By now, every cocktail connoisseur in Tokyo is well acquainted with Bar Trench, the whimsical absinthe bar in the backstreets of Ebisu. But few know about the bar’s secret pop-up, the Trench Annex. A bar within a bar, the annex’s entrance is via Bar Trench’s sister establishment, Bar Triad, where a door inside the bar reveals a secret staircase leading to the floor above.
Despite being an extension of another bar, the annex is notably larger and more spacious than Trench’s main venue, with sofa seats and a rather romantic balcony space overlooking the dimly lit street below. On the menu are all of Bar Trench’s signature tipples, including the Mezcal Milk Punch (¥1,650) scented with cardamom bitters, the Trench 75 (¥1,540) with Nikka Coffey Gin and a dash of honey lemon, as well as a few original cocktails that bar co-owner Rogerio Igarashi Vaz has concocted since setting up this outpost.