. For a few days only, Bloom Pop-Up Gin Bar is at 47 Beak Street, London W1F 9SE from 12 – 8pm for free tasting of Bloom […]
