You might not be able to go back in time, but you can spend your nights drinking cocktails, listening to jazz and eating things with varying levels of melted cheese on them, which isn’t a bad consolation prize for the 21st century lot. At Palmer and Co the staff are dressed as flappers, there’s a live band and everything smells amazing because they’re cooking mac’n’cheese and pretzels with a cheese fondue dipping sauce in the open kitchen.
Table service is the go here, so you can kick back and do a little toe-tapping while you wait for your Champagne cocktail to arrive. The Hearts and Passion is a sweet, bitter and herbal balancing act with Cognac, chamomile and bitters topped with Chandon, but if you need to be cooled and soothed order the As Time Goes By, which pits gin against elderflower, celery, apple, soda and smoke.
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Time Out Awards
Time Out Awards2013Best Cocktail Bar