Remember Cheers? “You want to go where everybody knows your name” went the theme. The syrupy lyrics speak of an eternal truth of what we want from a pub or bar: somewhere with a welcome — whether that’s our own tankard, a cheery query of “your usual?” when we take a seat, or simply being recognised as a regular.
Stay for even just one drink at this new cocktail specialist and not only will you be greeted like a long-lost friend on your next visit, but you’ll be on first-name terms with the quartet of bartenders and, most likely, the 30 other punters filling out the narrow space, too.
