Nightlife
Originally published on Tuesday, 14th April 2009
And Breathe
Politicians are lying snakes. Banks make money. G&Ts are for drinking. Oh, how simple the world used to be! A place for everything and everything in its place. Now politicians are inspiring hope; banks are – well you don’t need me to tell you what banks have been doing lately; and my blessed, most holy gin and tonic has gone all bloody transcendental.
I blame those gastronomic genii, Bompas & Parr, who, after confusing our senses with last Valentine’s delightfully bizarre scratch ‘n’ sniff cinema, are back in town with a new transubstantial pop-up.
Setting up in Soho in reference to its historic relationship to alcohol (they mean the preponderance of gin houses during the 18th century, I’m told, rather than the swarms of 21st century underage out-of-towners staggering about at 3am, vomiting everywhere), they’ve gone and created an enormous walk-in cocktail of breathable booze.
Picture an oversized Le Whif choco-inhaler filled with booze (or a gas chamber crossed with a G&T, if you prefer), where you can nibble on palette-paired snacks and inhale your way to mixological euphoria. Well, they do say that breathing is the easiest thing in the world… At least that hasn’t changed.
Alcoholic Architecture
2 Ganton Street, W1F 7QL
April 16-18 and 23-25, hourly from 7-9pm
£5 advance