FOOD & DRINK
Drinks @ Treacle
words Kerry Thomson
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t’s funny the things that send you down memory lane. For mural which is a manga-esque Japanese cartoon version of the
me it’s Feast ice lollies and Heinz tomato soup with white Last Supper. I’m sure that’s not quite how the designers would
bread. In this case it was a deep-fried tempura battered jam explain it, so probably best to see for yourself.
brioche sandwich. It’s my friend Jayne’s birthday and as we
Seeing as it’s barely past noon it seems somewhat decadent
settle down in Treacle on a Saturday lunchtime, if there’s one
to get torn into the alcohol but this is a birthday and desperate
thing sure to send me all nostalgic, it’s birthdays.
times call for double measures. So we peruse Treacle’s
Treacle is the brainchild of Martin Luney and Colin Church (the extensive cocktail menu, and this is one serious cocktail menu.
duo behind Hamilton's in Stockbridge) on the old site of Baroque Divided into four sections, Stone Cold Classics, Bending the
on Broughton Street. Almost as soon as we’re welcomed into Rules, Treacle Debuts and Beachcombers, there’s everything
the new bar I get the feeling Treacle is going to stick. The place from your classic Dirty Martini to the award-winning Blue
is buzzing with tables brimming with food, lunchtime laughter Collar Julep (Jack Daniels, peach slices, organic cinnamon
and smiley staff who seem to be having as much fun as the syrup and apple juice served in a tin can). I’m a great believer
rest of us. The décor is far from nostalgic and dramatically in the old adage, ‘Anyone can mash potato, but it takes a chef
different from what went before – there’s an eight metre wall to make gravy’, so we go for the traditional favourites, a Mojito
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