A Legendary Rum Bar in Athens, Greece, Baba Au Rhum

We’ve written usually in these pages of the enjoyment of the Rum Bar, a bar that celebrates the perfect of Caribbean rum-making with a various, sturdy number of rums from throughout the area. 

For years, such bars have been few and much between, even within the Caribbean: locations like Antigua’s Papa Zouk, or the Rhum Room in Anguilla. 

However rum’s glories have discovered favor past the islands of the West Indies, and that features one significantly spectacular bar in a spot by no means confused for a rum vacation spot: Athens, Greece. 

It’s known as Baba Au Rhum, and this intimate bar on a aspect avenue in Athens has one of many world’s most spectacular rum collections, with practically 400 rums on supply and a menu that features expressions, some uncommon, from throughout the area. 

Sure, you could find some significantly good choices from locations like Cuba and Martinique: a number of Santiago de Cuba bottles, together with some rarer Agricole blends like JM’s astonishingly good Triple Millesime (triple-vintage). 

It additionally consists of some pretty Caroni bottlings, with a playful decor that features partitions of cocktail-themed books. 

It’s been right here for 15 years, below the stewardship of fanatic Thanos Prunarus, with a pleasant workers and an always-energetic vibe. 

One other welcome contact? Order a rum neat and also you’ll get a number of items of scrumptious darkish chocolate on the aspect, a well-harmonized pairing with a sugarcane spirit.  

The cocktail listing is robust right here, too, however with this many Caribbean rums, a snifter and a rum neat is the way in which to do it. 

Yassou. 

To study extra, go to Baba au Rhum.

— CJ