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The Grosvenor hotel’s sleek, new bar Réunion

All Aboard for a Victorian Réunion

Formerly the VIP lounge for first class rail passengers at Victoria Station, the revamped bar is just two months old, yet Duane Shepherd has already honed one of London’s classiest venues.

Dre Masso

L.T.D at The Social

Choice: How much do we really need?

The great Manhattan at Stagger Lee

BarLin – A Look at Some of Berlin’s Best Bars

As sure as a sore head follows a night out with John Gakuru, a tour of the local bars must follow the first day of a trade show…

Dub Dub doing what he does best

All Star Lanes Westfield Opening

It was fantastic to team up with Jack Daniels to throw one heck of a party and announce our arrival to Westfield Stratford City, and to showcase the same great food, fantastic cocktails and darn good night out that people know and love All Star Lanes for

B@1 Operations Director, Andrew Stones

B@1 Ops Director Andrew Stones talks to BarLifeUK

“Cocktails for the masses is probably a little bit strong, but we are not a typical mixologist bar.”

Purl Team to Open Worship Street Gin Palace

Purl Team to Open Worship Street Gin Palace

“The drinks will be quite different to Purl, which is all about theatre and multi-sensory drinks using dry ice or coming in several parts for the guest to construct at their table”

Treacle

The UK Baby – Scotland leg

Riki Carter travels from New Zealand to the UK and reports on his experiences – first up Edinburgh and Aberdeen get the treatment, find out what Riki liked and which well known bars were a let down.

Look at all those smiling faces, it's like the House of Commons on expenses day

Modern Speakeasies miss the point

Now here is my problem. Today’s Speakeasy bars are generally about as far away as it is possible to get from these 1920′s dens.

The BBC, one of Marian Beke's Old Street Speakeasy cocktails for Edmun Weil. Photo: Bruno Drummond

The Nightjar: new Old Street speakeasy

I have no doubt that the bar will be a magnetic jazz and cabaret venue when it launches, but what kncked my socks off was the cocktail menu.

The Westbury

Biggin’ up my borough

And I feel quite lucky at the moment because it seems North West London is having a surge of new bars and clubs.

I hate Michael Bay

Tiny Robot Opens in Notting Hill

The Tiny Robot restaurant and bar soft opens at 6pm today and after a week of evenings only drinks and dinner, we’ll have a pot of coffee and a piadine ready to go from 10am every day of the week (and from 9am on Saturday and Sunday for our weekend brunch if a Brooklyn Breakfast is more your thing).

Three Blind Mice, Shoreditch

Consumer Reporter Blog: Shorebitch Soul

Located on Ravey Street, a little side street off the main bars on Great Eastern St, you will find a little black metal door with the number 5 written above and a Victorian lamp with stenciled characters of the three blind mice logo.

'Because we love rum!'

Bristol Pub Crawl

With a copy of The Wurzels greatest hits under it’s arm, BarLifeUK heads South for a weekend exploring Bristol’s greatest pubs.

The Big Chill

Drinksin.com tell us their Top 10 London World Cup Pubs

For those who are lucky enough to have a night or afternoon off during the World Cup our friends at Drinksin.com have been scouring London to find some World Cup Pub venues for you this summer.

Farmers Bartending

BarLifeUK Trip to Manchester in Pictures

Ahh memories. So many Kodak moments, so little space on my micro SD card…

I Heart Keko Moku

On Location: Manchester BarLife

Any journalist who tells you it is possible to visit and write about a city’s best bars in one night is fucking lying. It’s like asking a Kamikaze pilot how many missions he has flown. Doesn’t make sense.

Velvet Fog Cocktail

The Tippling Club, Singapore

Aussie Bartender magazine and Sydney BarShow head honcho, Dave Spanton, sends in dispatches from Singapore’s Tippling Club.

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