We usually have a choice of Art Deco cocktail bars in stock for you to look at here at the showroom or on the website. It is fitting therefore that there are many Art Deco cocktail bars out there just waiting to be discovered. The Art Deco period had something of an air of decadence about it and was associated with glamour and good times. They turn around quite quickly so we would advise you to check in regularly and sign up for our regular alerts - we will give you the heads up when a new item in your chosen categories comes into stock. I’m not going to get involved with that except to say that, to paraphrase Maureen Lipman, “you’re an ologist, that’s fantastic.” Sounds better than a plain old barman/woman every time.Īmongst our collection of cocktail bars, or mixology stations - including antique cocktail bars and vintage cocktail bars - you will find something for every size and style of room. When researching this piece I found one amusing twist - those in the drinks service industry are at odds with one another as to whether a mixologist is a more highly skilled person than a bartender or barman (woman). I imagine this is because beer requires very little mixing. Here’s another new-ish word (I think) for you to conjure with - “Mixologist.” A mixologist is defined, this time pretty unanimously, as someone skilled in the mixing of drinks, especially cocktails. Whichever definition you prefer, or which suits your requirements, we usually have a stock of antique bars and antique dry bars for you to peruse at our North London showroom or on this very website.Īntique Cocktail Bars, Modern Cocktail Bars and the Rest Starting in California and now making an appearance in a town or city near you, we have the latest incarnation of the word: a “Dry Bar” is a “Blow Dry Bar” - somewhere you can nip into and get a quick hair refurbishment, without a booking - actually chaps we Brits invented that centuries ago, it’s called a barbers, no appointment necessary, just roll up and read a few magazines until it’s your turn. Nonetheless, the term is in daily use and could be taken to mean one of two things: a bar that does not serve alcohol or a bar that does not have a connection to the water supply and which therefore cannot wash glasses and so on.Īs we think it to be unlikely that our customers would go to all the trouble and expense of buying a bar just to show of their bottles of cherryade, we prefer to regard a dry bar as being one which does serve alchohol but which does not have a water supply which means that the nominated bartender would have to disappear periodically to wash a few glasses.

To my dismay, however, Chambers do not have a definition for “Dry Bar.” What a shocker! So next I turned to the Oxford English dictionary only to find that they don’t have a definition either. I consulted my dictionary - here I refer to the Chambers dictionary, regarded as the dictionary of choice for writers and cruciverbalists (those who solve crossword puzzles) because of the strength and quality of its definitions. A bar is slang for a British pound, with half a bar being ten shillings or 50p as I think the young people call it these days. The word “bar” is one of the most widely used words in the English language and can mean anything from a place where alcohol is served to a length of metal, and lots of other meanings in between. This is a question that will get you a host of different answers, depending on who you ask and where you ask it. What Is The Difference Between a Dry Bar and a Wet Bar?

Give your home a welcoming feel with an antique bar or wine storage cabinet available in a variety of different styles, including some lovely Art Deco pieces.

Most of these antique cocktail cabinets are functional items of furniture which will hold their ground at even the most boisterous social events whilst at the same time serving as a useful and attractive item of storage for everything you need to keep the party going. These antique cocktail cabinets and bars are practical yet attractive pieces of furniture and are designed to show off your drinks collection and form the centrepiece of a pleasant evening spent with family or friends.

Antique hidden bar cabinet