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Dnevnik “republished the text of Bacchus magazine. You can read here which are the best Bulgarian restaurants for 2020. More gourmet stories, here.
“The great fame has not changed The Clumsies. It is a place that always puts what matters first – quality in cup and plate, and never forgets warm Athenian hospitality. Located in a house in the center of town , The Clumsies leaves the feeling of being at home atmosphere, from the hall where you feel like in the living room, to the quieter room in the back, the terrace to the bar above, this is the house in the Even more so now: Famous Greek chef Athenagoras Costakos has already partnered In the kitchen and bar, focus on introducing Greek ingredients. Sip on the Oh My Mama cocktail, in which co-owners and bartenders Vassilis Kiricis and Nikos Bakulis ferment a variety of Greek apple to make cider and then combine it with rum and spices. A skillful job, but somehow rustic and familiar too. Like The Clumsies, no matter how high you fly, you always feel grounded. ” .
This is the bar’s business card, entitled “Fly High”, with which it is presented in the ranking of the 50 best bars in the world for 2020. The Clumsies is not in it for the first time, but in 2019. It was in sixth place.
Nikos Bakulis is 33 years old and he co-owns the third best bar in the world together with another bartender: Vassilis Kiritsis. In 2020 The Clumsies climbed three places in the ranking of the best bars in the world to number three. It has a reputation for being one of the most experimental bars and has its own laboratory, which pushes the boundaries of bartending in general.
Bakulis finds a few minutes to answer Bacchus’ questions a few days after the classification is announced. He is happy, of course, but he says that the whole “bar scene” (there is no more appropriate cliche on the subject) in Athens is at a very high level. In the top 50 there is another bar, Baba au Rum, and everything is developing.
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When asked what it means to be a good bar in 2020 and to be at the level of the best in the world, Bakulis reacted quickly saying that the answer to this question is always easy and clear: you must first do what you love. Then he continues with the explanation: to be a good bar you have to be authentic, offer good drinks, a pleasant atmosphere.
“To be a human place, not to be artificial when you strive for the perfect. The most important thing in a bar is to create a mood, have fun, feel it.”
Like anything good, one ingredient is not enough, it is a combination of things. Bakulis also knows how important details are. “I travel the world a lot and I know how important the details are, the things that distinguish them. There are many very good bars, but everything in them has to be connected.”
Who is the cocktail that “signs” the bar (the signature drink)? Aegean Negroni: reflect our sea, you feel the Mediterraneanoh, explains Nico Bakulis. The drink, colored blue, also won the ranking of the best cocktail in the world for 2019.
But 2020 is different. The crisis of the Crown has left its mark on both Greece and the exodus of the people.
New at The Clumsies is a special menu created by renowned Greek chef Athenagoras Costakos. “We had food from the beginning, but now we offer different things” and this helps us keep the bar open and quarantined.
What do you expect for 2021?
Who knows. Nobody knows. It’s probably going to be a crazy year, but crazy things like experiences won’t happen yet, Bakulis thinks. Things will continue to be slow and somewhat cramped.
During it, a project created by the team two years ago received a strong boost: SO of original cocktails: recipes specially developed for home delivery bar cocktails in small glass bottles, reminiscent of a reduced version of a milk bottle. This company is doing well now, people are asking for Aegean Negroni or Clumsy Negroni for home. “It seems we knew about the virus and we were cooking,” Bakulis joked.
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Aegean Negroni Ingredients:
– The Clumsy Old Tom Gin
– Amber Special Reserve Martini
– Bitter Martini
– Dill
– Diktamos (oregano from Crete)
– anise
“Caper is leaving.”
Time Out magazine chose it as the best cocktail of 2019. The rating is “distinctive taste, unmistakably Mediterranean.”
For more gourmet stories, you can request the new Bacchus issue here.
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