Located near the West Lake, the Late Market is very popular with young drinkers in Hangzhou, with its stylish decoration and lively atmosphere, and is jokingly called the Tired Horse Song and Dance Hall by regular drinkers. If you open the door of Rema on Thursday night, it's hard not to be infected by its retro or avant-garde music atmosphere, for Rema Thursday is the most relaxing day, and when it comes to the weekly "Mellow Thursdays", there will not only be a DJ live DJ, but also a limited special "lazy rich" 50 yuan a cup.
The owner, Jinn, is a space designer who loves wine and is also a musician, and he designed Late Market himself. The first floor of the bar is very small, with only two rows of seats against the bar and the wall, and the black tiles are attached to the wall, like a black box with a minimalist design, which is relatively closed and comfortable. When you open the shelves full of vinyl records, you will find a basement area larger than the first floor, full of speakeasy style, quiet atmosphere, soft music, and retro sofa seats that are more comfortable, which comes from Jinn's penchant for American Prohibition culture and vinyl music.
Wine and music are the two themes of Late Market. Late Market doesn't have many in-house cocktails, the first floor is lively and pleasant, and the basement bar is more classical. All cocktails have unique names, recipes and cultures, and are created by Cross Yu, a well-known bartender in Shanghai, and if you're familiar with him, you might be able to see a little bit of his creative style in the wine. The main blender, Sun Minghai, is one of the winners of the 2017 Bifuda Bartending Competition in Central China.
Late Market's cocktails are divided into old school cocktails and new school cocktails, the old school cocktails are based on the classic cocktails based on the bartender's understanding, and the new school cocktails are completely original design. Among them, the old-school cocktail Hangzhou Mule is inspired by the spring of Hangzhou, adapted from the traditional Moscow mule, the base liquor is changed from vodka to gin, and grapefruit, mint and ginger are added to convey the sense of freshness. If you like coffee bitters, try Late Night, which is based on bourbon and smoked whiskey, with bitters, cherry brandy, cherry liqueur and Italian espresso oil. Passion of Rose is a very suitable wine for women, its base wine is a fresh and rich botanical gin, in which white chocolate wine and rose syrup bring a soft dessert flavor, passion fruit puree and apple juice balance and enrich the sweet wine, and finally sprinkled with crushed roses, which is both delicious and beautiful, its floral and fruity aroma is sweet and elegant, you can drink it as a first glass of wine after a meal.
Late Market is more than that. Boss Jinn said that Late Market is meant to be a place of exchange, so there will be Bourbon tastings, cigar tastings, vinyl markets and other activities here, bringing common lovers together, sharing and communicating with each other, if you have similar hobbies, then you might as well go to Late Market to chat.
