Minibar. It’s a tough reservation. It’s a big commitment. Well, now there’s a place next door that’s
a little more approachable, but with all the same José Andrés–ishness about it. Oh yeah, it’s a
cocktail bar, it’s called Barmini, and it opens next Friday. Here’s a statistical
breakdown:
23: Places to sit, mostly on wavy lounge seats and at stark white counters.
2: People who can fit in the swing that hangs by a chain.
2: People who can fit on the patchwork chaise lounge (these are your top choices for dates).
25: Slightly creepy hand sculptures emerging from the wall, most holding citrus fruit.
1: Centrifuge contraptions behind the bar that turn out infusions like peanut rum.
106: Cocktails on the list, mostly classics made with an avant-garde twist or two, like mezcal marshmallows.
16: Cocktails based around whiskey.
4: Cocktails based around beer.
Infinite: Number of bar snacks they may rotate in and out, but for now settle on ibérico ham and salmon roe cones.
1930s: Decade from which most of the vintage glassware originated.
1: Glassware styles supposedly molded from the left breast of Marie Antoinette.
Aka the good one.
23: Places to sit, mostly on wavy lounge seats and at stark white counters.
2: People who can fit in the swing that hangs by a chain.
2: People who can fit on the patchwork chaise lounge (these are your top choices for dates).
25: Slightly creepy hand sculptures emerging from the wall, most holding citrus fruit.
1: Centrifuge contraptions behind the bar that turn out infusions like peanut rum.
106: Cocktails on the list, mostly classics made with an avant-garde twist or two, like mezcal marshmallows.
16: Cocktails based around whiskey.
4: Cocktails based around beer.
Infinite: Number of bar snacks they may rotate in and out, but for now settle on ibérico ham and salmon roe cones.
1930s: Decade from which most of the vintage glassware originated.
1: Glassware styles supposedly molded from the left breast of Marie Antoinette.
Aka the good one.
