Les Grands Verres: A much needed update for Palais Tokyo’s bar and restaurant

After the successes of Candelaria, Glass, Mary Celeste and Hero, we’ve come to expect a certain level of both coolness and quality from Quixotic Projects. Fortunately, their latest venture, Les Grands Verres, doesn’t disappoint. Located in the Palais Tokyo, LGV brings a much-needed update to the museum’s restaurant and bar with their Mediterranean inspired food and drinks menu. Ten original cocktails are numbered sequentially with an accompanying list of ingredients and a few quoted words, presumably to express the feeling evoked by the cocktail. You can enjoy an espresso martini (No. 02) that, in the pithy words of Daft Punk, brings it “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.” Or throw back a Bloody Mary variation (No. 07) described in the delightfully cringe-y words of Dave Skylard from the cancelled/uncancelled The Interview: “Same-same, but different. But still same.” There is no priced indicated on the menu for the cocktails, leaving one to wonder if they’re still soft on that, but the ones we ordered were 12 Euros. Overall the menu comprises well-conceived cocktails that work for a venue of this size and type that will pull in a large slice of the general public who may want to be challenged by the modern [...]