Date post: | 05-Apr-2018 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | diego-lijtmaer |
View: | 216 times |
Download: | 0 times |
of 4
7/31/2019 72-76 Brunch Clubs
1/4
62
feverafernoonafernoon
fever
SaturdaySaturday
078-082 Underground brunch clubs.indd 72 22/05/201
7/31/2019 72-76 Brunch Clubs
2/4
mezemagazine.co.uk
Picture the scene: you took it easy
Friday and just ell asleep in ronto a movie. Its Saturday morning
now, you woke up scarily early and
your champagne levels are at a
dangerous low. You do a quick
calculation and its possibly more
than 36 hours since your last mojito. Youve walked
the dog, taken those jeans back and dropped o the
dry-cleaning. That new clock rom Graham and Green
is counting your lie away in anxious little tocks. Unless
you get out o the at in the next ten minutes theres a
real danger the big questions o lie might start tugging
at your conscience: What is goodness? Is there a god?
Is it Brian rom Family Guy? Is the unexamined lie
even worth living?
Thankully, beore you reach sentience, theres
always brunch with its garrulous weekend
supplement attitude to lie, its sensible approach toruit juice (bucks zz), and its even more sensible
attitude to vegetables (bloody mary). When the chips
are down, brunch that pubnpapers all-day breakast
is the key to a chilled weekend.
But cut to 3.30 that same aernoon. Youre grinning
like a loon. The DJ has just dropped a small bomb, the
wait-sta are pouring lakes o champagne and vodka,
those pretties you were talking to are on the
danceoor with their hands in the air, and a burlesque
girl is sparking an angle-grinder o her knickers. A
quiet ry-up it aint.
A day party in London? Its amazing, says a sunny
blonde caught decorating the bar. I love it!
Its the atmosphere, the people, its a great way to
enjoy yoursel, very hedonistic, agrees her riend, a
skinny boy rom Wales in shorts, aviators and not
much else. Midday marauders. Daylight throbbery.
Dea in the aernoon. Fasten your seatbelts ladies and
gentlemen; this is the new brunch.
Back in 2009 The New York Times reported that acouple o meat-packing district restaurants, Bagatelle
and Merkato 55, had been taking Saturday brunch to a
remarkable level o indulgence and expense.
Champagne-led braggadocio saw big spenders
ashing $2,500 or a jeroboam o Veuve Clicquot just
to hear the DJ drop the Superman theme in their
honour as a caped waiter got hoisted over the crowd
to deliver the zz, complete with sparklers ring on all
cylinders. As a smirking Wall Street celebrated its
government bailout, the Times noted, On any given
73
A wave o secret brunch clubs is
turning the weekend inside out
The new brunch hasput the clocks forward
and kidnappedSaturday night
078-082 Underground brunch clubs.indd 73 22/05/201
7/31/2019 72-76 Brunch Clubs
3/4
7/31/2019 72-76 Brunch Clubs
4/4
hope they deem you worthy.
The dierent party organisers ollow roughly the
same ormula: a theme, a sit-down brunch with ne
ood and lorryloads o entertainers, ollowed by a
concentrated our or ve hours o ull-on clubbing.
The soundtrack is house music rom socialite DJs like
Sam Young, Guy Laurie and Klaus de Macedo (Boujis).Once the tables are cleared a solid eort is made to
start the party with a bang. Not least by means o rapid
lubrication. At Bacanal there is a careully stage-
managed transition when the
entertainers reach a climax, the DJ
kicks in and scores o pre-ordered
bottles o vodka and champers
arrive en masse.
Celebs are just part o the scenery models, actors,
designers. Youll see Melanie All-Saints DJing, Made
In Chelsea aces ufng their lines. And ootballers
really love the new brunch: they can get into all
sorts o mischie and still tell the coach they had an
early night.
Such is his passion or the party, Diego has recently
quit his banking job to run Bacanal ull-time (in both
London and Milan). I love it, he grins. Its like takingSt Tropez or Ibiza and bringing it to London. Its the
highest buzz I could ever have.
He even brings in his own specially strengthened
urniture to make sure people can dance on the
tables. When it comes to the brunch, London is
leading the way.
76
Bacanal
bacanal.co.uk
Past venues: The Collection, The Box, IlBottacio, Nozomi, JustCavalli Milano
Next party: June 16, KensingtonRoo Gardens
How to get invited:Register on theirwebsite and await a phone call
Love Brunch
welovebrunch.comPast venues:Supperclub, Sanderson,
Kensington Roo GardensNextparty: TBC
How to get invited: Join their
Facebook groupBest for:Dancing and celebs likeChelsea Davy and Sienna Miller
Veni Vidici
venividici.com
Past venues: No 5 Cavendish Square,Frankies Knightsbridge
Next party:TBCHow to get invited:Register on
their website
Best for:Epic amounts o champagne
Brunch drunk
WordsFrank Broughton
078 082 Underground brunch clubs indd 76 22/05/201