The last time we went to Dante NYC nobody was saying the word “pandemic”, New York was abuzz and had just opened Little Spain (long live Spain, yes), a Spanish cuisine market that we were much less interested in visiting than the recently acclaimed best bar in the world according to the list The World's Best Bars.
The last time we went to Dante NYC we made it with plug because let's see, reservations are piling up in its database and there is no one who sits there if you do not notify a handful of weeks in advance.
Viva España at Dante NYC, New York.
It was the team bitterness, strategic and experiential consultant specializing in cocktail bar , who pulled two stools out of God knows where thanks to its close relationship with the guys from Dante NYC. A bond forged when the bar set up a pop-up in Madrid next to the Seagram's Hotel, something they did again last February at the Vincci Capitol, in the middle of Gran Vía.
those two stools they did the magic and so we could enjoy the bar that everyone wanted to go to. Now, already down from the throne and with The Connaught, in London, Perched on the podium, Dante NYC is still a great reason to fly to the Big Apple. One of many.
The teams from La Venencia, Salmon Guru (with Diego Cabrera), Paradiso (with Giacomo Giannotti) and Angelita (with Mario Villalón) at GuruLab, Madrid.
As if you leave today. The curious thing is that as soon as you arrive at this corner of the Village you would find the proposals of two brothers from Madrid of Zamoran blood (and orchard). Yes, there have been too many clues already for those who know where is he hiding one of the best cocktail bars in Madrid (and in Spain). David and Mario Villalon are the creators of the restaurant and cocktail bar little angel , and Mario, the family bartender.
Famous for using the garden that their parents work in Litos, a town in Zamora, and for some tomatoes that don't look like it but yes, they are from this world, have shown that cocktails can also be sustainable, authentic and full of nuances from the earth. And that's what New Yorkers and travelers will be able to taste this week at Dante NYC.
Mario Villalón, from Angelita, presents his cocktails for Dante NYC at Guru Lab (Madrid).
One of his cocktails, called El Bierzo, is an impeccable drink based on Bombay Sapphire gin, celery, hydrosol of mint and parsley, Homemade liqueur of dried melon and plums and godello wine on lees. All the herbs in his garden. When Zamora met New York, That's it.
They will follow the venice (from June 27 to 29), Madrid's temple of sherry wines, which will take Village a selection of his best boots. The amontillado we tasted at GuruLab days before his expedition he already gave clues that New Yorkers will say "long live Spain" to the first round.
Giacomo Giannotti (Paradiso) and Diego Cabrera (Salmon Guru) at Viva Madrid, owned by Diego.
By Dante NYC they have already passed two other national glories of the cocktail bar: Salmon Guru, the magical corner of Diego Cabrera in Madrid, with "classics" from his menu as Banana Ritual, blend of Bombay Sapphire, La Venencia manzanilla, Canarian banana wine, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, homemade lime cordial; Y paradiseby Giacomo Giannotti (Barcelona).
The Italian, whose smile has not been erased since his bar rose to third place in The World's Best Bars 2021, made the Americas at the beginning of June with recipes like The Cloud: mezcal and tequila Patron infused with hibiscus and seeds flax, amaro, fine, piparras, soda and xylitol cordial.
And long live Spain.