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Tayēr + Elementary

London

London’s produce-driven, hyper-seasonal bar of the future

Now in its sixth year, Tayēr + Elementary feels as fresh as the day it opened while also becoming the blueprint for progressive cocktail bars. The influence of this bar is evident in every cocktail capital the world over. From its exposed, industrial aesthetic, ingredient-led minimalism and constantly evolving drinks list, the philosophy refined by co-founders Monica Berg and Alex Kratena has become bartending scripture.

In this east London hotspot, every element of the traditional cocktail bar has been forensically analysed, from design and atmosphere to service and drinks creation, and reimagined into a bar that still feels like stepping into the future, even after more that five years in operation – testament to the ability of its founders to remain a step or two ahead of the curve.

As the name suggests, Tayēr + Elementary is a bar of two parts. Elementary is an industrially designed diner-style front bar. A casual, neighbourhood drinking experience where the draught cocktails form the bar's core and weekly-changing seasonal and collaborative menus are served in seconds alongside the own-label wine and beer. The bar's One Sip Martini with a blue cheese olive has become an almost pre-requisite jumping off point.

Through a partition is Tayēr. Here the drinking experience meets the chef's table. Dominated by its centrepiece, an enormous hexagonally-divided bar station, the daily-changing produce-driven menu is as much a celebration of ingredients – often esoteric, always hyper-seasonal – as the myriad techniques wielded to extract their flavour.

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