Parma, the city of ham and parmesan, but also the second largest city in Emilia Romagna and it is a rare pearl: with a prestigious history, a young nightlife and its many characteristic points of cultural interest. Furthermore, it is a highly appreciated destination for savoring the ancient culinary tradition recognized throughout the world. Today, though We present it to you in a new guise, that of mixing. At that time let's find out where to drink in Parma and surrounding areas.
The best cocktail bars in Parma and surrounding areas.
After the stage of Mix Contest at NH Parma, which took place on Tuesday 3 October, here is our selection.
BREAD BISTRO
Opened in Via Spezia 90, in a former furniture factory, in the heart of the city, Bread Bistro in a short time it confirmed itself as one of the places where to drink in Parma and surrounding areas. The partners decided to open here to realize an idea and therefore open the doors to a place capable of becoming a symbol of the Emilian capital.
It's on the menu space for a wide range of food options, created by local ingredients placed inside the bread, excellent to combine with particular cocktails designed by professional bartenders, such as Marika Maniello. There is room for everyone on the blender menu from international to non-alcoholic, but the real highlight are the revisitations of signature, recreated drinks in which floral liqueurs and aromatic mousses stand out which enhance the botanicals of each drink.
CHOICE
The fixed stop on Friday evenings for Parma people? Choice. The restaurant overlooks Borgo della Cavallerizza, a historic street a stone's throw from Pilotta, and thanks to its air of conviviality it manages to bring everyone together, creating a slow, nocturnal atmosphere where you feel at home. The counter contains the soul of the place, behind which Mattia offers two choices: the line of great classics or you can opt for a homemade.
The bartenders, Schiaretti Mattia and Redolfini Luca, they follow the seasonality of the ingredients by mixing them with infusions, fermentations, extractions and cordials, creating taste experiences that will always be the "choice” right. This temple of the most advanced mixing confirms itself as one of the must places to drink in Parma and surrounding areas.
GRAND ROQUES
TO Reggio Emilia There is no shortage of neighborhoods with unusual names, one of which is the Hole of the Lord, name due to the medieval period in which a water lock was managed by Sigismondo D'Esste, the lord of the city of San Marino. Now it is the residential part of the city that hosts the Gran Roques.
The restaurant boasts excellent customer service and a high quality of services provided. The food proposal will take you on a tour of the globe thanks to Latin flavours, but not only. The peculiarity that distinguishes the Gran Roques it's knowing how to combine local ingredients with South American ones, such as Feroz made from Tequila cazadorez, whiskey, orange, lemon, honey and ginger.
Not least are the cocktails offered in the drinklist by Ryan Montanari and Ferdinando Liguori, the creations are balanced in the choice of spirits and creative in the choice of overseas flavours. Furthermore, you can also find a wide choice for Gin and Vodka lovers.
GORFER LIQUEURS
Gorfer is a bar specializing in craft spirits and cocktails located in the heart of Mirandola. The history of the place starts from afar, in 1950 it was born as a liquor factory, still active today, managing to ferry the know-how of Italian liquor making up to the present day by combining it with modern mixing.
The intent of the bartenders, Iacopo Balboni and Simone Bonfatti, behind the counter of this piece of Emilian history is to develop innovative recipes and cocktails capable of enhancing the aromatic characteristics of the liqueurs produced. The products, in fact, lend themselves to replacing, for example, renowned Triple Sec liqueurs.
The inventiveness of the young mixers translates into an imaginative drink list that combines seasonal ingredients with infusions or home-made preparations, an example? “Like a goatand” with a soft tomato texture combined with flavors capable of surprising all palates.
JIGGER SPIRITS AND COOKING
Jiggers has distant roots, an innovative project that aims to preserve the traditions of the Emilian land. And just like the bartenders' measuring cup, in fact jigger, the venue is able to find the right doses to best mix the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a New York bar with the familiar one of the bar downstairs.
Samuele Campanini and Andrea Ferrari they have attention to detail, selection of the best seasonal ingredients and the desire to experiment and improve in mixing, but not only that, they are the basis of the philosophy of the restaurant which has become one of the points of reference on where to drink at Parma and surroundings.
The cocktails offered have the desire to amaze and undermine the canons of the classics signature, For example Icarus, the drink with the most character in the place reinvents Parmigiano Reggiano as follows: Skinos Mastiha, Dry Vermouth fatwashed Parmigiano Reggiano, Ouzo, Tomato water Cordia
GREAT HOTEL ROME
The Grande Albergo Roma it is one of the most exclusive and enchanting destinations in the center of Piacenza, a few steps from Piazza Cavalli and the Municipal Theatre. The most exclusive terrace in the city that will give taste and style to aperitifs, consisting of delicious tapas.
The rooftop of the Grande Albergo Roma hosts the barman Costantino D'andrea able to amaze with signatures, some of which are twist on classics, there are some timeless cocktails. One of the most iconic places of Piacenza nightlife, to live the experience of drinking and eating well from a new and exclusive perspective and to taste carefully crafted cocktails created by the expert mixing of Costantino d'Andrea.
ROOKIE REGGIO EMILIA
The Rookie open in March 2017, from the same family as Jiggers, which has entered the family of "drinking well" in Reggio Emilia, is located in the square of premises born from the redevelopment of a run-down neighbourhood, that is Fontanesi Square a beautiful central space that seems to have been created to host bars and clubs.
The Rookie, Tender Vices, Liquid Pleasures was born from the passion of three guys for drinking well, defined as "brilliant" in the choice of alcoholic combinations, but stopping at classic and ordinary cocktails is not like them, as witnessed by the Count Versace mixed by Leonardo Radaelli And Nicolò Torricelli Like this: rum infused with del jalapeno, ginger shrub, fresh lime juice, a generous dose of Bourbon and sprays of Laphroaig nice peaty for scent.
SABA MODENA
In the heart of Modena, the Church of Santa Maria delle Asse is located Saba Mixtures and cooking . Their watchwords are: Good, Fresh and Sustainable and also the characteristics that create its distinctive features. The objective of the venue arises from the desire to make Modena nightlife more eco-sustainable, fresher and of superior quality, territorially representative, without forgetting to give a new twist to the classic cocktails.
Like the name, Saba, which recalls a typical northern product, namely a syrup obtained from boiling grapes, the intent of the bartenders Andrea Falco and Maria Belloni, is that of cocktails able to undermine the idea of the classic by traveling without preconceptions with encounters of flavors. Kawahiito contains this idea, a mojito revisited with a (spicy) Japanese touch so Cuba and Tokyo meet in a glass.
