Perfect for the bank holiday.
, frequented by everyone from Ernest Hemingway to Marilyn Monroe through the years. Founded in 1893, it served “American-style” tipples to its well-heeled guests long before Sidecars and Manhattans became de rigueur in Britain. Throughout the ’20s, famed barman Harry Craddock – who fled the US at the beginning of Prohibition – developed the likes of the White Lady behind its Art-Deco bar, later writing the seminal, which remains in print 93 years later.
One of Craddock’s inimitable dry martinis, which are half gin, half French vermouth, with a dash of orange bitters.Thanks to its countless pubs , London has a limited number of good dive bars, butis definitely one of them . Hidden in a Hoxton basement, it’s the sort of place where you can give the mixologist a vague description of what you’re in the mood for – however niche or weird – and he/she/they will whip you up a cocktail on the spot.
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