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Angelo Immorlano, From Mallorca to Dubai

Penelope Vaglini — Sat, 30 May 2026 09:09:15 +0000

Angelo Immorlano, now Bar Manager at Nobu Dubai, has Puglian roots on his father’s side and a Spanish-leaning accent that hints at where it all began. Bartending was never the plan. “I started in Mallorca twenty years ago, in a small pub. I was watching Captain Tsubasa, playing football — I didn’t drink and knew nothing about bars.” He fell into the job almost by chance, then got curious fast. “A friend gave me my first cocktail book, with the […]

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Beyond The Noise, There Was Alain Achkar

Penelope Vaglini — Mon, 18 May 2026 09:43:28 +0000

Before and after the guest shifts, the trips, the sound of shakers, the music, all the spectacle, both in front of and behind the bar, what truly matters is what people leave with you. Out of these events, real and profound relationships are often born—connections that move far beyond the professional sphere and touch something much deeper in life. That was the case with Alain from the very beginning. We met two years ago during a tour across Milan, Rome and Florence, which gave […]

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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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From Coffee Counter to Cocktail Bar: Nadin Elias Shapes a Space With a Dual Rhythm

Daniela Manzo — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:39:00 +0000

In Santiago, there is a place where espresso sits alongside vermouth, cold brew meets bitter, and service carries the discipline of a classroom. It is called Artemisa — a venue with a dual identity. The first coffee cocktail bar in Chile, conceived as a space for applied research behind the counter, it operates as a specialty coffee bar by day and, as evening falls, shifts atmosphere to become a cocktail bar. Or rather, that kind of spot where lights dim, […]

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Lucian Bucur: Inside Percento Lab, Where Milan’s Top Bars Develop Their Drinks

Chiara Degl'Innocenti — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:28:00 +0000

Milan has built a durable relationship with the beverage world through the daily work of its bars — places where choices about product and service are constantly tested by an audience with high expectations. Not necessarily more technically informed, but certainly trained to spot the differences — and to demand quality, and speed. That constant pressure has forced people behind the bar to decide quickly and deliver consistency, with no room for error. And yet that very demand has surfaced […]

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Alberto Blasetti: How to Turn a Story into an Image

Cristina Viggè — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Alberto Blasetti is one of Italy’s most acclaimed photographers in the world of food, hospitality and the bar industry. He has developed a distinctive style capable of turning every image into a story: here is how his photographic vision came to life. Photography According to Alberto Blasetti Photography is like a cocktail: it demands a precise balance of technique and sensitivity, aesthetics and ethics, rigor and flair, proportion and instinct, restraint and vision, materiality and imagination.“When you take a photograph, […]

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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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Lissa Barquero: Designing Hospitality Spaces Between Bars and Architecture

Claudia Orlandi — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:07:50 +0000

Spaces meant to be inhabited — lived in for work or for pleasure — are always the result of careful thinking about scale and balance between purpose and use. More than anywhere else, places devoted to entertainment, social life and hospitality rest on precise rules that are not, however, an obstacle to creativity and talent. ACreative Director, Designer and young Architect from Costa Rica, Lissa Barquero embodies the kind of talent that can apply itself across disciplines, staying true to […]

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Brazil Cocktail Bars Are Booming: Marcos Toriyama Explains Why

Aldo Fresia — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:45:00 +0000

“I’m the most important person in the industry.” Said playfully, that line was enough for Marcos Toriyama to make his way into an exclusive party. “Three years ago I was in Singapore, and Atlas was hosting a celebration for the release of the new The World’s 50 Best Bars list. They asked for my invitation — I didn’t have one. They asked if I worked in the industry, and I said, in a way, yes. Then I added: actually, I’m […]

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