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Bar entrepreneurs around the globe share their experiences being on the Frontline during the coronavirus outbreak...
On Re-Opening: Charlie Lehmann image

On Re-Opening: Charlie Lehmann

The owner of Sydney's Double Deuce Lounge and Ramblin Rascal Tavern on what re-opening has been like for his two CBD bars, and why he didn't immediately
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The New Normal

Staring deeply into my imaginary crystal ball I'm sorry to say I can see nothing but thick fog, balanced on ice cold mud, beneath dark, menacing clouds.
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Jerry Thomas Project after lockdown

We asked Federico Tomasselli, General Manager, Simone Onorati, Head Lab, and Gregory Camillò, Head Bartender, of The Jerry Thomas Project in Rome, what
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Our Bar in Havana

The 22nd of March, a Sunday, was the last day of work at Jibaro. I had been feeling a bit tiñosa, which is Cuban slang for vulture, as in the pesky harbingers
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Six Weeks, Six Words

Yes, it's a follow-up article to the one six weeks ago, and no, it doesn't feel like six weeks. I requested the opportunity to write this, as, though the
Delivery Cocktails - Are They Right for Your Bar? image

Delivery Cocktails - Are They Right for Your Bar?

Let me preface this article, as I know we are all desperately searching for a straight forward answer to this problem. Something that we never thought
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COVID-19 Diaries: Maybe Mae, Adelaide

Maybe Mae is a 70-seater cocktail bar in the heart of Adelaide's west end. Behind locked doors, it will turn six in July this year. These are extraordinary
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Quarantine Karaoke

Zack Pennington, co-owner of NoraeBar and Kelsey Westbrook, the beverage director and events coordinator, discuss the implications of COVID-19 on the launch
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The Gin Library story

Experiences will be a new weapon in the bar world's recovery.
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TNT, a dynamite approach

Hi there! We are Timo Janse and Tess Posthumus. Among a few other things we co-own Perfect Serve Barshow Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cocktail Week, and bars Flying
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Shutdown

A word none of us ever had in our business plans - until now.
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A Time for Grieving

Supernova Ballroom opened in September of last year, in the central financial district of Toronto, which by all of our research seemed like an excellent
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A view from Shanghai

Camden Hauge is the owner of four venues in China's Shanghai, spread between two of the city's zoned districts. Despite being able to re-open her doors
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Inside advice from Chris Lowder

Insights from Chris Lowder, after battling COVID-19 from inside China.
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Top Cuvée's Little Packages of Joy

Brodie Meah describes Top Cuvée as a neighbourhood restaurant and bottle shop with a great bar. Based in North London it's a partnership between Brodie
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Heads & Hearts - why both must survive

Painfully simplistic, but perhaps the reason we all ponder philosophy is that some questions will occur as if novel to every one of us, simply because
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A Pretty Awesome Apocalypse

Greetings from Finland, the land of the happiest people in the world - or at least so say the yearly polls. We have to admit, we thought we hit an all-time
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Hope & Sesame Top Tips

This article is contributed by the team at Hope and Sesame, Guangzhou, China. Based in one of the first hotspots for Covid-19 the team and bar are thankfully
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