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A vintage-style cocktail bar lined with bottles, books and a gilt-framed portrait
Drinks · London

Venus Bar opens under Brasserie Olivia in Chelsea

La Nouvelle Garde's first bar outside France seats 22 in a basement built around 1970s Parisian nightlife, with cocktails from Jennifer Le Nechet.

29 October 2026 · 2 min read
Classic martini with green olives and orange peel on a wooden tray beside a cocktail shaker
Drinks · London

Berryman's: Three Sheets duo opens a martini bar in Dalston

Max and Noel Venning go back to Kingsland Road with a 20-capacity, standing-only bar for martinis, wine and Cornish oysters, two doors from the original Three Sheets.

22 October 2026 · 2 min read
Sydney Opera House sails at dusk above the harbourside Opera Bar terrace and umbrellas
Drinks · Sydney

Opera Bar Sydney reopens on 6 November under Applejack

A deep green redesign by Luchetti Krelle, an all-electric kitchen and a four-section menu built on suburban Sydney producers replace the harbour bar's blue nautical look.

22 October 2026 · 2 min read
Empty sports bar with television screens above the tables, leather armchairs and a lit bar counter
Drinks · Philadelphia

Marsha's sports bar in Philadelphia closes after a year

The South Street bar, the city's first built around women's sports, opened in September 2025. Its last shift is on Sunday, and the owners gave no reason in their announcement.

16 October 2026 · 2 min read
Wine glasses hanging above shelves stocked with bottles in a bar
Drinks · London

The Savoy reopens Beaufort Bar as Beaufort Wine Bar

The London hotel's Beaufort Bar reopens as Beaufort Wine Bar, with more than 250 wines from 18 countries and half the cellar poured by the glass.

15 October 2026 · 1 min read
Traditional ceramic baijiu jars tied with red and gold ribbons displayed in a row
Drinks · Singapore

Moutai House Singapore opens as the brand's first lifestyle venue

Kweichow Moutai is turning a 1919 riverside building into three floors of baijiu, from a tasting gallery to a Chinese restaurant and a rooftop bar.

15 October 2026 · 2 min read
Empty cocktail bar counter with stools and a back bar of bottles, lit and unstaffed
Drinks · Melbourne

Byrdi Melbourne closes after six years in the CBD

Luke Whearty and Aki Nishikura have shut the Melbourne Central bar that made native Australian ingredients a cocktail discipline rather than a garnish.

22 September 2026 · 1 min read
Two citrus and mint drinks photographed from above on a white slatted table in sunlight
Drinks · London

Alcohol-free drinks are not a gateway, says new report

Club Soda's Gateway? No Way pulls together survey work and academic studies to test a claim the drinks industry has been arguing about for a decade.

10 September 2026 · 2 min read
Chairs stacked on a cloth-covered table in a shuttered cafe dining room
Hospitality · United Kingdom

UK hospitality closures ran at 20 a day this spring

Britain lost 1,839 licensed sites between March and June. It also gained 1,794. The net figure is almost flat, and that is the part worth arguing about.

9 September 2026 · 1 min read
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