rounding up 2015 in The House of The Spirits.

two thousand and fifteen finished with a yet another pop up venture in a former brazilian restaurant on hackney road, ready to blossom into something new. 

the ex raizes, has become HoneyMoon, a new eaterie and bar next to the apiary exhibition and photography studios. 

times change very quickly in london nowadays and people are moving on, up, forward, ducking, diving and just about keeping their heads above water to survive and although the austerity and gentrification are sweeping hard and fast, new creative shoots are springing up as constant as the closure and decay, with a new positive lease (the openings).  

and breathe.

a friend passed me on the details of the new place and naturally, i was intrigued. 
as it happens, i knew the woman, who was running the apiary and had taken over the space next door. 
we met, we remembered, we talked.
and we decided, to warm the place up for christmas, till its final fate was to be considered after the new year. 

so, stav B' liquor bar was erected again in this positive, warm, female power energy, full of kindness and understanding and a creative flow. 

it was great to see people, who i have not seen in some time and my usual female crowd, who love to stay east. 

mulled cider, dressed the space in sweetness and cosiness and the tailor made cocktails were consumed with happiness and curiosity and a lot of thirst! it is only right and i was glad about that. 

infuses vermouths, homemade syrups and jams and bitters, vegan concoctions, for health, healing and the environment, as well as non alcoholic delights were gracing my carefully designed menus, affordable and delicious, as they should be. 

we had music form the 20s all the way to the 00s and we had dancing, art exhibitions, gong baths, full moon, new moon and we had christmas. 

a BIG thank you to all, who attended and enjoyed.

THANK YOU anka, for being a invaluable bartender, doug at DHD, for the fantastic artwork and design, in poster and menu, leslie, for offering me the space, ely and geraldine, for your wonderful support. 

it was a fine affair and look forward to where the liquor bar will be up next. 


peace and cheers. 

stav B x

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THE PLACE needs a place

... and at present, it resides once a week in a 70s building, which has been and still is a community centre, with a theatre hall and various other rooms as studios and in the process of being occupied by other creatives in art and design and media and other gatherings... the library, has moved to dalston central, a super modern building in the regenerated square...

The Rose Lipman community and theatre hall is where THE PLACE pops up and pops down every friday from 6pm.

and to be exact in the ROLAND VICTOR ROYSTON - MINTON hall, complete with a kitchen, a huge ballroom, a stage, thick heavy and velvet red curtains, lights and a load of history, which i wish to unravel as we trot along in this new journey...

i was introduced to the space in october 2012, when i was invited to do the bar for MILLco's annual exhibition, sponsored by CO - OPERATIVE, in their new building in london's haggerston/ de beauvoir crescent...

i saw it. i liked it. i wanted it. i got it.

and as my short trip to voodooray's was paused temporarily, we'll see, for purely business reasons, i jumped at the opportunity, as i see the potential, for something interesting to commence and continue, by retaining the originality and the new and fresh and interesting...

i stripped down the menu to my my twisted classics and originals, so that i can get rid of stock i already had and start again with the new events.

i also dropped the prices down, for obvious reasons, but also, as a reaction to a brutal conservative system, which includes soaring prices and no service; well, not in my shop!

the wine has changed in politics and quality, too: carton boxes of wine equivalent to four bottles are mafia free, chemicals free and carbon foot print reduced and they are absolutely delicious, organic and precise in flavour, true to their grape. 

the prosecco comes in tap and its frizz is just right; fresh and bubbly and wonderfully seductive and very very italian.

i kept the estrella damm, bottled beer from barcelona, as it has been the most popular and very affordable.

there is still jam in the old fashioned, from apricot, to black cherry and victorian plum, rhubarb in the treacle, fig in the margarita and fresh sage in the vodka martini.

trying new vodka and gin from a london company is also exciting with homemade and purely distilled spirits, where bottles are to be kept for recycling and money/ resources saving reasons. bliss.

art and politics. cocktails and fun. stories intertwined. as it should be.

this is going to be my fourth week in the theatre and the traffic has been interested/ interesting and consistent. with regulars, who follow and new ones, who pop in, out of interest or sheer curiosity; word of mouth, has always been a good source of advertising after all and it's always lovely to greet and serve new folk.

last week, we entertained two beautiful boys, for their joint birthdays and we had a lot of fun... 

i'm putting my head down for more focus and re invention... after all, i've always done it my way and constantly learning...

THE PLACE is at ROSE LIPMAN building/ ROLAND VICTOR ROYSTON - MINTON hall, to be exact every friday from 6pm. the entry is free. watch this space for extra treats; hair styling, under the spotlight, dance for against violence to women, magic, theatre productions and the dyke march launch party...

busy bee and up for it...
join us.
in drinking and avant garde fun. music, too. from the 40s all the way to the 00s. 

peace and cheers. 

THE PLACE.
ROSE LIPMAN BUILDING 
43 DOWNHAM ROAD,
LONDON N1 5SQ.

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