A secret bar behind a bookcase: How to get into The Library’s secret bar

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The city of bristol has lots of hidden gems that you can discover. On of which is the library cocktail bar situated on corn street right in the centre of bristol, a bar disguised as a library with a very unique twist. But what can we expect?

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00:00So I am here in what appears like a Bristol library, but I've got a sneaky suspicion

00:07it's a little bit more than that.

00:10Ooh, something's definitely happening.

00:20So the library was created for our customers to be able to have pre and post drinks originally,

00:26but thankfully the library's now turned into a staple part of Bristol hospitality, mainly

00:33due probably to the entrance and the quality of drinks we serve here, and the style of

00:38the venue, which is in keeping with most of our venues that we build.

00:42Definitely focused on an experience here, and it's all about the human interaction and

00:48being able to go out and try new, exciting things, and a lot of what we do here is try

00:52and bring weird flavour combinations together that people wouldn't necessarily have thought

00:56to do themselves, and I think that kind of creative tasting is what brings people back

01:03out to bars and that kind of thing.

01:05So this part of Bristol is the oldest part of Bristol, right by Castle Park, which used

01:09to be the main centre of Bristol before the Blitz.

01:12The Mug Shop building we have down the road is like 198 years old, so we kind of fell

01:16in love with this part of Bristol, just purely because of the age.

01:20It's stunning, and then luckily enough we were able to get hold of this venue here,

01:25the library, so all our businesses are kind of stretched on this street.

01:28I'd say we're quite unique, so the library itself is a multi-use venue, so in the daytimes

01:36on the later part of the week and the weekend, we open up as an afternoon tea parlour.

01:43To be honest, I think it would be the same for most chefs, it's a bit of a noisy world

01:47out there, and there are very few moments where you're just fully doing what you're

01:51doing, as opposed to focused on X, Y, or Z.

01:54So this is a macaron, or macaroon, which is it?

01:59It's a big difference, a macaroon is like this, and a macaroon with an S is actually

02:06the little ones with coconut, so it's not the same.

02:12So let's try a macaroon, a macaroon, a macaroon, cheers.

02:16So is a margarita a popular cocktail here?

02:28Definitely, we have a lot of people that come here specifically for margaritas, which, yeah,

02:34of course, more than welcome, and then you have to have a sip to make sure that it tastes

02:38well.

02:39So you've done half a rim?

02:40Half a rim, just yeah, to make sure that if someone doesn't want a full salt rim, they

02:46can choose to not.

02:47They look so elegant as well.

02:48They are very, very nice.

02:49Happy?

02:50That is delicious, thank you.

02:51Lovely, well done, of course.

02:52Well now I feel like I've got a cocktail qualification.

02:53Yeah, absolutely, you definitely do.

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