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Dive down a dimly-lit flight of stairs at 411 MARE ST; Behind This Wall is a contemporary basement bar on the top of the NARROW WAY, Hackney Central. The bar was built and is run by friends, with a singular approach to design, music and drinking.
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Our menu - which changes seasonally -comprises carefully sourced products and ingredients made in-house to exclude artificial additives, colours & flavours, high fructose, corn-syrup and unnecessary sugar. To taste: walk-ins are always welcome but, you can book a booth with us (or hire out the whole space.)
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A note on the hi-fi: the system has been assembled from composite (storied) parts from a ‘golden era’ of our native audio industry; with a myriad of complementary elements from Tannoy, Papworth, E.A.R. & JBL.

Spring Menu

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All ingredients selected or produced in house to exclude artificial additives, colours and flavours, high fructose, corn-syrup and unnecessary sugar as standard. Seasonal house sour is ponzu kombucha. Please ask your tender for wine and beer selections; or to make up your favourite drink.

 
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⧾ Temperature rising ⁺⠀ ⧽ New menu incoming next week ⧼⠀ ⧞ How about some banana CBD syrup for summer, friends of friends?⠀ ⠀ #experiments #summer #CBD #CBDsyrup #CBDlondon #bars #cocktails #oldfashioned #rum #rumcockatils
⨽⋤⋥⠀ ⋮⠀ ⨼ Innovative spatial design ⩴⠀ ⩵ performance/DJ booth on pulleys ⩪⠀ ⋮⠀ ⧳⧴⧲⧟⧟⧟⦪⦳⦴⦫⠀ ⠀ #space #design #ply #birch #judd #aalto #diy #hackney #bars #london #bartender #bartenderlife #drinkstagram #fridayfeeling #dj #djdes
The drink depicted is essentially the lucid brain fart of a bartender. It's what happens when you get home everyday after midnight, full of pizza and slightly-going-off wine (bad night) / stupidly high-end whisky (good night) and fall asleep on the sofa crossed in the streams between Chef's Table and Newsnight.⠀ ⠀ Remember, rememberers: when the fun stops, stop!⠀ ⠀ ⨜⋄𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐓⋄⨛⠀ ⋇ Desert Cockatil – Stinger ⋇⠀ Domus Ruche grappa; mint infused Akashi-Tai ume; Galeffi effervescence; matcha & tonka crisp⠀ ⠀ #cocktails #desertcocktails #stingercocktail #stinger #classiccocktails #cocktailoclock #grappa #grappacocktails #chefstable #newsnight #bartenderlife #bars #moleculargastronomy #sosa
⋅⩹⩊⩺⋅⠀ Lost a good soldier this weekend. ⠀ RIP EL34 - bank holiday casualty. ⠀ 3 years a good 'un. ⠀ We hope this eulogy serves,⠀ As you did.⠀ Sorry we blew you up in the end. ⠀ When you always wanted to be buried at sea.⠀ ⋅⩹⩊⩺⋅⠀ #valves #amps #svetlana #el34 #analog #papworth #monoblock #m100
⩜⩝⩜⩝⩜⩝⩜⩜⩝⩜⩝⩜⩝⩜⩜⩝⠀ The Miami bass mojito. A crunk caiprioska. A purple fix cocktail with a hefty dose of CBD curtsey of our new seasonal violet CBD syrup; balanced by the sharp tang of our ponzu booch, the silken minerality of Reyka vodka and the intense, genre-bending flavours of Birds botanical spirit. Grapes and grain but who cares? It's purple.⠀ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯⠀ ⠀ ⋍⨂∘ PURPLE DRANK ∙⨀⋍⠀ ∗ Fix – On crushed ice ∙⠀ Reyka vodka, Birds botanical spirit; house ponzu kombucha, violet CBD syrup; Bittermens winter melon bitters; juniper & marigolds⠀ ⠀ #CBD #CBDcocktails #CBDsyrup #cbddrinks #cbdlondon #london #bars #vodkacocktails #botanicalspirits #vodka #iceland #purpledrank #bartenderlife #cocktailoclock #imbibe #drinkstagram
∹ Back in stock in time for the long weekend ∖ Remember we're going late Friday ≻ Sunday ∸⠀ ⠀ ∴ BTW Honey & Ginger CBD Syrup ∵⠀ ≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋≋⠀ Behind This Wall’s Honey & Ginger CBD syrup. Great in cocktails, hot drinks or as a food supplement. One tablespoon (15ml) contains about 30mg of CBD. Recommended dose is between one or two tbsps per serve dependent on consumer. Be wise: start smaller and work up! ⠀ ⠀ Once open refrigerate and consume within a month. Shake before use.⠀ ⠀ 150ml bottle⠀ ⠀ #CBD #CBDcocktails #CBDsyrup #bankholiday #bars #bartenderlife #cocktailoclock #talesofthecocktail #imbibe #homemade
≁ A man walks into a bar...⠀ ⠀ "Can I have a Faith Collins?"⠀ "No, it's F-A-T-I-H Collins..."⠀ "What?"⠀ "Like, Fatty"⠀ "Excuse me!"⠀ "No, it's kind of Turkish..."⠀ "What is?"⠀ "The drink, it's a Turkish Collins."⠀ "Why?"⠀ "It has Grapefruit and Sumac in it."⠀ "Why didn't you call it a Turkish Collins?"⠀ "Fatih is a Turkish name..."⠀ "It's not a very nice name and it looks like Faith."⠀ "That's the point."⠀ "What is?"⠀ "To play on words."⠀ "Ok - it's not very funny though."⠀ "Do you think Sex on the Beach is a funny name?"⠀ "I quite like it."⠀ "Nevermind."⠀ ⠀ 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗛 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘀⠀ ∡ Highball – Served long ∗⠀ ⨓ Sumac infused Jensen’s Old Tom gin, Trois Rivières cuvée de l’ocean agricole; Maggie Beer’s verjus, Trois Rivières sirop de canne, saline water; white grapefruit juice, Peter Spanton soda; grapefruit & sumac ⨒⠀ ⠀ #Collins #cocktails #banter #bartender #bartenderlife #oldtomgin #gin #gincocktails #agricole #rhumagricole #sumac #turkey #turkish #hackney #bars #grapefruit #tomcollins #cocktailoclock #imbibe #talesofthecocktail #highball
✿ Staff picks 𝙄𝙄 ~ more new bits for Spring ❃⠀ ⠀ Des goes for Domus Grappa. Torino to Turin.⠀ ⠀ ∘ Made from Piedmonte ruché, this little stunner elevates the liquid from after dinner niche into something softer & more rounded, packing legs of flavour that really show off the grapes.⠀ ⠀ ∙ Stars in our ⟓ 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝙴𝚇𝙸𝚃 ⟔ dessert cocktail.⠀ ⠀ ∠ Re-think Grappa ∠⠀ ∖∗∘∙ Led-by-mules ∙∘∗∖⠀ ⠀ #grappa #Piedmont #italy #digestif #staffpicks #des #bartenderlife #bartender #design #graphicdesign #cocktail #grappacocktail
Uber 𝙓𝙇 ⟟⠀ ⩶⩶⩶⩶⩶⩶⩶⩶⩶⩶⠀ Our sour for Spring spins on an oft-maligned classic: the Sidecar.⠀ ⠀ Everything is there: Armagnac (sic), lemon, triple sec... even the dusted sugar rim; except we take to add a bar spoon of our house cured lemon paste for thickness and tang. ⠀ ⠀ The original, which essentially set the bar for the Margarita, was invented in Harry's bar in Paris and was named as such as most guests arrived and left in a motorcycle sidecar. Since most people do the same for us in an Uber XL that's what we called our drink.⠀ ⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⩷⠀ #sidecar #brandycocktails #armagnac #armagnaccocktails #margarita #cocktailoclock #drinkstagram #paris #harrysbar #diy #bartenderlife #bartender #bars #cocktail #classiccocktails

Phone:
(020) 8985 3927

Location:
Basement,
411 Mare Street
London, E8 1HY

Hours:
Tue—Sun, 6—Late

 

& everything in-between

‘Happy Hour’ — 6 pm to 8 pm daily
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All ingredients are selected or produced in house to exclude artificial additives, colours and flavours, high fructose, corn-syrup and unnecessary sugar as standard
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Menu changes seasonally but do request your favourite classic: we will do our best to match it
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Respect your fellow patrons
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No shouting or fighting
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No drinks or toasts near selectors, records, deck or amplifiers
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Hooks are provided for hats and coats
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Women should introduce themselves to Men and not vice versa
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Patrons are responsible for their guests — choose wisely
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Respect our sleeping neighbours — smoking and departing should be swift and silent
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Please make onward travel plans inside before exiting — wifi is available
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Music levels should remain comfortable — signal the selector if too loud; record collectors are often hard of hearing