Once the domain of salty nibbles, bars have become a melting pot of small-plate creativity as owners recognise the opportunity of an edible offering. By Ellen Manning
The Clove Club’s Rob Simpson works alongside some of the best chefs in the world. He reveals the workings of a bartender at a fine-dining restaurant bar.
That chefs deal with solids and bartenders deal with liquids – and somehow one trumps the other – is an outmoded way of thinking. Pull down the barriers, says Ryan Chetiyawardana.
Callooh Callay's Sausage Roll is more than a bar snack - it has become a major attraction. Owner Richard Wynne lets us in on his bar's (and mum's) recipe.
Kitchens tend not to be a major focus of most cocktail bars, but while some literally put food on the back burner, others are blazing a trail in innovative dishes from some spectacularly unlikely cooking areas. Hamish Smith takes a bite of the best