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Secret cocktail bar to open behind bookshop
The secret entrance to Bristol’s newest cocktail bar will be through a bookcase full of antique hardback books.
Looking like a bookshop from the outside, there is no doubting that The Library is a cocktail bar on the inside, with plans for it also to be a tea rooms by day before becoming a bar by night.
Owners have big plans for the venue, which also has a kitchen and a basement.
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The Library is due to open in May and will initially only be available for pre- and post-dinner drinks to those who have booked at Mugshot.
The bar on St Nicholas Street in the Old City is only a few doors down from the steakhouse and will share its 1920s feel.
Books will line many of the walls inside The Library – photo: Martin Booth
Mugshot owner Adam Bryan and his partner Zowie Yip currently at work putting the finishing touches to the venue.
The Library will open next to Bristol Distilling Co. Bar & Diner in adjoining buildings that were briefly vegan restaurant Roots Lounge and before that a hairdressers.
Main photo: Martin Booth
Read more: Mugshot – restaurant review
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