I was just in Paris for a quick, fun stop on the way back to Seattle from a business trip to Dubai and Bangalore. My travelling colleague and friend, Andrew, is really into craft cocktails, so we checked out the Experimental Cocktail Club in the 2nd Arrondissement.

This cool, intimate bar was simply awesome. We sat at the bar and were treated to extremely well-made cocktails (they were very careful to measure and taste everything). The bartenders, who spoke excellent English (or were English), were happy to chat and discuss different spirits; they were generous in sharing tastes of different spirits as we discussed them.

They had a small but well-selected bottle collection including some amazingly rare, age-statement Japanese whisky; they had apparently inherited them from another bar that went out of business.

Anyway, if you’re in Paris and enjoy a good cocktail, I highly recommend Experimental Cocktail Club.

37 Rue Saint Sauveur 75002 Paris