Drinks

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Soho Declares War On Straws

A new campaign to cut back on plastic waste.

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New Cocktail Bar Review: Shaker & Co, Hampstead Road

Can masterfully mixed cocktails in a New Orleans style setting bring punters to another bland patch of Hampstead Road?

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London Uncorked: Vagabond

Our search for London’s best wine experiences takes us to Fulham, where the help-yourself sampling machines make choosing wine simple and fun.

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Profile: The London Cocktail Society

Let’s face it; you’re jonesing for a drink already aren’t you? Allow us to introduce The London Cocktail Society, who specialise in furtling about in London’s darkened, booze-riddled corners to get an intimate view of some of the best quaffing joints in town.

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Reminder: Free Cocktails for Every Early Christmas Booking at Lucky Voice

Today’s the last day to take advantage of this Londonist Exclusive! Free Cocktails for every early Christmas booking at Lucky Voice plus a chance to win a £500 Christmas bar tab at Lucky Voice. Lucky Voice, London and Brighton’s number one chain of luxury karaoke …

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Londonist Exclusive: Free Cocktails for Every Early Christmas Booking at Lucky Voice

Free Cocktails for every early Christmas booking at Lucky Voice plus a chance to win a £500 Christmas bar tab at Lucky Voice. Lucky Voice, London and Brighton’s number one chain of luxury karaoke bars, are offering a special exclusive to all Londonist readers.   …

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Fancy A Pint? Top Ten Pubs For July

Every month, the folks at Fancyapint? get together to vote for their top ten favourite pubs. These are recently visited pubs that for one reason or another (the ambience, the booze, the company) stuck in their collective memory. Once again, they’re mostly in the north …

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Alternative Pub Crawls: The East London Line Extension

Sunday, as you’re probably sick of reading by now, saw the opening of the new Overground link through south-east London. We decided to celebrate in the way we know best: with a pub crawl. Not along the WHOLE line, of course. We’re not superhuman. Instead, …

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Guy Ritchie In Pub Problems

The Punch Bowl is one of those charming ale-drinkers’ pubs tucked away in a corner of Mayfair that most people have no business being in. It’s also, inescapably and universally, referred to as ‘Guy Ritchie’s pub in Mayfair’. But the celebrity connections don’t make the …

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Molecular Mixology Cocktails at Hush Brasserie in Mayfair

Photography by Chris Osburn It’s been awhile since Londonist dabbled in molecular mixology, that most scientific of drinkie-pooh-ery. Over a year and a half, in fact. We’re not sure that, since our write-up of the London launch of Cointreau caviar, the whole molecular cocktail craze …

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Big Chill Warm Up @ Lucky Voice, Islington

By TikiChris This year Lucky Voice is introducing mass karaoke to the Big Chill. Because it’s their first time, they’re having a wee warm up at their Islington venue, this Friday from 7pm. Admission is free so if you can’t afford your own private karaoke …