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From the
https://www.standard.co.uk By Lizzie Edmonds, 26 November 2015.
Little Nan’s Bar: I turned my gran’s front room into a top bar.
A travelling bar recreating the front room of the owner’s
grandmother has been shortlisted as one of the best places to drink
in London.
Little Nan’s Bar was started by former burlesque events organiser
Tristan Scutt as a tribute to his grandmother Josephine “Jo-Jo”
Wall, who died five years ago at the age of 102.
Goldsmiths graduate Mr Scutt said Jo-Jo was “always up for a good
time” — so when it came to clearing out her house, he decided to put
her home furnishings to good use.
Her ornaments, stuffed toys and soft furnishings all became
decorations for his roving cocktail bar and high-tea parlour.
It counts Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding among its fans and has so
far had 12-week residences in Peckham, Shoreditch and Deptford,
where it will have a permanent base from January. The bar is also
crammed full of memorabilia from Jo-Jo’s favourite soaps.
Photographs of EastEnders’ Pat Butcher and Phil Mitchell decorate
the walls and some of its award-winning cocktails are named after
her favourite characters.
Mr Scutt, 31, who lives in Deptford, said: “Little Nan was always up
for a good time and when she passed away I wanted to create
something in tribute to her. I think we are popular because we are
something different — we are very kitsch, very unique. It’s more of
a destination and a thing to do than just a night out.”
Little Nan’s has been shortlisted in the best place to drink
category at the inaugural Dot London Small Business Awards.
It was chosen from hundreds of entries by a panel of judges
including entrepreneur Sarah Willingham, from the BBC’s Dragons’
Den. The public will vote for their favourite, with the winners
announced in January.
Ms Willingham said: “The ingenuity of these London-based small
businesses, their drive and ambition to succeed, has been
inspirational. It was really tough for us to choose our shortlists.” |
