Team behind Michelin-starred Pidgin opening Hackney’s smallest wine bar

Expect the bar snacks to be seriously first rate
New venture: (L to R) James Ramsden, Ajax Kentish and Sam Herlihy
Miles Willis
David Ellis @dvh_ellis1 December 2016

The team behind Pidgin in Hackey, which this year earned its first Michelin star, are opening Hackney’s smallest wine bar, Enfant Terrible, from today, December 1.

James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy are opening the new bar just three minutes walk from its older sister, and say the site will draw inspiration in both design and feel from their restaurant.

Herlihy said: “Enfant Terrible is a simple place; eat a tartare, a tin of smoked oysters and some epoisses while drinking a bunch of wine and that's at the very least, a pretty solid foundation for a damn good night.”

Aiming for, Ramsden says, “a gonzo take on the tiny wine bars of Paris”, the bar will only open in the evening. The site will be a barbers during the daytime – perhaps unsurprisingly, it is not the only barbershop bar in London.

Ramsden and Herlihy will serve bar snacks, ranging from £4 - £8, including a Cognac and kampot pepper caramel brownie and a mutton tartare with roasted rice, brown butter and fish sauce.

Ajax Kentish, who previously launched Spuntino with Russell Norman, will be the bar’s manager.

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