VILNIUS - In Your Pocket
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48 nightliFe<br />
Seacret C-4, Vokiečių 2, tel. (+370) 670 232 37, www.<br />
seacret.lt. This Old Town club created by the owners of<br />
several successful Vilnius businesses offers cocktails from<br />
freshly squeezed juice, juggling barmen, DJs, live music and<br />
dancers. According to the people who run the place, visitors<br />
are promised a mysterious atmosphere, helped along no<br />
doubt by the fact that they’re also proud to announce that the<br />
name of the club cleverly conceals the words sea and secret.<br />
QOpen 21:00 - 05:00, Thu 21:00 - 03:00. Closed Mon, Tue,<br />
Wed, Sun. Entrance free. PJAEBW<br />
Cocktails<br />
Alchemikas A-2, Islandijos 1, tel. (+370) 612 998 00. It’s<br />
about time a cocktail bar came along that was more about the<br />
art of cocktails than the pretence of the cocktail bar sensation.<br />
Specialising in both classic and modern mixed drinks, it’s worth<br />
paying them a visit just to have a peep at the extraordinary<br />
interior, and if you do choose to stick around, expect to be<br />
bankrupt by the end of the evening thanks to the addictive<br />
allure of their magnificent mixology. Recommended. QOpen<br />
Thu 19:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 19:00 - 04:00. JAB<br />
Berlin A-2, Islandijos 1/31, tel. (+370) 609 616 16. If it<br />
really was in Berlin it wouldn’t be open for long, this rather halfarsed<br />
attempt at sophistication seems to think expensive<br />
clothes are more important than culture. Excellent for ogling<br />
dolly birds and little else, Berlin is at least in the part of the<br />
city that’s currently opening new and decent venues at the<br />
drop of a hat. There’s plenty more to choose from less than<br />
a minute away if you don’t like it. QOpen 21:00 - 01:00, Fri,<br />
Sat 21:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon, Tue, Sun. PJB<br />
LGBT Friendly<br />
Attitudes towards all<br />
manner of minority<br />
groups in Lithuania are<br />
slowly changing for the<br />
better, with a handful<br />
of brave individuals<br />
spearheading their respective<br />
campaigns<br />
armed with a combination<br />
of courage and a firm understanding of Lithuanian<br />
law. One such person is the openly gay 22-year-old film<br />
director Romas Zabarauskas, who recently returned to<br />
Vilnius after a period of mind-altering study in New York.<br />
Already gaining support for his day job from the likes of<br />
Gus Van Sant and John Cameron Mitchell, Zabarauskas<br />
recently turned his attention to the gaping chasm between<br />
attitudes towards the LGBT communities in New York and<br />
Vilnius in the form of a spontaneous decision to contact<br />
Vilnius’ bar and restaurant owners to see if they were<br />
willing to put small LGBT Friendly stickers (pictured) on<br />
the doors and windows of their premises. Despite the<br />
usual whinging and threats from certain conservative<br />
members of the local Municipality, reactions have been<br />
overwhelmingly positive, the result being that a growing<br />
number of venues in the Lithuanian capital now proudly<br />
proclaim their support for the LGTB community. This is<br />
good news for everyone, including LGBT visitors to Vilnius<br />
who no longer have to play a game of Russian roulette<br />
when visiting bars and restaurants that may or may not be<br />
owned and frequented by knuckle-heads. Vilnius <strong>In</strong> <strong>Your</strong><br />
<strong>Pocket</strong> would like to congratulate Romas and the other<br />
people who worked on the project and looks forward to<br />
continuing to write about an increasingly friendly city.<br />
Blusynė Lounge C-4, Savičiaus 5, tel. (+370) 605 191<br />
27. Recently reinventing itself as a cocktail bar has in no way<br />
compromised one of Vilnius’ more quirky and original bars, a<br />
compact affair with an improved garden out the back and a menu<br />
of dishes including some great soups and one of the capital’s<br />
better burgers. Popular with Vilnius’ trendier individuals this is a<br />
great choice for summer drinks and the chance to meet some<br />
of the city’s more interesting locals. QOpen 12:00 - 23:00, Thu<br />
12:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 12:00 - 02:00. PJBW<br />
Mojitos B-2, Totorių 11, tel. (+370) 601 125 55. Woe<br />
betide any Cuban or anybody who’s been to Cuba who<br />
ventures through the door of Mojitos, because as was to be<br />
expected this place is about as Cuban as the Helms-Burton<br />
Act. Billing itself as a Cuban cocktail bar, although there’s<br />
nothing wrong with their cocktails they’re not exactly the sort<br />
of thing that would set Havana alight, whilst the food is best<br />
left undiscussed (and in the kitchen). The good news is that<br />
on the saucy scale it doesn’t do a bad job at all, with plenty<br />
of sexy young things in their underwear jiggling about until the<br />
early hours. A good night out for a bit of fun, if you’re looking for<br />
something more authentic you’d better start saving for a flight<br />
across the Atlantic. QOpen 11:00 - 03:00, Fri 11:00 - 06:00,<br />
Sat 16:00 - 06:00, Sun 16:00 - 03:00. PJAB<br />
Pantera A-2, A. Smetonos 5, tel. (+370) 657 614 45. Currently<br />
open just a couple of nights a week, Pantera is the latest<br />
cocktail bar to come crashing onto the scene in a city that quite<br />
frankly could do with a decent one. <strong>In</strong> the same capable hands<br />
as the people who run the best club in Kaunas, nights here are<br />
busy and fun although it’s arguably easier to get a visa for North<br />
Korea than make it past face control here. Word on the street<br />
from those handsome enough to have gained the approval of the<br />
beauty police on the door report back nothing but very good news<br />
indeed. QOpen 23:00 - 05:00. Closed Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun.<br />
Open from September 1. Entrance free. PJA<br />
Paparazzi B-2, Totorių 1, tel. (+370) 5 212 01 35, www.<br />
paparazzi.lt. Recently moving next door, Paparazzi continues<br />
to dazzle in the way only Lithuanians can dazzle with plenty<br />
on offer to help the cocktails go down. Popular with a youngish,<br />
after-work crowd, each evening sees something different<br />
going on from a pub quiz to table football tournaments to live<br />
jazz. The website’s in Lithuanian only but a quick Google<br />
translate provides enough to get the general idea of what to<br />
expect over the coming summer. QOpen 17:00 - 03:00, Fri,<br />
Sat 17:00 - 06:00. PJAW<br />
Shooters A-2, Vilniaus 29, tel. (+370) 655 525 17,<br />
www.shooters.lt. Over 300 cocktails and the promise of<br />
being smothered with attention await visitors to this friendly,<br />
ever-so cocktail bar-looking cocktail bar. Complete with juggling<br />
bartenders, wacky furnishings and the cream of Vilnius hip cat<br />
community, other delights include special theme nights and a<br />
range of nibbles to stave off the hunger. Former visitors should<br />
take note that they’ve recently upped sticks and moved around<br />
a couple of corners. Beyond that it’s business as usual. QOpen<br />
17:00 - 03:00, Fri, Sat 17:00 - 06:00. PJAW<br />
Wine<br />
<strong>In</strong> Vino C-5, Aušros Vartų 7, tel. (+370) 5 212 12 10,<br />
www.invino.lt. Catching on to the current craze for wine bars<br />
in the city early on, they’ve obviously got a real appreciation for<br />
wine of which they stock a fair amount. Perhaps best enjoyed<br />
on a Friday or Saturday night, this is one of the best places in<br />
town to mingle with the cream of the city’s C-list celebrities.<br />
One bone of contention though, namely a serious lack of<br />
toilet facilities. QOpen 16:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 16:00 - 04:00.<br />
PJAUBSW<br />
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