Gambrinus…something more

One hundred and fifty years’ history passed by among the cafe’ tables of a city that was – about the 1860′s- the capital of the Borbone ‘s southern Italy. Kings, queens, intellectuals, famous personalities and common citizens stopped here, in this one-in-the-world foyer, in this sort of art gallery that people could lively harmony. This Grand Café, and the city with it, has constantly offered the customers a broad range of leisures: ranking from the Viennese light orchestras, to the unforgettable Neapolitan songs together with high standard products and services. All this is the city’s magnificent Café known as the Gambrinus.

Literary bar

 The 10 most famous literary bar in the world, here’s the ranking drawn by Forbes Traveler.

1 White Horse Tavern, New York, attended by Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
2nd Algonquin, New York, preferred by journalists like Dorothy Parker who wrote for Vanity Fair.
3rd Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon, Oakland, California, where Jack London went during his study time.
4th Harry’s New York Bar, Paris, where the Bloody Mary was created and where Sinclair Lewis and Ernest Hemingway went regularly.
5th Bar Hemingway at the Ritz, Paris, attended by Hemingway himself.
6th Ye Olde Cock Tavern, London, the favorite tavern of Charles Dickens.
7th Davy Byrnes, Dublin, where James Joyce wrote a few pages of his Ulysses.
8th Eagle and Child, Oxford, where J.R.R. Tolkien discussed with its Hobbits with C.S. Lewis.
9th Long Bar at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, attended by Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling.
10th Floritida, Havana, Cuba, attended by Tennessee Williams and usually Ernest Hemingway.

Useful and great design!

 ‘Klypsos’ may look simple but it is extremely functional as it allows users to hold a drink and a small snack plate together in one hand in crowded parties and other functions. Now, you may meet and greet your friends and business associates warmly while enjoying your drinks and snacks.

Razy2 is a Polish design studio formed by designers Paulina Krauza and Jacek Ryn.

Country Bar

Vincent Van Gogh @ “Caffè di notte”

 

 

 

Sometimes a Coffee at night can be a place where the feelings are free to vent …for Vincent Van Gogh it was just so!

“Ho cercato di esprimere con il rosso e il verde le terribili passioni umane. La sala è rosso sangue e giallo opaco, un biliardo verde in mezzo, quattro lampade giallo limone a irradiazione arancione e verde. C’è dappertutto una lotta e un’antitesi dei più diversi verdi e rossi, nei piccoli personaggi di furfanti dormienti, nella sala triste e vuota, e del violetto contro il blu“.

Marica@ kitsch bar

Kitsch Bar,

Here we are at Sempione. Avenue Second stop of our itinerary and umpteenth stop of our “famous”

tram.

Bar? No. It’s not a bar, it is something more than a bar…it’s a protest.

It’s a protest against being static.

It’s a protest against being identical.

It’s the confirmation that the excess is “the winner”.

After the interview with Paolo Calvio, owner and animator of the bar, I’ve realized that the time was flown. I felt completely captured by that pink color…after a while I was totally fascinated by it.

Wall:  Pink color

Ceiling: pink color

Floor: Pink color

Lips  on the wall and some little pigs around the bar.

This is the design chosen for this bar and created by the owners.

Who are the customers of the bar?

Everybody and nobody.

Everyone… who wants be himself..

Nobody…it’ doesn’t exists an ideal customer.

Everyone who wants to exceed can be the ideal customer. The excess of the reality, the excess of the liking, the excess of the silent.

What kind of relationship there is with customer service?

Relationship? The relationship is an active part of the evening…it’s not only part of the customer service but is part of the team. Some clients are habitual, they spend the entire night in the bar waiting for a lovely croissant to eat in the first morning.

The age?

The age group comprises people from 20 years old to 40…everyone seems to be part of

Kitsch phenomenon.

What kind of music do they listen? Electronic music!!!

 

Amazing!!! Isn’t it?

If you don’t believe it…try it

Marica @ Tram bar: news from ATM

After Turin, Milan also hosts a new kind of bar … … Bar moving bar on the rails … in short tram-bar! This is a strange but attractive idea and it is enough to put some table or young people on trams in order to make the traffic atmosphere for a pleasant happy hour on rails.

Marica @ Californian Bakery

California Bakery (or the oven of California) is the first American artisan pastry created by the recipes and the passion of a Californian lady. In local you can enjoy yourself with appetizers made of fresh ingredients such as sweet cakes practically home-made, Cheesecakes, “a classic American cuisine, Muffins, namely snacks for breakfast and lunch, Brownies, which are panels of soft dark chocolate pasta, bread American, the Bagels, donuts famous bread cooked in steam and then gilded in the oven, and then salted various specialties including the American Focaccia. From the 19:30 the Burger Time begins with a menu of top-quality hamburger.

Alcohol numbers

“Alcohol, along with smoking, physical activity and food, has become increasingly important especially at the consequences of excessive use of alcohol can have on consumers, especially young people. The consumption of alcohol is strongly influenced by cultural, social, economic and political. The damage caused by alcohol, in addition to the drinker, extends to families and communities, imposes on society: it is estimated that alcohol is responsible for 9% of health spending.” Let’s have a look to these data regarding the consumption of beer, wine and between meals alcohol. 

 

 

The charts of the consumption of alcohol are the result of a study presented to Congress in November 2002 by Emanuele Scafati SIMG – Osservatorio fumo alcol e droghe – Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics – Istituto Superiore di Sanità.

Music @ Bar

To listen to good music, a must stop is Le Scimmie. In the eighties was the landmark of jazz innovation, today we also hear funky and rhythm blues. The smoky atmosphere of this pub is similar to the typical one of New York jazz club. At Le Scimmie the larger artistic personality of the sphere of music were discovered … young people of record companies is catapulting there to discover new artists and new artists are catapulting there to be discovered.