Post #515705 by virani on Sun, Mar 7, 2010 11:58 AM

No, I've never been to those 2 places.
The Curio Parlor is the second bar of the guys from the Experimental Cocktail Club, and I heard it's better at the ECC, but yes, i want to try that one too, because they have their own menu and seems to make real good cocktails too.
I've heard the Mama Shelter was just trendy but really bad. But then, I thought it was only a restaurant/hotel...hmm

I don't really like Harry's, for the customers and the drinks. No, thanks.

But, yeah, I love to go to La Rhumerie too, and have their Accra de Morue. Delicious. And a nice rum menu.

And a good thing to do if you have some time in Paris is taking a cocktail class with Colin Field of the Hemingway bar on saturdays for an hour and a half (it can be in French or English). For 100 euros, you get a special lesson (when I took it, we were only 2 attendees), you sample drinks, liquors..., he makes you a special cocktail for you, and you leave with a certificate, and a beautiful Ritz cocktail glass.

Here's a good blog in english about the cocktail bars in Paris : http://52martinis.blogspot.com/ There are a few, but really, I don't appreciate a lot. Usually, it's too trendy,with an awful service like you are bothering the bartenders, and they don't know how to make a Sidecar or a Martini.