Glasgow bar named in top 50 in the UK

What’s happening? The Absent Ear has been named in the most recent list of top 50 UK cocktails bars - a new entry for the speakeasy.

The bar, which has a regular changing cocktail menu, pays homage to Vincent van Gogh through his most famous missing extremity and is a clever nod to its secret location.

The team includes the duo behind popular speakeasy pop-up Wheesht (which closed in 2020), along with a class selection of bartenders from across the city, and further afield.

Posting on their social media, this team wrote of their joy: “We’ve been chosen as one of the 50 top cocktail bars - so excited to be featured among the best bars in the country.”