Look for other discreet touches such as linen coasters, flower vases, small table lamps, brass dishes for complimentary snacks, and brass ice buckets. Heugel is especially proud of the bar’s glassware, which he has collected for years from glass producers in Japan, Italy, France, and the U.S. The cocktails include the Pantone 359, a pastel green mixture of coconut-washed rum and basil soda Eastern Non-Sour, a Japanese whiskey sour made with a seven-citrus cordial Hall Pass, made with gin, lemon, chamomile, gooseberry and champagne Greenhorn, fashioned with tequila, Midori and Suze, a French aperitif and a Sauternes Cobbler made with mango. The menu will feature nearly 20 cocktails divided into Originals, Classics & Riffs, and Excessives. The “we” is the team he’s assembled for the project, which includes general manager Tommy Ho, a bartender who joined Anvil in 2013 head bartender Kristen Nepomuceno, who Houston cocktailians will know from Uchi and Squable Peter Jahnke, Heugel’s lieutenant at Tongue-Cut Sparrow and Mate Hartai, former Fords Gin ambassador and Tongue-Cut bartender. “I’ve wanted to do this for years, and we finally feel we can pull it off,” Heugel stated in his announcement for Refuge. MEET THE NEWBIES: 10 new restaurants ready to add flavor to the Houston dining scene The new bar, 1424 Westheimer, is set above and behind Anvil in a second-floor area in the former Etro space that Heugel fashioned into Penny Quarter which closed at the outset of the pandemic. With only 50 seats, Refuge will follow a similar path of Heugel’s now-closed Tongue-Cut Sparrow: a dark, lamp-lit lair for serious cocktails within a bar where every detail has been thoughtfully curated and purposefully chosen.

Bobby Heugel Show More Show LessĬalling it his “best bar yet,” Bobby Heugel, the bartender who helped ignite Houston’s modern craft cocktail movement, is opening Refuge, a new bar located in the same building where he opened Anvil in 2009. Bobby Heugel Show More Show Less 7 of7 Refuge, a new 50-seat cocktail bar, is opening in Montrose from Bobby Heugel the original founder of Anvil. Jenn Duncan Show More Show Less 6 of7 Refuge, a new 50-seat cocktail bar, is opening in Montrose from Bobby Heugel the original founder of Anvil. Bobby Heugel Show More Show Less 5 of7 Refuge, a new 50-seat cocktail bar, is opening in Montrose from Bobby Heugel the original founder of Anvil. Bobby Heugel Show More Show Less 4 of7 Refuge, a new 50-seat cocktail bar, is opening in Montrose from Bobby Heugel the original founder of Anvil. Jenn Duncan Show More Show Less 3 of7 Refuge, a new 50-seat cocktail bar, is opening in Montrose from Bobby Heugel the original founder of Anvil. Jenn Duncan Show More Show Less 2 of7 Refuge, a new 50-seat cocktail bar, is opening in Montrose from Bobby Heugel the original founder of Anvil. We will definitely go back because we saw several other things we would like to try.1 of7 Refuge, a new 50-seat cocktail bar, is opening in Montrose from Bobby Heugel the original founder of Anvil. We all loved the food, but we're not impressed with our server. My husband just got bacon and eggs which he said were good. I tried one of his fries which were great. Her husband got the Anvil burger which he liked. My sister-in-law got a breakfast sandwich which also looked great. My nephew got some delicious looking French toast. Our food was really good! I ordered the shrimp and grits which was very tasty but but not worth $24, maybe $18. There were a couple of times that my glass was empty when he was just standing around. While we were waiting to order he was just standing in kitchen talking to other members of the staff. Our server was rather loud and inattentive. We were there on a Sunday for their Sunday brunch menu. I noticed when we walked in that the floor felt slippery and greasy when we walked on it. My family visited The Anvil Pub & Grill for the first time on 3/15.

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