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Harry Gordon's Bar
London-Mayfair
May 11, 2018
The new Harry Gordon's Cocktail and Wine Bar, located on the lower ground floor of the iconic London store, Selfridge's, is part of a wider makeover of the food and drink department.
The new Harry Gordon’s Cocktail and Wine Bar, located on the lower ground floor of the iconic London store, Selfridge’s, is part of a wider makeover of the food and drink department. Named after the store’s charismatic founder (whose eventful life was the basis for a recent ITV drama series) it offers far more than the average department store pit-stop; it’s an Oxford Street oasis, a great place to unwind after an afternoon of heavy-duty shopping. Bar tender Ryan Chetiyawardana has been drafted in to create the cocktail menu; there are 11 house drinks in all, many of which reference the store’s heritage, drinks like the 1909 Smash, a light fruity mix of gin, peach, mint. (Selfridge’s first opened in 1909) They also have a decent wine list as well as a range of craft beers, including Selfridges’ own-brewed 1909 IPA. There’s an adjoining wine shop, if you want to take a bottle home with you, and if ypu’re hungry, they offer a menu of sandwiches and snacks with ingredients sourced from the food hall. Service is efficient and friendly and the space itself – all blonde wood and polished metal – is light, bright and stylish, dominated by a handsome marble counter at which you can perch with your purchases while sipping a glass of crisp Sancerre or one of their cocktails.
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