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          1 Academy Street, Inverness, IV1 1JN
        
        
        
        
          01463 714471
        
        
          Boldly billing itself as the
        
        
          Highlands’ preeminent cocktail
        
        
          venue, Bar One can hardly be
        
        
          accused of lacking ambition. It’s
        
        
          got the clout to justify its claim
        
        
          too, having been serving ornate
        
        
          cocktails in the Highland capital
        
        
          since 2009. Posited on Academy
        
        
          Street, the stylish bar attracts
        
        
          the post-work crowd during the
        
        
          week and the pre-club crowd
        
        
          on a weekend – Invernessians
        
        
          looking to unwind and ease into
        
        
          the party spirit. Bar One serves
        
        
          a wide range of wines, beers
        
        
          and spirits, as you’d expect of
        
        
          such an establishment, but it’s
        
        
          known and loved best for its
        
        
          cocktails. Crafted with fresh fruit,
        
        
          sugar syrup, fragrant herbs and
        
        
          generous measures of spirits,
        
        
          they taste every bit as good as
        
        
          they look. As well as stocking
        
        
          enough liquor to get the whole
        
        
          city happy, Bar One does a brisk
        
        
          trade in Italian coffee and hearty
        
        
          food. The bread and produce
        
        
          are sourced locally, while the
        
        
          meats are roasted in-house.
        
        
          Pop in for an express sandwich
        
        
          at lunchtime or wash down your
        
        
          evening cocktails with a sharing
        
        
          platter or charcuterie. Finally,
        
        
          Bar One doesn’t just dispense
        
        
          cocktails to the masses: it also
        
        
          passes on the knowledge.
        
        
          Mixology classes offer a chance
        
        
          to shake and mix your own
        
        
          concoctions, before arriving at
        
        
          the most crucial stage of the
        
        
          process – the tasting.
        
        
          
            
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