Happiness Forgets

Shhh, Speakeasy

Prohibition was hardly the greatest moment for the spirit industry,and yet the number of bars such as the Evans and Peel Detective Agency that model themselves on the period’s speakeasies shows no sign of abating.  For the unimaginative marketeer, the apparent hunger of drinkers to feel as if they are participating in something a little illicit […]

Cocktail Bar Review: Happiness Forgets, London

It would be easy to make this bar sound like yet another *yawn* speakeasy styled establishment.  It’s located in a basement, there is minimal signage to announce its presence, its all low-lit and intimate, and the bartenders are generally of the skinny kind with trouser braces being a favorite item of clothing.  Except it’s not, […]