Scarfes bar launch new menu ‘10’ to celebrate a decade of drinks

The much-loved bar reaches double figures next month with a line-up of both old favourites and innovations
The power of the pen: the El Bandito with a caricature of and by Gerald Scarfe
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To mark its tenth anniversary, Scarfes bar is celebrating with a new menu.

The bar, which sits inside the Rosewood London hotel on High Holborn, will have served drinks for a decade this April. Fittingly, then, the new menu is called “10” and pays tribute to the past 10 years — though the list itself will be 20 strong.

The menu is divided into halves; the first has 10 drinks that have been favourites over the years, touching on the many drinks that have come and gone. The second will seemingly look to what’s to come, with 10 entirely new drinks that have been created by the Scarfes team, which is led by longstanding director of bars Martin Siska and head of mixology Yann Bouvignies.

Among the cocktails being served will be the long-time favourite Crescent City, a Scotch sour twist made with discarded banana peel, rum and pandan, the Zingy Stardust, a David Bowie tribute twisting a Gimlet, and a El Bandito, a Paloma riff made with mezcal and watermelon, with thai basil and vermouth.

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Brand new drinks featured include the Oui Madame!, which reads as one that will be light, easy-drinking and fun — vodka, peach wine and clarified coconut all feature — while No 6 sounds more straightforward, as a riff on an Old Fashioned that features Sauternes.

The bar, which is named for celebrated cartoonist Gerald Scarfe — it’s his work that adorns the walls — has long been considered one of London’s finest, and as such has picked up many awards over its short run. It placed at number 22 on this year’s UK’s 50 Best Bars list, in part for recognition not just of its vibe — there is often live jazz, it feels like a drawing room from a long gone era of glamour — but in recognition of the work the team put in to make their own ferments, distillates and cordials on site.

As part of the new menu launch, the bar will donate £1 from every drink sold to the education and mentorship programme run by charity Equal Measures.

For more information, visit scarfesbar.com

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