WEBSITE PREVIEW – LAUNCHING AUGUST 2021
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Souvenir has just opened its doors, a clandestine bar seating just 12 that’s tucked into the multi-faceted Kinship Studio.
Owners Louise Millroy, of Kinship Studio, and Michael Madrid, a Bali-based photographer, sought to recreate the small neighbourhood bars scattered across Japan. The result is a devoted drinking space boasting a quartet of bar seats, and a lounge to comfortably host 12.
“We were inspired to open a neighbourhood bar that serves really good drinks, in an intimate, relaxed environment. Separately, we both have good memories of hole-in-the-wall style bars we've visited in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul and we wanted to relive that sort of intimate, and carefully curated experience. A hunger to create a point of difference amongst the blossoming population of Bali bars also proved a factor.
A lot of places here are heavily focused on food, with the bar being secondary to the meal. We wanted to have the experience of going out for a drink - whether it be alcoholic or non even just popping by after work - to be the focus of the experience.”
A Gg. Jalak VIB No.4, Tibubeneng | IG @bar.souvenir
All fruit & vegetable must be delivered in cloth bags. No single use plastics (no straws etc). Using canned sodas instead of plastic bottles sodas.
Floor is made from recycled gymnastic mats.
Spoilage from wine that is opened/not consumed is turned into vermouths & tinctures. Using all parts of fruits/veg when they are incorporated into a cocktail.
Small bar = less stock on hand = less waste: ensuring we aren’t over-ordering supplies to be spoiled, in return producing less waste.
Purchasing local where possible: swapping out imported fruits for local counterparts, buying directly from local farms.