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A REAL PAGETURNER Some cocktail menus are so creative, well written and beautifully designed, you want to read them from cover to cover and even take them home. Yolanda Evans presents her favourite collectibles
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hen you walk into a bar the first thing you’re usually offered is the drinks menu – which to my mind is the gateway to the establishment’s creativity. Along with chatting to the bartender, these menus are essential in capturing our imagination and tantalising our palates. So much so that bars have become increasingly innovative, producing menus inspired by the arts, media, technology and more, creating a whole narrative around their drinks offering. So desirable, in some cases, they are even offered for sale as works of art in themselves. Here’s my pick of five of the most memorable in recent years.
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