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Remy Savage Debuts at Prada With a Cocktail Menu Inspired by Rong Zhai

Penelope Vaglini — Mon, 11 May 2026 05:12:00 +0000

When a mixologist like Remy Savage enters Prada’s creative orbit, the outcome extends far beyond the idea of a cocktail menu. In Shanghai, Mi Shang Prada Rong Zhai opens a new chapter in its beverage program by appointing Savage as Lead Mixologist, marking the beginning of a collaboration set within an ecosystem where design, culture, hospitality and sensory storytelling coexist with effortless coherence. “Joining Prada represents, for me, the meeting of two worlds that share the same attention to detail, […]

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This New Mexico City Address Comes From the Founders of Handshake Speakeasy

Penelope Vaglini — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:19:00 +0000

In Mexico City, the latest project from the team behind Handshake Speakeasy is Ahorita Cantina, conceived as a deliberate shift in tone. Here, the walk- in sets the rhythm of the evening and spontaneity replaces ritual. Ahorita Cantina, the New Concept Between a Speakeasy and a Contemporary Cantina Founders Marcos Di Battista, Rodrigo Urraca and Eric van Beek moved away from the structured choreography of a speakeasy to embrace something looser, built on collective energy. The concept aligns with a […]

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This Restaurant and Cocktail Bar in San José Tells a Story of Family and Hospitality

Penelope Vaglini — Fri, 08 May 2026 06:37:00 +0000

In the heart of Barrio Escalante, San José’s dining district, Isolina occupies a 1940s wooden house that once belonged to the Escalante family, early owners of the coffee plantation that shaped this part of the Costa Rican capital. The structure still carries its past in every beam and floorboard. The Birth of Isolina and the Family Memory Manuel and Fernando Crespo, brothers and co-owners, restored it with restraint rather than reinvention. The original hardwood floors remain. The ceilings, too. During […]

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Kamel Abi Hassan, the Venezuelan Chef Who Brought a Touch of the East to Panama

Penelope Vaglini — Sat, 02 May 2026 12:31:11 +0000

When he’s not behind the counter at Umi, the Panama-based restaurant he co-founded with partner Abraham Abbo, chef Kamel Abi Hassan is out on the ocean, cutting through the water by boat, ready for an intense fishing session. Whatever he catches goes straight to the kitchen, where, armed with razor-sharp knives, he cleans, breaks down, and selects the finest cuts to serve guests who come for an evening of nigiri, hand rolls, and cocktails shaped by Japanese precision. Everything begins […]

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How Camilo Solano Is Reshaping Santiago’s Bar Scene

Penelope Vaglini — Fri, 01 May 2026 06:50:00 +0000

“I’m persistent. Sometimes anxious. But I want to take a bite out of the world.” That is how Camilo Solano introduces himself. Born in Colombia and now at the helm of El Sindicato, a neighborhood bar in Santiago – Chile – he works the room in a black skirt and knee-high socks, drifting between bar and tables, talking music and drinks with guests — the two obsessions that anchor his nights. “When I first arrived in Chile, the city received […]

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Alain Achkar and the Secret Behind Amelia’s Success

Penelope Vaglini — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:20:00 +0000

Sincere eyes and a contagious energy have made Alain Achkar one of the most recognizable figures in Dubai’s bar scene. Behind the counter at Amelia — a Nikkei-driven restaurant and cocktail bar where music carries late into the night — his presence draws in every guest, building toward a performance of fire and ice, enhanced by lighting that ignites the entire space. His journey began more than twenty years ago in Lebanon, his home country. “In 2005, after military service, […]

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This Bratislava Bar Turned Cocktails Into Design Objects

Penelope Vaglini — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:26:00 +0000

On the ground floor of Bratislava’s historic Carlton Hotel, a wooden-and-glass doorway leads into a cocktail bar that feels lifted from a Henri Rousseau jungle scene. Soft, controlled lighting shapes the room at night, interacting with layers of lush greenery that define the space: plants suspended from the ceiling, foliage winding around the back bar, and a large sculptural shrub rising at the center of the main room. Velvet armchairs in deep petrol and ochre tones complete the composition, setting […]

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Marco Corallo Between Vinyl and Highballs at Saikindō, Abu Dhabi

Penelope Vaglini — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:23:00 +0000

Night has settled over Al Maryah Island, and a light sea breeze finally softens the heat of the day. Marco Corallo steps into the Four Seasons Abu Dhabi on his way to the recently opened listening bar inside the property, but pauses first on the lobby terrace. He sits down, coffee in hand, smiling as he searches for the right words to begin. The Career of Marco Corallo: The Early Years After fifteen years spent outside Italy, speaking his native […]

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These Taipei Cocktail Bars Are Redefining Asian Mixology

Penelope Vaglini — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:20:00 +0000

A city that moves at several speeds at once, Taipei is hyper-connected and deeply ritual, cutting-edge and steeped in tradition. Here, global food & beverage trends are absorbed at an impressive pace and often even anticipated, thanks to a clear identity that weaves together fine dining, street food and contemporary cocktail bars. The Role of Tea in Taipei’s Cocktail Scene Young chefs have carved out a modern Taiwanese gastronomy, blending local ingredients with French technique and Nordic restraint, while the […]

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This Prestigious Florentine College Has Been Reborn as a Luxury Hotel

Penelope Vaglini — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:13:00 +0000

The hillside above Florence still bears the imprint of generations of students who walked the corridors of Collegio alla Querce. Today those spaces come back to life through a restoration commissioned by Analjit Singh, owner and founder of Leeu Collection, which has preserved the sixteenth-century structure, the marble, the coffered ceilings and the terraced gardens laid out in the spirit of Medici parks. The Transformation of Collegio alla Querce The architectural project, by the studio Esteva i Esteva with interiors […]

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