TAYĒR + ELEMENTARY
152 Old Street, London EC1 9BW
tayer-elementary.com
Set to open its doors in early spring, the first solo London venue for Monica Berg and Alex Kratena, formerly of Artesian, will feature two bar concepts – Elementary, a casual all-day bar serving simple drinks
and snacks and Tayēr, a “progressive bar focused on what’s inside the glass and on the plate”. Elementary will provide bottomless coffee, snacks and cocktails with a strong focus on seasonality and available produce, with the large communal bar set to use a bespoke system created to enable quick service. To maintain the bar’s “simple style”, there will be a choice of only three plates and drinks. Meanwhile, Tayēr will mix modern techniques and long-established practices to create cocktails and food that express “purity, freshness and simplicity of ingredients”.