A Portrait of a Bar: Little Mercies in Crouch End, London

AnOther has teamed up with iconic Irish whiskey brand Jameson for AnOther Door Opens, a celebration of local bars, which have long played a crucial role in creativity and connection. Bar-hopping from London to Jakarta to Sydney, we speak to the driving forces behind three small-but-perfectly-formed bars connected by shared values of togetherness, community and creative collaboration.

Bars have long held a social function that transcends the simple connection that comes from talking over a drink. They have a secondary, less spoken about purpose, as a support system for the local communities around them.

The same considered care that goes into Jameson whiskey cocktails the bartenders stir and shake, extends to the local community who live and work around the bar. Like all good bars and pubs, when the door of Little Mercies is open, it’s open to everyone. “It’s like a village that happens to be in London more than anything else,” Sherwood says of his neighbourhood.The idea of mutual aid took hold around the world when local and national lockdowns began in March last year.

Since lockdown, there have been innovations underway at Little Mercies. The bar reopened with a new cocktail menu nearly twice the size of the one it closed with. For visitors, we reckon that theis the best drink to order at the Little Mercies bar. The venue now boasts a bottled cocktail range, and Sherwood is now in talks with some exciting people to stock the range.

Cocktail bars are usually known for pretension, the opposite of openness. With the right service, food, ambiance and a steady supply of Jameson whiskey, a cocktail bar can easily be good. But few bars are great. Because a great bar should feel open to everyone. A place of connection. Where everyone feels welcome. As Sherwood sees it, “The sort of place you feel comfortable in, every time, regardless of when.

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