Having successfully jazzed-up Hackney gastropub The Prince Arthur and Homerton’s The Plough, the same team have launched You Call The Shots, a bar with a twist. Rotating kitchen pop-ups make this Morning Lane cocktail joint swing, with appearances so far from The Prince Arthur’s head chef Joe Couldridge, Mystic Burek’s Spasia Dinkovski and NYC-style nonna pizza pies from Bing Bong Pizza. Drinks are pleasingly left of centre too, with tipples inspired by Only Fools And Horses (Morning Stallion), as well 1980s classics such as the Japanese Slipper. The best bit though, might just be the womb-like loos which play ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ by punk poet John Cooper Clarke (from which the bar gets its name) on a dizzying loop.
What should I drink?
As befits the bar’s name, if you’re not sure what to order, let your bartender call the shots. Simply tell them what spirit or liqueur you’re into, and they’ll do the rest.
What music do they play?
On our visit, You Call The Shots was soundtracked by lots of bangers by gruffly voiced men. If you fancy some Lee Hazlewood or Bill Callahan with your smokey marg, this is the bar for you.
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