Food & Drink

Alcohol-free Irish bar to open Abu Dhabi outpost

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seventeenth Might, 2021 by Kate Malczewski

Dublin-based zero-alcohol bar The Virgin Mary goes international with a brand new venue in Abu Dhabi.

The Virgin Mary Abu Dhabi

Bartender Anna Walsh will oversee the drinks providing on the new alcohol-free bar

The Irish bar has partnered with hospitality group MBT Restaurant Administration to franchise its idea within the UAE capital, the place it will likely be referred to as TVM.

The brand new bar is about to launch in summer season 2021 in The Galleria Al Maryah Island buying centre with the identical alcohol-free ethos because the flagship Irish venue.

The Virgin Mary was founded by Vaughan Yates in 2019. Yates stated: “After we first opened The Virgin Mary in Eire, it was at all times our purpose to see it unfold to cosmopolitan cities worldwide, and with the launch of TVM Abu Dhabi this summer season, we’re thrilled to grasp this ambition so quickly.”

Bartender Anna Walsh, who developed the non-alcoholic cocktail providing on the unique location in Dublin, has additionally created the menu for TVM Abu Dhabi.

Niveen Ibrahim, government director of MBT Restaurant Administration, commented: “MBT Restaurant Administration believes in constructing and creating modern home-grown manufacturers versus franchising, however The Virgin Mary’s idea was so distinctive and completely different that we made an exception.

“We have been delighted to accumulate the franchise of TVM in Abu Dhabi. Individuals within the UAE will now get to expertise a totally fledged refined bar in a mall, and we are going to educate them easy methods to drink in another way.”

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