As I said, my reservation has been made in advance and
I had my password already. That still doesn't mean, that my way to the bar
itself, was pleasant.
On my way there, right on the main street, I have met
a young couple asking some strangers so loudly that even leaves were falling
from trees : ,,SORRY, WHERE IS THE JERRY THOMAS BAR ... ??!!'' Fortunatelly,
those strangers replied to them, that they don't know. This couple just kept
walking and they've probably seen me. I was a little bit far from them, so they
couldn't ask me the same stupid question…
At least not yet.
I went straight to the door of the bar,
as I didn't want to meet those two, but unfortunatelly, it took to
the personell a bit longer to open the doors for me. In meanwhile this couple
found me standing there, and then I couldn't escape from their
stupidity and ignorance anymore... : ,, DO YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE JERRY THOMAS
BAR... ??!!´´
I had a good,
scanning look at them. Girl was dressed more/less ok, but her boyfriend looked
like he just came from a field, still with some potatoes in his
pockets. Broken, dirty sweatshirt, tracksuit and some sneakers in even worse
condition than his sweatshirt does not match to a dresscode appropriate for
this bar, or not even to his girlfriend.
1st point is – You go to one of the best places at the
world, so You have to dress nicely. Or at least : Nice dress, speaks about good
manners. But You ruined that already, by asking like an idiot, totally
inappropriate question – SPEAKEASY IS NOT A NAME, IT IS A CATEGORY OF BARS,
THAT YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT ON PUBLIC WITH EVERYBODY!
And 2nd point is the biggest paradox, too. Both of
them had smartphones in their hands. I repeat, my way here, was not easy at
all, but I made it, without any smartphone and even without asking anybody! Don't get me wrong, it DOES NOT mean, that if my
way was difficult, yours has to be horrible too. It means, that if You have
such a technology in Your bloody hands, at least use it! After all, You won't do it for me. You will do it for yourself,
because You will not look like an idiot. Even if You are one.
,,No, I am sorry.´´ I said. ,,I have no idea, where it
could be...´´ Unfortunatelly, right after I finished my sentense, the staff
opened the door for me and I could eneter…
It is an incredibly beautiful and very, very stylish bar.
It is full of atmosphere of a good old times, and even if I don't smoke, I
appreciate that smoking is allowed inside. In those times of proff. Jerry Thomas,
there were no restrictions on it either. And there is no wi-fi and no signal
for Your phone. My dream about a proper speakeasy bar just became alive.
It is a true and proper escape from reality, where the time flows in a
different way…
The personell is amazing, friendly and helpful. You
can chat with anybody just about anything. And then You get to see the
bartenders doing their art… : If they shake, they really shake – with style,
precision, control and perfect profesionalism. That is a beauty of
the work itself. Bartenders of this bar are not bartenders… They are
artists..
Then You can appreciate the results of their work, of
course. Cocktails are amazing. Stylish, great looking and absolutely delicious…
In the ladder of best 50 bars at the world it is on
number 28 forthe year 2014. Why it is not any higher? I was wondering. The
answer came right after. I've got the barber's chair. That is an unfortunate
seat, right next to the bar, but it is in a corner and it is a little bit
lower, than the barstools next to it, so You are ´´drowning´´ a bit. When You
finish Your cocktail or glass of water, it will not get cleaned or refilled –
most likely – until You will ask the personel, because the bartenders cannot
see You, as You are in the corner and beneath the bar desk.
My second point of disappointment is, that there is
written on their websites, that You can take pictures only without flush. I've
seen one of the member of the personell actually doing picture for the guests
with the flush… That's not a big deal I guess, but from the point of the
principles - I mean, who should know the rules better, than peope
working here?
But oh my sweet godness. Don't You even dare to think,
that I would give less than 5* to this bar..
There is no bar better than this in the whole Italy.
It is even too good to be shared.
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