Cocktails & Bars

Fire bar at new five-star Hotel Gotham opens

Fire bar has opened at the newly launched Hotel Gotham Newcastle, a former fire station which has been transformed into a 57-bedroom luxury hotel.

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08 December, 2025

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International spotlight: CLASS visits Alquímico in Colombia

Bartenders can change the world, says Hamish Smith after seeing what Jean Trinh has achieved through his bar and social projects in Colombia.

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03 December, 2025

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Batching: How to control spice

Dark Bar's Patrick Fogarty is back with his series on batching - this time with tips on controlling spice and the science of heat.

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03 December, 2025

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Classic cocktails: The Toronto

Clinton Cawood dusts off The Toronto and tells us about its history.

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25 November, 2025

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How to make Southside's La Tomatera

Bright, Umami, Spicy

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21 November, 2025

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Simone and Lidia Crepaldi to launch Italian restaurant and bar in Dalston

Simone and Lidia Crepaldi are set to open Hoax in December — a modern Italian restaurant and downstairs cocktail bar named The Devil You Know.

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12 November, 2025

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Neo classic: the story behind the Hugo

Clinton Cawood only has to look back 20 years to find the origin story of this neo classic: the Hugo.

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18 November, 2025

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Hawksmoor St. Pancras to open this November

Hawksmoor St. Pancras is set to open on November 22, promising a “grand” steak and seafood restaurant and Martini Bar.

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11 November, 2025

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Simone’s Cocktail Club opens in Liverpool

Billed as Liverpool first listening bar, Simone’s Cocktail Club has opened on Queen Avenue in the city’s business district.

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10 November, 2025

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Esmeralda’s Mayfair to open at Mandarin Oriental

Esmeralda’s Mayfair, a new late-night live music lounge, will open in early December at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair on Hanover Square in London.

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10 November, 2025

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Batching: How to control citrus

Dark Bar’s Patrick Fogarty kicks off his series on batching with tips on how best to process that most key cocktail ingredient: citrus

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03 November, 2025

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The Explainer… Lyaness’s Unfiltered Martini

In the first of a new series of deep dives on modern cocktails, Tyler Zielinkski explains why Lyaness’s Unfiltered Martini is one of the best drinks to ever emerge from the Lyan bar.

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03 November, 2025

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The story of the Bee's Knees

Clinton Cawood has the inside knowledge on the gin-honey-lemon sipper, the Bee's Knees.

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27 October, 2025

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Review: 31, Glasgow

Our Glasgow reviewer Mark Murphy visits new bar, 31.

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27 October, 2025

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Review: Renae, Manchester

Northern reviewer Dave Marsland is in the Northern Quarter for one of the Manchester's launches.

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20 October, 2025

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Review: Loose Ends, Nottingham

Midlands reviewer James March headed to Nottingham this autumn for the the city's big opening.

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17 October, 2025

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Review: The Finch, Edinburgh

CLASS reviewer Natasha Corfield is in Leith for its latest launch.

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16 October, 2025

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Review: Kome, Edinburgh

Natasha Corfield stops by Kome in Edinburgh.

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07 October, 2025

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Review: The Morris, Manchester

Manchester's big opening this summer was Blinker's sequel The Morris. Dave Marsland was there soon after opening.

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03 October, 2025

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CLASS Autumn 2025 launches

Access the digital magazine here. Not subscribed? Bartenders can sign up for a digital or hard copy here.

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23 September, 2025

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What's in season this autumn?

Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown make their pick of the seasonal crops for enhancing drinks.

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29 September, 2025

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Review: The Chancery Rosewood at the ex-US Embassy - the latest in hospitality's great repurposing

London has a new hotel bar - and it's set in the iconic former US Embassy. Hamish Smith is at The Chancery Rosewood.

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29 September, 2025

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Nightjar Carnaby to close imminently

Nightjar Carnaby will close its doors this Saturday after owners Roisin Stimpson and Edmund Weil agreed a deal to sell the venue’s Kingly Court lease.

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23 September, 2025

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Three London bars in 50 Best's 51-100 list

Three London bars feature on this year’s 51-100 list, the precursor to The World’s 50 Best Bars sponsored by Perrier, which is released October 8th.

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24 September, 2025

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Angelos Bafas to leave Nipperkin

Angelos Bafas is to depart Creative Restaurant Group, where he worked across venues Nipperkin, NIJŪ, HUMO and Kioku by Endo.

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22 September, 2025

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Classic cocktails: Old Pal

Clinton Cawood dusts off an old friend you might not have tried: the Old Pal.

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23 August, 2025

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Classic cocktails: the Cosmopolitan

Despite its tender years, this classic's origin story is disputed. Clinton Cawood investigates the drink that bartenders love to hate.

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21 August, 2025

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The Top 50 Cocktails in the UK's Best Bars (2025)

Clinton Cawood details the most popular drinks in the UK’s top bars, as discovered by the CLASS Report 2025 - our poll of the bars that received votes in the Class Bar Awards.

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25 June, 2025

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UK hospitality workers feel “undervalued at a policy level”

A report by Celebrate Her has revealed that almost two-thirds of UK hospitality workers feel that the industry should be taken more seriously by the government.

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07 August, 2025

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Classic cocktails: the story of the Picante de la Casa

Clinton Cawood's quest to unearth the story and best iterations of favourite recipes takes him to the neo-classic Picante de la Casa.

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01 August, 2025