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A DIFFERENT VIBE
places are creating is both attractive
and contagious, and it’s giving us more
reason to keep coming back.
PISCO BAR
The first thing you’ll notice when you
enter Pisco is that everyone is leaning
in and actually talking, sometimes
animatedly, to each other. Perhaps
there’s the bar’s general look and feel
to thank for the fact that people aren’t
isolating themselves by gazing into
their phones. Pisco is, to begin with, a
nice, warm place that’s conducive to
human interaction. Exposed red-brick
walls display dramatic black-and-
white images of Old Hollywood stars;
multi-level wooden pallets line the
ceiling and absorb noise; vintage pails
used as pendant lights over the long
bar are your first clue to the spirit of
inventiveness that pervades the bar,
from interiors, to menu, to bar list.
The bar is famous for its signature
drink, the Pisco Sour (thus the name),
a South American cocktail that uses
pisco as a base liquor and citrus fruits
as souring agents. Peruvian cuisine is
also hot right now: Ferran Adrià is a
fan, andMatsuhisa Nobu has said his
years as a chef in the capital of Lima
have informed his style. And Pisco
is drawing a following of expats and
locals who come for the Peruvian and
Spanish tapas (empanadas and ceviche
are among the favorites) and the
regular events the bar organizes. There
are DJ sessions on weekends featuring
local and international DJs spinning
house music, live music events
featuring local artists, screenings of
art-house films in partnership with
the European and Latin American
embassies on Tuesday nights, and the
popular Lazy Sundays brunch.
For the latter, held on the last Sunday
of every month, Pisco Bar transforms
itself into a daytime playpen for
grownups: comfortable bean bags are
strewn all over the floor, an outdoor
paellera
(the newest on the menu is
the seafood paella) and barbecue bar
fill the air with delicious aromas, and
boozy popsicles make for a refreshing
way to cool down.
Pisco Bar
29 JlnMesui, Off Jln Nagasari, +60 3
2142 2900; piscobarkl.com
