At About Contrasts in Oslo, Adrian Michalcik's approach to hospitality goes beyond cocktails. Drawing from Japanese philosophy, global influences and nearly two decades behind the bar, he has created a venue where conversation, craftsmanship and human connection take centre stage.
In Porto, SEDE explores a more open and immersive approach to cocktail service, built around a bespoke central station developed together with the team behind the venue.
The partnership between Behind Bars and Krowne took shape towards the end of last year. What follows is a closer look at how that work has begun to unfold.
A collaboration in Barcelona, extending material thinking from coasters to the Eva trolley. Working with Weez & Merl, recycled plastic becomes both surface and statement, shaped through process and use.
Every year, the Behind Bars team meets somewhere in the world to step out of the day-to-day and align on what’s ahead. This year, we returned to Oslo — where it all started — bringing the team together for a few days of shared perspective, discussion, and direction.
At Brother Louis in Stuttgart, Tobias Lindner, co-owner and operator alongside Uwe Heine, offers his own reading of where hospitality is heading. Not by stepping away from technique, but by placing it back in service of something simpler. The result is a space built around people first, where drinks follow rather than lead.
A few days between factory floors in New Jersey and packed dining rooms in Manhattan. We came for alignment and client visits, but the real insight came from sitting at bars, watching service in motion and feeling the pace that makes New York hospitality what it is.
Filmed across Croquí, UNI, and the countryside outside Lisbon, this portrait follows Constança Cordeiro through the environments where her work takes shape, tracing how ideas move from thought to drink to space.
Behind Bars and Krowne join forces to expand what’s possible behind the bar, combining shared values, complementary strengths and a vision to support the next generation of hospitality.
A year of collaboration, testing, new ideas and honest lessons. 2025 strengthened our foundation and opened conversations that will shape the next stage of our journey. This is what we’re taking with us into 2026.
A closer look at Eva: how a simple idea for a mobile station was tested, adjusted, and refined over several years into a tool bartenders can rely on.
BAZ brings food, cocktails and music into one shared space. An audio bistro bar shaped by movement, open-kitchen energy and a tightly tuned service rhythm. Take a look inside.
Before the doors of Blind Pony even open, João Costa and Tatiana Cardoso are already shaping what it will feel like: thoughtful, technical, and full of soul. Meet the people behind our Eva trolley campaign.
Two days in Porto with the Torto crew, celebrating their fourth anniversary with good chaos, familiar faces, and the quiet debut of our new tray prototypes.
Great bars aren’t just designed for bartenders, they’re built with them!