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CNA
21-04-2025
- Business
- CNA
Singapore bars Cat Bite Club and Manhattan recognised in The Pinnacle Guide
The Pinnacle Guide, launched in May 2024 as a 1, 2 and 3 PIN recognition system for the world's best bars, has announced its third round of selections. This brings the total number of PINNED bars to 85 across 12 countries, with two Singapore venues joining the list. Cat Bite Club and Manhattan were each awarded one PIN, the only bars in Singapore to be recognised in this latest round. In total, 31 new bars were awarded PINs — 25 with one PIN and six with two. No bar received the coveted three PINs this round, leaving London's Lyaness the only venue in the world to hold that top distinction. The Pinnacle Guide's selection process begins with a self-nomination application, in which bars are assessed on six core criteria including hospitality, drinks programme, design, staff welfare and community engagement. Anonymous visits by a global network of trained assessors follow to perform a holistic evaluation that reflects not just the cocktails, but the culture and values of each establishment. In this round, five new countries — France, Italy, Greece, Hong Kong and Switzerland — were added to the Guide's reach. Italy performed particularly well, with six one-PIN venues in cities such as Milan, Pagani and Bologna. France was awarded three of the six two PINs, all in Paris, including Little Red Door and Bar 1802. The Bar in Front of the Bar in Athens and Kioku Sake Bar in London also received two PINs. 'We believe that a great bar is one that not only provides an incredible drinks and hospitality experience for their guests, but also takes great care behind the scenes,' said co-founder Hannah Sharman-Cox. 'This most recent list reflects venues we can categorically say are doing excellent work on both sides of the bar.' The Pinnacle Guide's growing credibility lies in its considered methodology and equal-opportunity approach. It is open to neighbourhood bars and global destinations alike. The Guide now covers 14 countries, having recently added Canada and Ireland to its roster.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Seed Library: You won't be lost for words, unfortunately
What's this boozeless breezer missing? I feel like it needs zhuzhing. Er, maybe rare breed sheep? Ah yes, of course, how unbelievably stupid of me to not realise. It is inspired by Orkney after all. One or two drinks on the Seed Library menu read like gags from Andy Zaltzman, the sometime comedian and longtime cricket fanatic who has mad hair and whose wordplay is madder still. Ingredients such as 'century beans' and 'quince ripened in a bed of microbes' are flung about the place like so many marbles. Listen to the Cloud Sour: 'Botanist gin, fluffy citrus, faux gras koj'. When cream is used, it's 'really good cream'; some guests might encounter beeswax, others whey. Look out for 'nitro grapes' and 'native tropical garum'. I saw one drinker sit down to a Salad. That is to say, a concoction made with gin, lettuce, herbes de Provence and red apple soda. What else? This Brutalist basement bar below One Hundred Shoreditch — haven to influencers and people who launch interesting zines — is the work of Mr Lyan, who has more awards than my word count may allow. That is to say, there's genius at play. His cocktails are wizard-like and masterful, careful, zealous creations pertaining to all manner of exotic moments and adventure. Though these are more readily found at his other place, Lyaness, on the South Bank, which is said to be one of the best bars in the world. Test that for yourself. Seed Library feels neither here nor there. I think he needs to either pare it back and focus on being a really good cocktail bar, possibly with some jazz and comfier seats, or double down and go bananas, with drinks shooting off into space. At Seed Library, the vibe is less rambunctious, a little more 'classic night out'. And if I want a classic Hemingway Daiquiri, I'd like it simple and well-made; for it to turn up as quickly as possible and to a soundtrack that isn't upsetting. No explanations, please, and you can hold the sheep. 100 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JQ. Drinks from £15, Hawkstone Lager From £17 for six, Seeing more of Jeremy Clarkson's Hawkstone lager about? That's because he gave away 1,000 free kegs (some cider too) to pubs this month. Clarkson launched his own boozer, the Farmer's Dog, last year, and said his beer brand is what's keeping it in the black. And yes, it's good PR. It's also true that Hawkstone happens to be the dog's bollocks. Cheers, Clarkson. Marjorie's 26 Foubert's Place, W1, @ Any new French-leaning wine bar offers promise. This one, Marjorie's, comes from hospitality debutants Michael Searle and Josh Anderson, with head chef Giacomo Peretti (ex-Culpeper and others) fronting the food. Escargot, crab tarts, steak — that sort of thing. It all sounds like a distinctly laid-back affair, with 50 seats tucked away across two floors in what was a poke restaurant off Carnaby Street.
