The Brain Jar

A cocktail bar in Hull that lands at number four on the Top 50 Cocktail Bars list while also hosting opera nights and loose-leaf tea service, which tells you most of what you need to know. The seasonal menu runs to mushroom-infused old fashioneds and a Tarot Cake with cream cheese frosting, but sixty-plus drinks cover every mood from classic to genuinely strange. Two floors, three rooms, and an explicit mission to be a place where people actually talk to each other.

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