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SUBCERO is the new industrial-inspired cocktail bar that has just opened its doors in the basement of the restaurant Sala Cero. There, the disruptive spirit of its bar manager Nico Miranda materializes through an ode to the liquid world that works as a continuation of the sequence of SALA CERO, an aperitif or after dinner space of the restaurant.
The design bar is structured around a twelve-seater high table that operates under reservation. In addition, its space extends to another room with tables with independent seats, but connected by a central transport line that represents the workplace of operators. The interior design of the restaurant follows the same philosophy as the other rooms in the house, which consists of stimulating interaction between customers.
Chromatic Mixology
Nico Miranda, who has an extensive international career in the world of hospitality from Montevideo to New York, was part of the Harveys and Bad Company teams in Madrid until Sala de Despiece hired him to continue the project under the guidance of Juan Valls -one of Spain’s leading cocktail makers- and Amarguería.
Miranda is now in charge of devising each and every one of the cocktails she makes from her own laboratory, also located in the basement. This constant experimentation has led him to elucidate the future of mixology through a collection of creative drinks divided by color.
In this sense, he presents a liquid pantone menu that includes 13 chromatic iterations in which his ingredients manage to create the desired mix of each cocktail. Among them, some cocktails stand out such as red fruits lychee, Miso or Cucumber Melon, which can also be purchased from vending machines that include other spirits with which to continue the night.
The menu also includes appetizer bites with which to pair all the mixes, and for dinner, some dishes from SALA CERO, which can also be ordered on floor -1. The sound of the DJ booth completes the atmosphere of SUBCERO, which will soon become a club that will be active from 1 a.m. until dawn. And is that, the music is established as another of the elements that are synchronized with this place that has a design very focused on sound and technical versatility of space; developed to assume all kinds of changes and function as a cocktail bar, private dining room or nightclub.
