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St. JOHN

dhiraj — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:56:42 +0000

Everything’s simple and stripped back at St. JOHN’s iconic flagship, set in an old smokehouse just north of Smithfield meat market. There are whitewashed walls, industrial-style lights, and bare floorboards, which is how things have been since it opened back in 1994. Even so, it’s one of London’s most hospitable addresses, with its own reassuring routines; visit mid-morning and you’ll likely find chef Fergus Henderson sitting at the bar, enjoying a Madeira and slice of seed-cake (both fixtures on the menu here).

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Bar La Plata

dhiraj — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:11:50 +0000

Bar La Plata is one of those tiny, authentic Spanish bars. The place opened in 1945, serving just four dishes, and they still serve the same plates today. Their specialties are: fried fish, pieces of tomato bread with anchovies, a typical Catalan sausage, butifarra, and a salad of tomato, onion and olives. These classic recipes are simple, but are made in a great way. It is one of the oldest tapas bars in Barcelona, where you can feel like a local for a while.

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Antic Theatre

dhiraj — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 03:15:53 +0000

Not quite a speakeasy bar, Antic Theatre is just the kind of place that doesn’t bother advertising itself because it doesn’t really want anyone else knowing it’s there. Content with the full-house it racks up every weekend and most evenings, the venue is a theater as well as a bar with an open air courtyard located just by the Palau de la Música. You could easily walk past it as there’s no sign on the street telling you where it is and the stairs at the entrance occult the beautiful outdoors space nestled between old stone houses. Attracting a young, indie crowd, this is an endlessly laid-back hang-out which doesn’t need to try hard to be cool.

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