{"id":6203,"date":"2023-09-29T10:42:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T10:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/?p=6203"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:03:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:03:37","slug":"blackbird-cocktail-bar-among-asias-top-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/2023\/09\/29\/blackbird-cocktail-bar-among-asias-top-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackbird Cocktail Bar Among Asia&#8217;s Top 100"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6203\" class=\"elementor elementor-6203\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d34d92 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63d34d92\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-466e5547 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"466e5547\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><span class=\"post-credit\">By Aarati Chaudhary\u00a0<\/span>&#8211;\u00a0Mar 23, 2023 \/\u00a0<a title=\"View all articles on Products\" href=\"https:\/\/living.com.np\/products\">Products<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7130de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7130de\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43eb5dc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43eb5dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" width=\"662\" height=\"442\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 662 442'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-large size-large wp-image-6206\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-1122x748.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-531x354.jpg 531w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-608x405.jpg 608w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-758x505.jpg 758w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-1152x768.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy-313x209.jpg 313w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09750-copy.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dbeffe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3dbeffe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-353953a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"353953a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">Santosh Faiia<\/strong>\u00a0lived in New York for eight years and worked in many cocktail bars and other hospitality establishments around that great city. Obviously he has spent a lot of time in the hotel industry. He was deeply involved in the bar scene in the Big Apple but always wanted to come back to Nepal to start something here. So when Covid hit, it was the right time to leave New York and head home. Santosh contacted his partner Devanksh Sjb Rana, who graduated from Le Roches International School of Hotel Management in Switzerland and hit upon the idea of opening a cocktail bar- run by American-Nepali owners, for those who love an intimate environment to enjoy their favorite drinks.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3451331 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3451331\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3576838 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3576838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" width=\"662\" height=\"442\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 662 442'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-large size-large wp-image-6207\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-1122x748.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-531x354.jpg 531w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-608x405.jpg 608w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-758x505.jpg 758w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-1152x768.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy-313x209.jpg 313w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09615-copy.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62bb785 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62bb785\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ee8584 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ee8584\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">How was the bar conceptualized?<\/strong><br \/>Most of the places I go to see and what I enjoy doing most are bar things. So, I thought it would be better to open something like that in Nepal. I loved making cocktails and wanted to bring that culture to Nepal as well. I\u2019m fond of bar culture across the world for which Blackbird was the idea we came up with.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">What are the services you provide?<\/strong><br \/>This place is different. Here, I want a lot of interaction between the staff and the customers. You can come alone and get someone to talk to or come in a group. We\u2019re open to anyone and opt to provide a pleasant atmosphere and hope we teach everyone what cocktail culture is all about.<br \/><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">What are your signature drinks?<\/strong><br \/>We have eight signature drinks on the menu which are titled after different birds. We serve classics as well. All the paintings over the walls flex every menu. The signature cocktails we have all the time are Blackbird, Alpine Swift, and Hummingbird which are not on the menu. Otherwise, we change our menu seasonally and for now we have Saffron Finch, Parakeet, Flamingo, Penguin, and Canary as signature drinks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-233996f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"233996f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d9c032 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d9c032\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h1 style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: Georgia, serif; letter-spacing: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">50<br>Best&nbsp; <\/h1><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef94328 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef94328\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0aa9d2d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0aa9d2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" width=\"630\" height=\"945\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 630 945'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-large size-large wp-image-6208\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-561x842.jpg 561w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-265x398.jpg 265w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-531x797.jpg 531w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-364x546.jpg 364w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-608x912.jpg 608w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-32x48.jpg 32w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-64x96.jpg 64w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09706-copy-313x470.jpg 313w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e892ce7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e892ce7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c927de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c927de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\">What are the packages you offer?<\/strong><br style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px;\" \/><span style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\">We don\u2019t really offer any packages, but we have different programs going on. One of the things we do here is bring bartenders from different countries and attract different people, so they\u2019ll make their own menu. We do bar hop as well. We take our drinks to some of the bars abroad as well. We like to go abroad and share our cocktail culture and bring people here so that they can share theirs.<\/span><br style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px;\" \/><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\">How do you promote cocktails to customers?<\/strong><br style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px;\" \/><span style=\"color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Our menus are designed in such a way that it highlights various drinks. Customers can choose any drink from eight of the signatures or the classics. You can come to the bar and our bartender will let you know about the drinks and the different flavors you can enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce0a023 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce0a023\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ebe8e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87ebe8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" width=\"662\" height=\"993\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 662 993'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-large size-large wp-image-6209\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-561x842.jpg 561w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-265x398.jpg 265w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-531x797.jpg 531w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-364x546.jpg 364w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-728x1092.jpg 728w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-608x912.jpg 608w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-758x1137.jpg 758w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-32x48.jpg 32w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-64x96.jpg 64w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy-313x470.jpg 313w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09676-copy.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66cc108 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66cc108\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c88399 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c88399\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">What are your priorities?<\/strong><br \/>Since we\u2019ve been here, there are a lot of cocktail bars coming up. Priorities we focus on are:<br \/>Bar hopping<br \/>To get people a\u00a0 good experience; something unique<br \/>\u00a0Have a good time\u00a0 with the customers and make them enjoy it as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">What\u2019s special about Blackbird?<\/strong><br \/>Blackbird is Nepal\u2019s first bar that has been in Asia\u2019s 50 Best Bars list. That\u2019s something we are proud of.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd8d26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3cd8d26\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef17c17 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef17c17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" width=\"630\" height=\"945\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 630 945'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-large size-large wp-image-6210\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-561x842.jpg 561w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-265x398.jpg 265w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-531x797.jpg 531w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-364x546.jpg 364w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-608x912.jpg 608w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-32x48.jpg 32w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-64x96.jpg 64w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09697-copy-313x470.jpg 313w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ab4b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20ab4b5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd8e437 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd8e437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">What makes Blackbird unique?<\/strong><br \/>A lot of people don\u2019t expect a bar to be like this in Thamel. It is the new edition, and the drinks we provide here, you won\u2019t find in other bars around Kathmandu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">How do you maintain order as well as encourage customers to enjoy?<\/strong><br \/>We are open to customers who like to party till late. Thamel is a crowded place and there are a lot of bars around. We encourage customers to experience bar hopping as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">What drink would you recommend the confused customer?<\/strong><br \/>We always start up with the Blackbird for those who have never been here before and are confused by the menu. On Friday nights it is not possible to sit and have long conversations about drinks, so we mostly recommend Blackbird. If you come on a quieter night, you can talk to the bartender and get suggestions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3996ab8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3996ab8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f760da2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f760da2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" width=\"630\" height=\"945\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 630 945'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload attachment-large size-large wp-image-6212\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1.jpg 630w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-561x842.jpg 561w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-265x398.jpg 265w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-531x797.jpg 531w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-364x546.jpg 364w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-608x912.jpg 608w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-32x48.jpg 32w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-64x96.jpg 64w, https:\/\/goingtrek.com\/living\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/UME09740-copy-1-313x470.jpg 313w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd0fd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2dd0fd6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6262a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6262a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">Talk about the ambience you provide.<\/strong><br \/>We want to keep things dark, probably dim lights. This place is dark and intimate where people love to come. Most of the bars I went to in New York were all dark themed, so I want to bring the same feeling here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">How do you source ingredients?<\/strong><br \/>We try to do things as locally as possible. We try to source local products and ingredients. Here we are in contact with many people who provide us with local products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">What were the challenges you experienced?<\/strong><br \/>Well, it was difficult for us as there was nothing like this before. To create a setting, find things, buy things that are important, everything required an extra effort. Getting ideas across to people about the cocktail bar, starting something new in the market is kind of difficult.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">What are your future plans?<\/strong><br \/>We are going to open another one in Jamshikhel in February. Though with the same name, it will be different than the Blackbird in Thamel. It will be open till 11 pm while here it is 1 am. Further, we want to continue travelling and bringing people here. We want to upgrade our rank in Asia\u2019s Best Bars list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; color: #484848; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.5px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><strong style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial;\">How different will the Jamshikhel bar be from this one?<\/strong><br \/>Jamshikhel\u2019s brand will be more like a day bar with six different kitchens. We will be providing meals there, whereas here we have only snacks for the customers. It will be kind of a greenhouse with a lot of glasses whereas here, it\u2019s kind of closed off.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aarati Chaudhary&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Mar 23, 2023 \/&nbsp;Products Santosh Faiia\u00a0lived in New York for eight years and worked in many cocktail bars and other hospitality establishments around that great city. Obviously he has spent a lot of time in the hotel industry. 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